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 Post subject: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2014 7:05 am  (#1) 
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Do you know any 100% public domain fonts to avoid illegal font use? Some of the "open source" fonts are not really free for print shop use. I know we need license but it cost too much for its use (its per PC) not as a whole.

other stuff to think about:
http://intellectual-property.lawyers.co ... fonts.html
http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/ ... nsed-fonts


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 Post subject: Re: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2014 8:33 am  (#2) 
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dafont.com/
free for personal use

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=free ... 8ges0oHQDg

you should find a few in this link. A few people in GC use dafont.

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 Post subject: Re: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:32 pm  (#4) 
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Kenlee20 wrote:
Do you know any 100% public domain fonts to avoid illegal font use?

You will need to check the license for each font you use. Most font centric sites distribute fonts with varying licenses. The licenses are usually noted on the download page on within the font archive.

You might want to check out this thread in the resource section, which lists lots of good font sites and font resources.

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 Post subject: Re: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:54 am  (#5) 
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What software do you use to make fonts usable on your computer? I saw some of it and it says you must buy it first. They wrote down that its free to download but whatever you do with it, such as putting fonts requires license.


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 Post subject: Re: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:55 am  (#6) 
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I hardly understand french http://dafont.com/ and I don't know what its taking about.


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 Post subject: Re: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:15 am  (#7) 
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The site is in several languages. There are some links up the top to take you to your choice of four
it came up default English for me.
Here is the link to the download page.
http://californiafonts.com/category/scr ... vAodArkAUQ

There are many fonts you can use for free if you only use them for personal use. Some are free and just ask that if you wish to to donate.
Unless you are making fonts from scratch you don't need to know how to make them usable......(If you do someone here can answer that ? for you)
Most fonts on the net that you can use you can put them in your font folder and after restarting your computer they will show up in with your fonts.

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 Post subject: Re: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:28 am  (#8) 
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@sally
Thanks for answering the question but its for a printshop so its not really for personal use and I do have my own fonts I got a few made here. I just want it to be in my keyboard use.
1. Eligible Licensees. This Software is available for license solely to SOFTWARE owners, with no right of duplication or further distribution, licensing, or sub-licensing. IF YOU DO NOT OWN THE SOFTWARE, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY OR USE THE SOFTWARE.

http://californiafonts.com/pages/terms

What a bumber. So only the owner downloads the software itself?


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 Post subject: Re: Public Domain Fonts vs Illegal Font Use
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:38 am  (#9) 
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Kenlee20 wrote:
@sally
Thanks for answering the question but its for a printshop so its not really for personal use and I do have my own fonts I got a few made here. I just want it to be in my keyboard use.
1. Eligible Licensees. This Software is available for license solely to SOFTWARE owners, with no right of duplication or further distribution, licensing, or sub-licensing. IF YOU DO NOT OWN THE SOFTWARE, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY OR USE THE SOFTWARE.

http://californiafonts.com/pages/terms

What a bumber. So only the owner downloads the software itself?
If you are unsure of restrictions on any license contact the owner.

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