[FC-discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 37, Issue 9

[Rob Myers]

On 14/01/10 19:44, Greg Grossmeier wrote:
> He says (without very good citations) that a "font face" (what the font 
> looks like) is not protected by copyright while a "font program" (eg: the 
> .ttf file) is.
>   
That's my understanding, for the US. (IANAL, TINLA). PostScript Type 1
fonts are programs, and so are clearly copyrightable whatever the result
of executing them is. TrueType data files are mumblemumblemumble so
obviously they're copyrightable as well. ;-)

- Rob.