Matthew Butterick on the Copyrightability of Fonts

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By John GruberJan 19, 2026, 1:22 pm175 pts
Matthew Butterick: But more importantly, in practical terms — what would be the point? Since 2011, I’ve run a small font business. Not long after I release a font, it will be uploaded to some public pirate-software website. I can’t control that. Like every other kind of digital-media file, anyone who wants to…

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