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Re: TrueType/OpenType and anti-circumvention laws



On Mon, 2024-01-15 at 06:05 -0500, P. J. McDermott wrote:

> Paul Wise mentioned[8] on the fonts team list in 2021 a couple programs
> ("embed"[9], a derivative "ttembed"[10], and "ttfpatch"[11]) that unset
> the DRM/TPM bits, enabling full use of the fonts.  "embed" was written
> by a font designer who noticed that his fonts had restrictive embedding
> permissions and that a tool he used (which was intended for font users,
> not designers) didn't allow lowering the restrictions.

PS: for thread completeness, I note the embed author recieved DMCA
legal threats, but did not remove the tool from their website:

http://carnage-melon.tom7.org/embed/dmca.html

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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