Bitmapped fonts may not be copyrightable in the U.S., but Postscript/vector fonts certainly are:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0,10000,0-1005-200-326302,00.html >In a case that pitted Adobe Systems >against a small software company in Florida, U.S. District Judge Ronald >Whyte of San Jose, California, ruled that computer fonts are no different >from other kinds of software, and enjoy full copyright protection. See the font FAQ: http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_13.htm > scalable fonts are, in the opinion of the Copyright Office, >computer programs, and as such are copyrightable -Declan At 01:44 PM 12/18/2001 -0500, Duncan Frissell wrote: >I thought everyone knew. Fonts aren't copyrightable. Font *names* are. >The reverse of the norm. With a story or novel the body of text is >copyrightable, the title isn't. > >DCF > >On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > > Why wouldn't an original typeface be covered under U.S. copyright laws? > > > > -Declan > > > > At 10:12 AM 12/18/2001 -0800, David Honig wrote: > > >IIRC fonts are not copyrightable in the US, but are elsewhere, yes? > > > > > >Assuming that's correct, then an algorithmic font (eg Postscript) could be > > >turned into an albeit large static set of pixels which wouldn't be > > >copyrightable in the US.