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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
Of course, you being in the US means that is meaningless as typefaces are covered by a design patent, not copyright  |
While's it's true that typefaces themselves (the shapes of the characters) are not covered by US copyright law, the computer software that implements a typeface as software (i.e. a digital font that includes more than just outlines, such as Adobe Type 1, TrueType and OpenType) is copyrightable.
"[...] in 1992, the US Copyright Office [...] determined that the latest digital outline fonts in fact had elements that could be protected as software. Since that time, the Office has accepted registration of copyright for digital vector fonts, such as PostScript Type 1, TrueType, and OpenType format files."