Post #137129 by Hale Tiki on Mon, Jan 24, 2005 3:38 PM

In response, again, I'd like to point out, what about fonts that are designed to be free, such as fontdiner.com fonts?

Fonts that are specifically designed by the "original creator" to be freely distributed, such as the fontdinerdotcom sparkly. I'm sure fontdiner.com didn't copy that font from anywhere. I can't be 100% positive, but before their website started, I cannot recall ever seeing it anywhere. I've looked through all my records (around 1000) and haven't seen it either, not even in any exotica, or big band. Also, what about fonts that are distributed with new computers, that we take for granted, such as Times, or COurier, or Helvetica. Fonts that have been around for who knows how long. Should they be free, or should the exist in the public domain, like "free" fonts do? As far as the ED BENGUIAT fonts go, I'm sure the enchanted tiki room borrowed from him, seeing as he was alive long before Disney existed. And, I'm sure, as with the Ed Roth font package, that House Industries is working with relatives, or the estate of ED BENGUIAT to produce the product, as it is a commercially available item designed specifically for the font market? I'm sure that if they did not have permission, a large lawsuit would ensue. I know that Ed Roth was integral into designing the fonts. In fact, they were released officially in 1996. Not the house industries package, but the font itself. I'm not sure when the House Industries Package was released, but I know they've had it for quite some time.

[ Edited by: Hale Tiki on 2005-01-24 15:47 ]