[XeTeX] font license

Lorna Evans lorna_evans at sil.org
Wed Sep 3 21:42:40 CEST 2014


The font properties say "Installable embedding allowed" so I'm not sure 
why it won't embed.
The license field has a bunch of CJK that I can't read and then this:

> Nikosh font developed by The Election Commission of Bangladesh. Latin 
> glyphs Incorporated are from modified DejaVu font project's DejaVu Serif.
> Bangla Glyps design by: Jowad Kazi
> Core Developers: Jowad Kazi, Omi Azad, Mozammel Sarker
>
> NikoshBangla font is being Released under Creative Common License (CCL).
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/NikoshRegularJowadKazi,OmiAzad: 
> NikoshLight: 2008NikoshVersion 001.000NikoshJowad Kazi, Omi AzadJowad 
> Hamid Kazi. Bangladesh Election Commission Secretariat.This Font 
> Software is licensed under the Creative License, Version 3.0. This 
> license is http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
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...it quits at this point. The Description is more complete and says:
> This Font Software is licensed under the Creative License, Version 
> 3.0. This license is http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [XeTeX] font license
From: maxwell <maxwell at umiacs.umd.edu>
To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex at tug.org>
Date: 9/3/2014 2:31 PM
> On to the next problem.  We're typesetting a Bangla grammar, and the 
> chosen font for the Bengali script is the Nikosh font.  This ttf font 
> was reportedly developed by the government of Bangladesh, and is 
> freely downloadable from their website, e.g.
> http://www.bpdb.gov.bd/bpdb/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=239
> http://www.ecs.gov.bd/English/QLTemplate1.php?Parameter_QLSCat_ID=68&ByDate=0&Year=
>
> Now that I have the xetex -output-driver parameter on the correct side 
> of the input file name on the command line (see my previous 
> thread...), xdvipdfmx is refusing to embed this Nikosh font in the PDF 
> unless I use the -E (embed regardless of license) parameter. I'm not 
> happy about doing that.
>
> I have been googling around for the Nikosh font license (no luck--some 
> sites claim it's freely available, but that probably doesn't mean 
> anything), and also for some app that would let me read the license 
> restrictions which I assume are embedded somehow in the .ttf file 
> (otherwise how could xdvipdfmx find it?).  Tried fc-scan, FontForge, 
> 'strings Nikosh.ttf | grep -i fstype', etc.
>
> I understand that some font creation tools default to non-embeddable 
> font licenses, and that some developers may not realize that (or not 
> realize the implications).
>
> How do I find the exact license restrictions on a truetype font?
>
>    Mike Maxwell
>    University of Maryland
>
>
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