[free-sklyarov] Arguments from consumer rights pov

Kevin sklyarov at lethe.com
Wed Jul 25 11:58:39 PDT 2001


> No, but there is a rarity argument.  Publications will pay a premium for
> exclusive use of fonts (Newsweek, The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated,
> Time, Le Monde, Wired, all use custom fonts for their text), and high-end

But the font analogy is flawed, because while font software is protected by
copyright, type faces are not.  So I can legally produce a font that looks
exactly like Wired's.


Free Dmitry you dumb son-of-a-bitch.
- Joe Pesci, Lethal Weapon 2

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