Do you need copyright permission to use a system font in a logo?
Lux
cannot find any information if system fonts like these can be used for
commercial use. I know Linotype's version of this font is copyrighted and
fees apply.
Thanks
Andreas Höfeld
Fees for a license. But if you legally own or use the system
you have that license, so go ahead.
Andreas
Lars Trebing
> Also sprach/Thus spake Lux:
>
>> I'm looking to use an Apple Panther system font (Zapfino) for a
>> logo. [...] I know Linotype's version of this font is copyrighted
>> and fees apply.
>
> Fees for a license. But if you legally own or use the system you have
> that license, so go ahead.
But one problem still remains: One cannot possibly make a good logo with
Zapfino.
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Lars Trebing | http://www.ltrebing.de/ | mailto:ltre...@ltrebing.de
Alan
If Apple or anyone else wants to limit what you can do with the
software they sold you, they need to make it explicit. Linotype's
Licensing terms are here
<http://www.linotype.com/1710/licenseagreement-folder.html>
But my personal opinion, not being a lawyer, is that once you have
rendered the font, either to bitmap or "convert to curves", the
resulting art belongs to you. As long as you don't convert this back
to a font and distribute it, AS A FONT, you should be fine. Linotype's
license talks about "font software", but in your logo it's no longer a
font, but a simple graphic.
Andreas Höfeld
> Andreas Höfeld wrote:
>
>> Also sprach/Thus spake Lux:
>>
>>> I'm looking to use an Apple Panther system font (Zapfino) for a
>>> logo. [...] I know Linotype's version of this font is copyrighted
>>> and fees apply.
>>
>> Fees for a license. But if you legally own or use the system you have
>> that license, so go ahead.
>
> But one problem still remains: One cannot possibly make a good logo
> with Zapfino.
I think that depends on the line of trade you're in
and has nothing to do with license questions :-)
Gruß
Andreas