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by joewalker 4038 days ago
Copyright law with fonts is strange. 'Looking like' isn't a copyright vilation, but if you take copy a font and tweak it slightly then it probably is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems,_Inc._v._Souther....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protecti...

There's a similar situation with clothing, IIRC, which explains the prevalence of brand logos.

IANAL, obviously.