RE: Request

From: jameskass@att.net
Date: Tue Nov 25 2003 - 15:07:04 EST

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    .
    Peter Constable wrote,

    > On Behalf
    > Of Ritu Malhotra
    >
    >> Could someone kindly help me by providing an exe(Font utility) that
    >> will not only edit open type fonts(ex: Mangal.ttf)...
    >
    > Making changes to mangal.ttf or other Microsoft fonts would be in
    > violation of the end-user license agreement which you agreed to when you
    > installed the software, and is illegal.

    Peter is absolutely correct. And, it's not just Microsoft fonts
    which mustn't be altered by the end-user.

    Most font developers restrict rights on their fonts. Obtaining a
    legal copy of a font only grants the user the right to use the font;
    not to make changes.

    Best regards,

    James Kass
    .
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]
    > On Behalf
    > > Of Ritu Malhotra
    >
    > > Could someone kindly help me by providing an exe(Font utility) that
    > will not
    > > only edit open type fonts(ex: Mangal.ttf)...
    >
    > Making changes to mangal.ttf or other Microsoft fonts would be in
    > violation of the end-user license agreement which you agreed to when you
    > installed the software, and is illegal.
    >
    > If you want a Devanagari font that uses a non-standard encoding, there
    > are plenty of them out there that you can use without doing anything
    > illegal. See, for instance,
    > http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/LANG/HINDI.HTML.
    >
    >
    >
    > Peter
    >
    > Peter Constable
    > Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
    > Microsoft Windows Division
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >



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