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Article #88Re: Adobe to TT conversion
From: Steve A. Feinstein
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:56
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:56
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In article <ViVXiB1w164w@admiral.uucp> admiral.uucp!fsaleem@uunet.uu.net (Farzan Saleem) writes: >Anybody know of a program that can convert adobe fonts used in >Adobe Type Manager over to true type? I have about 60 Adobe fonts, >and would like to delete ATM if I can convert them over to True >Type... > >Thanks. > >FSALEEM@ADMIRAL.UUCP >4_FSALEEM@FAIR1.BITNET > >-- >admiral!fsaleem@uunet.uu.net (Farzan Saleem) <uunet!admiral!fsaleem> >The Admiral's Public UNIX - Greenwich, CT - System Administrator: Doug Fields >(HST/V32) (203)661-2873 -- (PEP/V32) -1279 -- (V32) -0450 -- (V29/MNP6) -2967 >>FREE!< Unix shell accounts, Usenet access, and Internet-style mail available Seems to me that if Microsoft did this, they could put a serious dent in ATM. And after all isn't what they wanted to do (otherwise why bother with TT at all). I wonder though what the legal ramifications of this are. As I understand it, you can't copyright a typeface, but you can copyright the name of the typeface. Would the converted typefonts be considered a derivitave work, and therefore be protected? -- Steve A. Feinstein | saf@netcom.com | Will whomever stole my real .signature 360 Cowper St #9 | (415) 326-8224 | please return it? No questions asked! Palo Alto, CA 94301 |
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!saf From: saf@netcom.com (Steve A. Feinstein) Subject: Re: Adobe to TT conversion Message-ID: <5axj15c.saf@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 20:56:45 GMT Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Summary: MicroSoft could Kick but if they did this. References: <ViVXiB1w164w@admiral.uucp> Lines: 28