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Such licenses typically only apply to the font file itself (which is a computer program), and not to the shape of the typeface, which may be subject to a design patent. Open-source font licenses include the GNU General Public License with the Font Exception, the SIL Open Font License, and the Ubuntu Font License.
Aptos, originally named Bierstadt, is a sans-serif typeface in the neo-grotesque style developed by Steve Matteson. [3] It was released in 2023 as the new default font for the Microsoft Office suite, replacing the previously used Calibri font.
The main restrictions were a prohibition on reselling the fonts as a standalone product (though selling as part of a software package is acceptable), and that any derivative fonts not be distributed under the name "Vera" or use the Bitstream trademark. The DejaVu fonts are a prominent expansion of the Bitstream Vera fonts.
Calibri is part of the ClearType Font Collection, a suite of fonts from various designers released with Windows Vista. [7] All start with the letter C to reflect that they were designed to work well with Microsoft's ClearType text rendering system, a text rendering engine designed to make text clearer to read on liquid-crystal display monitors.
Arial Baltic, Arial CE, Arial Cyr, Arial Greek, Arial Tur are aliases created in the FontSubstitutes section of WIN.INI by Windows. These entries all point to the master font. When an alias font is specified, the font's character map contains different character set from the master font and the other alias fonts.
This is an uncommon choice in sans-serif faces, especially those designed for display on a screen, but several of the other ClearType fonts also make this the default option; lining figures can be suggested using an OpenType stylistic alternates menu or CSS font-variant-numeric: lining-nums.
OCR-A is a font issued in 1966 [2] and first implemented in 1968. [3] A special font was needed in the early days of computer optical character recognition, when there was a need for a font that could be recognized not only by the computers of that day, but also by humans. [4] OCR-A uses simple, thick strokes to form recognizable characters. [5]
Linux Libertine is a digital typeface created by the Libertine Open Fonts Project, which aims to create free and open alternatives to proprietary typefaces such as Times Roman. M+ FONTS: OFL: Earlier versions of M+ were released under terms of "unlimited permission." [24] New Athena Unicode: OFL: 2019-12-08 / 5.007 Noto fonts: OFL: Commissioned ...