thanks :) seems everything claiming to be free these days is a rip-off

Indeed. So is cheap.

hhp

@majus

thanks for the reply :)

looking at the use full comparisons renko managed to find;

'SNC Script is officially known as Nuptial Script. AIS Script is Shelley Script Andante by Matthew Carter.'

many of the DGL fonts look almost identical to other established scripts, I haven't studied each letter in detail yet but, is their enough, if any differences to make them not overlap the other people licenses ? I have heard of many cases of people just changing the copyrights and inserting their own.

Any further help would be much appreciated. I two am not a fan of finding 'free' pieces as indeed they are often not well done, bar the very few exeptions. Being used to working with fonts purchased from more recognised foundries - were the licensing isn't something I have had to worry about much in the past. Thus my knowledge of such is very much lacking in this area.

However as the client here is a rather low budget operation I said I would see if their was anything I could find for them. Although it is looking like I must use the powers of persuasion to get them to go for something better :)

thanks again

indeed ^^ I seem to remember a similar thing being briefly on the radio about Starbucks in the uk
but it somehow managed to avoid hitting the main news much

*edit yeh just read your link in more detail and it says Starbucks ^^ pretty crazy what they get away with

That's true in the US, but not most of Western Europe. IIRC in the Netherlands even scanning a printed font specimen is illegal.

hhp

That's a good question. I guess if you're in the US and you copy a font that's protected in Europe, they could come after you. The other way around is probably legal.

BTW most people would advise you to consult a lawyer... I'm not that mean.

hhp

Free is so overrated.

So are you, Ryan…

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