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Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by tobr on Friday November 21, 2025 @04:45PM (#46009353)
That’s not true. I’ve bought fonts on Future Fonts and I received a download link to get the files. I think it’s fundamentally an honor system.
Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by acherion on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:53PM (#46010537)
My bad, I assumed Future Fonts did something similar to other type foundries. Thanks for letting me know!
Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by JasonSage on Friday November 21, 2025 @05:23PM (#46009729)
When there's a license you're either violating the license agreement or you're not. That's not an honor system.
Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by tshaddox on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:03PM (#46010112)
No, "honor system" is very frequently used and understood to refer to a system where there are explicit rules but where the rules are not enforced via active surveillance.
Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by JasonSage on Saturday November 22, 2025 @02:01PM (#46017286)
It sounds like you want to make a judgement call: "they're too small to enforce this license agreement," so you get to pretend it's an honor system and not a license agreement.
Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by tobr on Saturday November 29, 2025 @05:20PM (#46091349)
The context was whether there is automatic enforcement, not whether you need to abide by the license.
Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by hatthew on Friday November 21, 2025 @06:08PM (#46010156)
Who's going to verify whether or not you're violating the license?
Re:Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths by drob518 on Saturday November 22, 2025 @10:11AM (#46015363)
God