Does anybody have any thorough knowledge on the legality of embedding fonts in an ebook (either for free distribution, personal use, or commercial use)?
I want to embed the Microsoft Calibri font (available in Windows and Office), and the licencing on the MS website says this:
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There are 4 levels of embedding permissions:
'Print and preview' fonts can be embedded in a document, provided the user reading the document cannot edit the content of the document.
'Editable' fonts can be embedded within content that can be edited by the user.
'Installable' fonts within a document may be permanently installed by the user reading the document or a client application. In practice, installable fonts are treated like editable fonts by most client applications.
'No embedding permissions' prevent fonts from being embedded in a document.
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The font in question is the 'editable' type. There is an implication in the above rules that 'editable' includes the 'print and preview' rights, in which case the font can be freely distributed in an ebook.
Is this correct?
As a side note, I know there are public domain fonts, etc., but I have not found any that are even close to the quality of the fonts I like to use, and Calibri looks amazing on my reader.