alt Hacker NewsIs this fair? It actually takes a lot of work (I assume) to design letter's shapes. Of course, not counting those who just trace 16-th century font without paying a compensation.
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amgutier • 04/23/2025
> Of course, not counting those who just trace 16-th century font without paying a compensation
I can't tell which way you mean this, but that sounds similar to the situation with most public domain musical compositions - the manuscripts may be completely open but a specific typesetting can still under copyright. And like that case, "just" tracing a font / typesetting a composition is still a fair amount of work.
pc86 • 04/24/2025
Who are you paying for a 400-year old font? Who deserves to get paid for a 400-year old font?
> takes a lot of work
The "sweat of the brow" argument is not valid in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_of_the_brow