Rutherford Craze on Nostr: Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, ...
Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
A thread🧵
Published at
2025-06-05 14:46:42 UTCEvent JSON
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