If you unsure, the best solution is to ask the font's rightsholder
My opinion, given what you've posted, is that you're allowed to embed the font in PDFs or ePubs provided the font is not easily extractable. For ePubs, this means that the fonts must be encrypted - either when DRM is applied to the ePub, or separately using the Adobe or IDPF font encryption method. (But as no reader currently supports the IDPF method, I'd suggest using the Adobe one.)
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
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:
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.
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