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In article <1993Jan21.172248.13913@bsu-ucs>, 00bwanderson@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
|> 
|> Hello, all.  I just got Metamorphosis Pro and I've been converting several PS
|> Type 1 fonts to TrueType.  (What can I say- I like it! :)  What I need to know
|> is, if I convert copyrighted fonts (Say, Adobe Garamond) can these fonts then
|> be distributed, or are they still copyrighted to Adobe?  I recall a few months
|> (maybe a year?) back that faces converted between formats were no longer
|> copyrighted.  I just wanna be SAFE before I go posting any of them to the
|> InterNet.
|> 
|> Thanks much for any/all help and advice!
|> 
|> Bruce
|> -- 
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|> 
|> Bruce Anderson: A tradition of Chaos and Disorder since 1967
|> spock@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (unix)	00bwanderson@bsu-ucs.uucp (VAX)
|> Don't look at me in that tone of voice!  BSU disclaims me, and I disclaim them.

  The answer is a resounding NO !!

  If a scaled font (PostScript or True Type) is copyrighted, you must
 get permission before you distribute any converted versions.

  This comes from my user group 'porting TrueType fonts from the Mac to
the Apple IIGS.

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