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Apple says Web designers can post "any font" for use with Safari. (typophile.com)
3 points by sant0sk1 on April 7, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Font designers are a funny breed. They are upset that Apple said designers can "use any font they want" with Safari 3.1 without including a statement adding "unless you licensed it from someone who forbids you to use it for this purpose".

I would like to join the rest of humanity in welcoming typographers into the world of text, images, audio, and video where a browser can transfer any work to a client.

If you want to forbid your licensees from using your fonts on web pages, then educate your licensees.

Perhaps this should be viewed as a profit center. Soon google will return you lists of potential copyright violators. You can go sue them.


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