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GERGE · 11-01-2015, 05:08 AM

Noone will sue you for this, but it becomes a problem of ethics after you learn of it.

If you want to use Garamond, go for EB Garamond. If you want Baskerville, Libre Baskerville is great; there is TeX Gyre Pagella for Palatino and Courier Prime for Courier. If you want Times, you can use Liberation Serif.

You can find open-source or free alternatives for almost every popular typeface out there and there are PT Serif, Junicode, Vollkorn, Alegreya, Bitter and others as original designs. Junicode is especially awesome with its extensive glyph support. Alegraya's design is delightfully modern and beautiful.

You don't need to copy font files from your office suite or a warez site, there are good alternatives.

11-01-2015, 05:08 AM	#9
GERGE Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	Noone will sue you for this, but it becomes a problem of ethics after you learn of it. If you want to use Garamond, go for EB Garamond. If you want Baskerville, Libre Baskerville is great; there is TeX Gyre Pagella for Palatino and Courier Prime for Courier. If you want Times, you can use Liberation Serif. You can find open-source or free alternatives for almost every popular typeface out there and there are PT Serif, Junicode, Vollkorn, Alegreya, Bitter and others as original designs. Junicode is especially awesome with its extensive glyph support. Alegraya's design is delightfully modern and beautiful. You don't need to copy font files from your office suite or a warez site, there are good alternatives.