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Originally Posted by mtaman02
I thought a Font was just that, a Font. That it was universal that can be used by any program or person. I'm pretty sure the text I'm typing in is Arial.
So If I use the Arial Font and it has a license that can only be used by the person who came up with it; that means this font is for just their use?
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Fonts are licensed, just like software. When you're website, for example, uses a font, it doesn't redistribute the font, it just tells the viewer to use the specified font, if available. If you tell the viewer to use their licensed copy of that font there is no issue, but if you redistribute the font, you may be braking the license.
Microsoft has some good info on font licensing, just do a search for
"font license".
Hope that answers your question.