Intellectual Property
Nov. 28, 2009
Be Aware Of Your Font Licenses
Allan Haley of Monotype Imaging says many companies do not realize that fonts are intellectual property that require software licensing.
By Allan Haley
Like air, fonts are all around us. Fonts are also software and intellectual property, just like business software, computer games, songs and paintings. But with businesses under constant deadline pressure and the need to "have it now," it is all too easy to accumulate an abundance of fonts and lose track of where they came from. This means you might either be over-licensing or over-installing fonts. The former wastes your money; the latter exposes you legal...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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