On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:08:28 -0800, Kamilche wrote: > I have a question for all you Pythoneers out there. I'm making a game > with Python, and have a need for fonts. I am currently using a free > TrueType font, but am considering switching to a bitmap font instead. > > Let's say I own a font, and use it in a paint program to 'draw some > text' on a picture that I slap up on the Internet. Everything's > probably fine, right? But what if I draw some text on a bitmap on the > hard drive, add drop shadows and decorations, and use it to 'blit' text > in a game? The answer is less obvious to me then. > > Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated!
Free legal advice you get from non-lawyers on Usenet is worth 10% of what you paid for it. But generally speaking, for what it is worth (10% of nothing), you can distribute *images* you design which happen to incorporate text from a font, but you cannot distribute the font itself UNLESS the font is provided under a licence which explicitly permits you to re-distribute it. It is highly unlikely that any judge will be fooled by a mere change in format ("but Your Honour, I converted the TTF file into a bitmap"). Adding decorations and such merely means you have created a derivative work of the font, which the licence may not permit. I suggest that you use a font which comes under a clearly free to distribute licence, or you design your own. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list