[texhax] Using TrueType fonts in LaTeX

Reinhard Kotucha reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Tue May 12 00:32:49 CEST 2009


On 11 May 2009 Yannis Haralambous wrote:

 > > I was under the impression that the license of the MS core fonts
 > > prohibited their translation to other formats.
 > 
 > 
 > Technically speaking, going from TrueType to Type 42 is not really a  
 > conversion but rather an encapsulation...
 > 
 > But maybe M$ lawyers do not agree with that assertion.

Most font vendors disallow you to change their fonts.  But they all
are happy if you put a subset rather than the whole font into the
documents you distribute.  No idea what they really want.  :)

Regards,
  Reinhard

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