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Re:Smallest Typeface (3x3) by userbinator on Thursday December 28, 2023 @08:36PM (#38800849)
As computer programs are protected as literary works in the United States, a font file program can only be eligible for copyright protection in the US if the source code of the computer instructions within the file was written by a human; due to the prominence of modern user-friendly digital font editor programs, this method of creating a font file is now quite rare.

Very interesting. IANAL but presumably this means that anyone can trace a font automatically, generating a new one that looks exactly the same, but isn't subject to copyright.

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Re:Smallest Typeface (3x3) by StableAlkyne on Friday December 29, 2023 @12:02AM (#38801903)
You can, but you'll still end up paying legal fees to defend yourself if Adobe or Monotype comes after you if their rent team sees a public design from a company not on their list.

Maybe it won't matter if you're a hobbyist, but they both go after businesses over alleged unlicensed use.

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Re:Smallest Typeface (3x3) by kube-system on Friday December 29, 2023 @12:18AM (#38801997)
I would presume Adobe and Monotype file design patents for the design and trademarks for the name of each font.
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