Comment on Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” HackathonComments−bbcbasic11yThe Stupid Font is actually very cool. I am going to use it for my blog title. So sorry Stupid Font creator: You failed - I find your idea useful.−Bjartr11yHow does copyright handle a case like this?−AlyssaRowan11yBroadly: Typefaces are not copyrightable. Font programs, however, are.So that's in the clear, which may be the point of the art.−learnstats211yI understood Stupid Font to be a comment on copyright.My understanding is that the written form of the font is copyrighted - a redrawn version would not typically be copyrighted.It's complicated so please don't take this as legal advice.−icebraining11yI think it's pretty clearly fair use. It's a parody, that significantly transforms the work and doesn't compete with it.−fit2rule11yI thought so too, but the font seems to be broken for me .. ah well.
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The Stupid Font is actually very cool. I am going to use it for my blog title. So sorry Stupid Font creator: You failed - I find your idea useful.
How does copyright handle a case like this?
Broadly: Typefaces are not copyrightable. Font programs, however, are.
So that's in the clear, which may be the point of the art.
I understood Stupid Font to be a comment on copyright.
My understanding is that the written form of the font is copyrighted - a redrawn version would not typically be copyrighted.
It's complicated so please don't take this as legal advice.
I think it's pretty clearly fair use. It's a parody, that significantly transforms the work and doesn't compete with it.
I thought so too, but the font seems to be broken for me .. ah well.