Aquilina, who generally spoke and not about the details of the anti-piracy campaign and the font use, said that the use of a font from a free source, with an “effective implicit license to use it”, could be a good defense “, although” no complete defense of the dariant of the websites of websites would usually go after websites of the websites of the websites of the websites of the websites of the websites of the websites of the websites of the websites, after websites, after websites, after websites, after websites of the websites of the websites of the websites, after websites, after websites, after websites, after websites, after websites, after websites. end product.
Fonts that are used commercially that happen to be exact copies of existing and copyright fonts are “fairly common,” said Aquilina, “simply because of the popularity of certain fonts and a desire to use them, to create a certain aesthetics.” But, he said, there is “a very small percentage that can be or will be tightened.” Even with software licenses in question, a type of foundry is confronted with a tough battle, as witness in the battle for the typography of Shake Shack (paid).
Still fog: the source of xband rough
A few glyphs from FF confidential, the font that was not used in some anti-piratermaterials, even if it certainly looked like this.
A few glyphs from FF confidential, the font that was not used in some anti-piratermaterials, even if it certainly looked like this.
Credit: Myfonts/Monottype
So where did Xband come from roughly?
The styling of the font name, “xband rough” with the first noun in all-caps, is reminiscent of the early online gaming network Xband, launched in 1994 and stopped in 1997. In some Xband packages, a similar “raw” style can be seen on the letters. The PDF tracking, rib, noted that Xband Rough “was released four years after the original” (around 1996) and “almost identical, except the price”.
Another bluesky user suggests “a plausible explanation” for the font, which suggests that Xband may have a permit to have FF confidential and then get the internal name “Xband Rough”. A copy of the font with that name could have been extracted from what Xband material and then “started to float around the internet”. In the end, however, the real answer is unclear.
We have contacted the Motion Picture Association (now only the MPA, without “from America”), but they refused to comment.
The original campaign “You would not steal a car” was easy to be simplistic to the point. IP -Act is not really like “stealing a car” in many cases -as clearly re -made by the recent XBand Rough research.
