Re: Helvetica - International Systems?

FROM : Clark S. Cox III
DATE : Mon Nov 18 06:33:06 2002

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On Monday, Nov 18, 2002, at 09:15 US/Eastern, Philip George wrote:

> Hmmm...  I'm not so sure....
>
> I found several places last night where there are copyright symbols
> next to the Helvetica font:
>
> - When you "Show Info" on "Helvetica.dfont" in the Finder
> - On the Apple website
> - On the Linotype website
>
> The only one that's in "Show Info" that I couldn't find on the
> respective website is Type Solutions Inc.  There's no mention of
> Helvetica on their website, but they show partial copyright ownership
> in the "Show Info" window.  Not sure what's up with that.


   I was corrected offline by David Stevenson. While fonts themselves
can't be copyrighted, font *files* can.



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