sifr vs flir
sifr vs flir
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- schjetne0
Well, the potential font licensing issues you guys are mentioning with sifr would also apply to absolutely every flash file that uses any other font than the viewer has installed on their computer. Which means about 99% of every flash site ever has got font licensing issues. This is why we (and the cufon project people) assume that sifr does not have any licensing issues. It's just Flash after all. We've always used custom fonts in Flash without even questioning the legality. What's supposed to have changed?
- excellent point. so what if some foundries would start a major lawsuit? they could win, no?janne76
- Pretty sure that'd be a tough one to win, as they would have to sue the entire internet.schjetne
- Apparently Cufon is a different matter because their embedding technique isn't incorporated into a Flash file, though.schjetne
- the thing that's changed is that the font is available as a separate flash file which can be copied and used independentlylukus_W
- technically it's not that different to cufon - it's just that cufon produces a txt file and sifr produces a binary filelukus_W
- it's about the amount of computers rendering it, no? so once it is "downloaded"..janne76
- I think the main issue the foundries raise is the possibility of people reusing the fonts publishedlukus_W
- (which is why they hate the idea of @font-face without some kind of wrapper)lukus_W