FREE? Font distribution

Published on January 3, 2006 By Jonep In OS Customization

When you use a specific font in a skin how can you find out if it can be freely distributed? I have hundreds of fonts none of which I have paid for, most of them have been included in skins that I have downloaded. Can I use these font files freely or do I have to pay someone somewhere to do this?.

Comments

NightTrainthedark

on Jan 03, 2006

Use away.

Jonep

on Jan 03, 2006

Cheers NT

TYCUS

on Jan 03, 2006

well.., Jonep, i have to say i´m one of those who submit skins with an specific font stile, one good example is my new logon skin named Deep Darkness', if you check out the preview image you can notice that i´m using an special font stile named "Space Age", i download it from 1001fonts.com' site, and well..., they never tell you that any of those font cant be share....

Jonep

on Jan 03, 2006

Thanks Mr Tycus I think I have about 1001+ fonts, don't know where I got most of em so I guess I can use them (untill I get busted).

gonna check out 1001fonts.com see if I can get some more. thanks for your help.

Lantec

on Jan 03, 2006

There are fonts that will not (or should not) redistribute. If you check the Ferrari Skin there's an included font called Ferro Rosso that is copyrighted and it will not embed into other programs like powerpoint. If you double click on a font file it will open the Font Viewer. In the top box it should say whether it's copyrighted or not.

As an example try the 911Porscha font (por2.ttf) which is included with a lot of skins. It does NOT refer to copyright but mentions where it's from (Iconian Fonts etc.) Based on that I would say it's redistributable without any specific permission. However, the Ferro Rosso font mentions Michael Hageman, Fontmesa.com and the important "All Rights Reserved" which to me says redistribution is a no-no without permisso.

Jonep

on Jan 04, 2006

Thanks Lantec thats the answer I've been after, should have known check the font file itself DOH

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