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Rokkitt Issue #55

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Isn't the font Rokkitt the same font as Rockwell by Linotype/Monotype Imaging?
http://www.ascenderfonts.com/font/rockwell-regular.aspx

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robindi...@googlemail.com on 17 May 2011 at 3:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
As far as I understand-- and I'm not sure how this applies internationally-- 
but at least under US law, only the program code of fonts is copyrightable, not 
the actual design. Rokkitt was retraced from scratch from a scan of the 
original, rather than being based on any existing digitized version.

However, this still might be an issue outside of the US; I know some other 
countries' laws are stricter about font designs.

Original comment by codeman38 on 17 May 2011 at 11:18

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
No. If you look at it up close you will see substantial differences between 
Rockwell, a design from 1934, and Rokkitt. I hope the designer will publish a 
blog post at http://code.newtypography.co.uk soon about his process :-)

Original comment by dcrossland@google.com on 16 Jul 2011 at 10:24