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[Nice Web Type] We’ve talked about a web standard for typefaces, noted the importance of EULAs, and compared/contrasted the ideas of type delivery services, free font libraries, and lists of fonts available for web linking. While the details and players may change, these are concepts you can rely on for some context.

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[CatsWhoCode.com] 10 wonderful fonts you can embed with Cufon and Sifr: the font off through both line traces, I believe my use of so-called “restricted” fonts with web rendering software to be justifiable. I've read the EULA and this 'derivative work' clause is, to say the least, ULTIMATELY binding: .

[CreativeMatch News - Latest Stories] creativematch: Monotype Imaging Introduces New Font License to ...: “EOT is particularly useful when delivering Web content in complex languages such as Indic languages, where a choice of resident fonts is very limited. As a member of the World Wide Web Consortium, our goal is to establish a universally supported Web font format, either through browser adoption of EOT, or other format with similar capabilities, in order to provide an abundant selection of type for everyone designing or viewing content on the Web.”

[In the Woods] In the Woods - Everything you Need to Know About Font Licensing ...: Read the EULA (End User License Agreement) of every piece of digital media you want to use and make sure it permits you to use it in the way you intend. If you’re not sure, do yourself a favor and double check by asking the author before you use it.

[i love typography, the typography and fonts blog] Web fonts. Where are we? Will web fonts ever be a reality? | i ...: webfont and @font-face all offer interesting possibilities, I still think that well constructed font rules in the normal style sheet sense is the best way to go. Even with these new (and “new”) techniques and services, I doubt that we can expect *every* browser to handle esoteric fonts in identical fashion anyway (see Malarkey’s browser comparison on forabeautifulweb.com) …

[Pixel Acres] Typekit and the future of web fonts: We’ve been working with foundries to develop a consistent web-only font linking license. We’ve built a technology platform that lets us to host both free and commercial fonts in a way that is incredibly fast, smoothes out differences in how browsers handle type, and offers the level of protection that type designers need without resorting to annoying and ineffective DRM.

[Spyre Studios] How To Use @font-face In CSS And 21 Great Typefaces | Spyre Studios: I like the sound of this @font-face, but because of its cross-browser issues I doubt I’d use it widely until it’s given more support (sadly the case with a lot of css3 stuff) .Thanks for the explanation of how to work with it though, it’s definitely something worth knowing about, thanks!

[The Business Insider] NBC And CNBC Sued For Infringing Use Of...FONTS: The work created using Font Bureau's fonts could have been created by anyone hired by NBC to do the work, who may well have their own license to those fonts. If NBC is known by Font Bureau to have used in-house resources to create the work and has no licenses to show for it, they may have a case, but otherwise, I'm curious as to the basis for this lawsuit.

[A Wider Net] A Wider Net » Marketing Technology » » Blog Archive » Web Fonts ...: You can also select and copy text and most font vendor EULAs will allow you to embed fonts in Flash. But, of course, it requires Flash player to be installed in the browser to work.

[Webmaster Crap] Webmaster Crap » Blog Archive » Nice Web Type - Where to get web fonts: Let’s revisit WOFF, talk about EULAs, and list some places to find typefaces that are legal for use with the CSS @ font -face property, including type delivery services, free font libraries, and curated lists of fonts available for web …

[The Typekit Blog] When Free Fonts Aren't Free « The Typekit Blog: It’s really better if there is only a limited set of EULAs with clear differences. For free fonts, there is OFL, and probably the CC family provides most of the variants needed for fonts, since it was designed so that it’s adapted to works that are of a more artistic nature (rather than technical).

[Ralf Herrmann's Typography Weblog] Why webfont services are the future of fonts on the web | Ralf ...: But while Microsoft sticks to its EOT format since version 4 of Internet Explorer, the developers of Safari, Firefox and Opera went a different route and implemented @font-face in a way where only raw fonts (TrueType/OpenType) work. So if web designers want to use webfonts they need to include both EOT and TTF/OTF to make it work across all major browsers.

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