[OpenFontLibrary] typefaces / fonts / licenses

Dave Crossland dave at lab6.com
Wed May 13 04:14:35 PDT 2009


2009/5/8  <Fontfreedom at aol.com>:
>>Indeed, for legitimate revivals of old
>>printed typefaces that are in public domain
>
> Remember, ALL printed typefaces are in the Public Domain, irregardless of
> the copyright status of the fonts they were created from. (In the United
> States. Other countries laws differ considerably.)

So therefore how can you say "ALL printed typefaces are in the Public
Domain"? Clearly they are not.

The UK has a 25 year copyright term. What other countries have such copyrights?


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