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Are the fonts in MS Word copyrighted or otherwise protected?
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Are the fonts in MS Word copyrighted or otherwise protected? Yes, they are. See http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...fault.mspx#EAF for more information. The copyrights on fonts (in general, not just Microsoft's) limit your ability to distribute the font files. They don't limit your ability to use the fonts to create any document with a licensed copy of Office, regardless of whether you sell that document. [But be careful about embedding fonts in documents; some fonts have licenses that allow that, while others don't allow it.] -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Suppose the font were to be used in a product brand image? Thanks, Alex
"Jay Freedman" wrote: Alex wrote: Are the fonts in MS Word copyrighted or otherwise protected? Yes, they are. See http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...fault.mspx#EAF for more information. The copyrights on fonts (in general, not just Microsoft's) limit your ability to distribute the font files. They don't limit your ability to use the fonts to create any document with a licensed copy of Office, regardless of whether you sell that document. [But be careful about embedding fonts in documents; some fonts have licenses that allow that, while others don't allow it.] -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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The actual designs of a typeface are not copyrightable in the US,
though they are in most of the rest of the world. That's why you can find all those "pirated" CDs of 10,000 fonts at the discount store for $9.99. Those sets, though, are usually lousy quality and often don't have such basic extras as curly-quotes. On Jul 14, 5:40*pm, Alex wrote: Suppose the font were to be used in a product brand image? *Thanks, Alex YOU _MUST_ CONSULT AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEY. "Product brand images" are trademarks, which is a field quite different from copyright. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Alex wrote: Are the fonts in MS Word copyrighted or otherwise protected? Yes, they are. See http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...lt.mspx#EAFfor more information. The copyrights on fonts (in general, not just Microsoft's) limit your ability to distribute the font files. They don't limit your ability to use the fonts to create any document with a licensed copy of Office, regardless of whether you sell that document. [But be careful about embedding fonts in documents; some fonts have licenses that allow that, while others don't allow it.] -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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