Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Fonts

On 12/02/2017 03:00 PM, Ricardo Berlasso wrote:
> 2017-12-02 19:31 GMT+01:00 arakish <rmfrunyan@gmail.com>:
>
> > Did a search and all I found was some mumbo jumbo about legality.
> >
> > There are no laws against embedding fonts in documents so you can keep
> > using
> > the same font across system units.
> >
> > If a person has purchased a font for their use, then they are allowed to
> > embed that font into their documents.
> >
> > I just think that y'all are too lazy to incorporate embedding into your
> > software.  All other office suites do it.  As far as I have found, only
> > Open
> > Office and Libre Office are the only office that won't incorporate font
> > embedding.
> >
> > Thus, get font embedding incorporated.  It ain't that difficult.
> First, LibreOffice DO have font embedding: just look at File → Properties →
> Font tab → check "Embed fonts in the document".
>
> Second, it seems you are not aware of the legal mess that font licensing
> can bring to the table. Most proprietary fonts do NOT allow redistribution,
> and embedding a full font on a text document (which is NOT the same that
> embedding a subset on a PDF) IS redistribution. So, depending on the
> foundry you get your fonts from, embedding could be illegal.
>
> Third, there are several ways to embed a font, and some of those ways may
> have patents associated with them so they cannot be freely implemented.
>
> So yes, there ARE laws preventing the embedding of certain fonts, and no,
> there is no laziness on trying to avoid font embedding, so please check the
> license of the fonts you use before sending them to anyone else. In fact,
> please check font licenses before USING them on any document. Good luck
> with that.
>
> Regards,
> Ricardo

I remember this "argument" in the 1990's with what I was working with 
back then.

I have an Adobe font collection, but I tend to use either MS core fonts 
or some good free fonts.

Here is what I did back then and now - if there is a specific font that 
is NEEDED in the document, I make sure the users of the documents will 
have the links to download the fonts they need. Then it is up to "them" 
to deal with the licenses.






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