Legality of using Fonts

[Robert Kern]

Ross Ridge wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> 
>>It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in
>>format ("but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap").
> 
> If that were true, almost the entire X11 bitmap font collection would
> be illegal.  Fonts aren't subject copyright, just the hints in most
> outline fonts, which are considered computer programs.

In the interest of adding some specifics:

  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fonts-faq/part2/

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