Comment by grishka

Comment by grishka a day ago

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Depends on the country.

I researched it for Russia recently and apparently the law is much stricter about fonts here than in the US. Both the character shapes and the "code" are copyrightable so you ain't getting away with converting it into a different format either. Companies did get sued over this and did have to pay millions of rubles in fines and licensing fees for their past usage. Not sure about individuals but I wouldn't try my luck with any non-free fonts made by Russian designers.

BeFlatXIII a day ago

> I wouldn't try my luck with any non-free fonts made by Russian designers.

Depends if your home country cares about Russian civil court or not.

fooker a day ago

Huh, this is interesting. Given that Russia has been the hub of internet piracy for theast three decades.

  • grishka a day ago

    That's because copyright in Russia is only enforced for companies. If you pirate something for personal use, no one would care, thankfully.