RE: CSS3 @font-face / EOT Fonts - new compromise proposal

On Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:13 AM Mirko Gustony wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> as a web designer I am reading this discussion with 
> increasing interest.
> 
> Could someone please explain me, why fonts actually do need 
> more technical protection then let's say a ... text (I know 
> there was a similar question already)?
> 

Perhaps, if you attempt to answer these questions it might help to
understand the differences:
- how text and fonts compare to each other in terms of their utility
value?
- can a font be re-used for commercial gain (e.g. to produce new media
or graphics content)? Is it the same for text?
- can text be used as a tool with different applications?
- if a copy of font was used to create a new document, is it possible to
tell whether the font was licensed properly or not?
- has it ever happened in the past that text had been the subject of
extreme piracy?
- do fonts have a resale value? what about text? ...


Regards,
Vlad

Received on Thursday, 13 November 2008 04:54:34 UTC