What are the copyright laws? Do they differ from font to font?
Thank you in advance for your answers.
2006-10-13 13:15:48 · 5 answers · asked by jackrrabitt 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
If it's a recognizable font for something else why would you use it in the first place?
The idea of you logo is to stand out from everyone else. If you see something you like tweak it a bit and make it your own. You see a lot of fonts based on company logos, movie posters, ect but that doesn't mean you have to use it like it is. Sure it's easier that way but you start blending in.
Think about your business. Is the font you're using a good representation of it or is it just something that looks nice on paper? I've atually thrown out cards from some people and went with others because of their business cards. If their card was bitchin' they'd be the one I'd go with insted of a plain jane. The reason behind it. If you can't put forth the effort to represent yourself well you may not put forth the effort in the work you do.
Some fonts will say they can't be used for certain things while others won't. So yeah it varies from font to font. When I've done logos in the past I've used straight fonts and made stuff up based on others. It always seemed people were happier with the tweaked font.
Just remember one thing. do test copies in various sizes before you commit to it. It has to remain ledgable even in small print. I used to reduce them down to about 70% to 90% reduction. You'll never have to go that small probably but if you can still make it out then you got something good to use.
2006-10-14 00:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you buy a font, check the information that is included in a text file. Many free fonts will specifically say that they cannot legally be used in as part of a logo. Many paid-for fonts will not come with that disclaimer. To be sure, you could (and probably should) contact the print foundary. To find out who the print foundary is, you could just type the name of the font into Google.
Good luck!
2006-10-13 14:21:04 · answer #2 · answered by a-mac 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
is it like asking if can use the font coca cola uses? of course u can, u just cant use the same logo with another company if this company has it registered. if coca-cola hadnt registered its name u could use it too.
Software piracy however is another issue and fonts may fall in this category, but i dont think anyone will check if u have legally bought the font u used, as well as the program u used to design your logo. i guess this may differ from country to country but i think being caught for having used a font goes too far :)
2006-10-13 13:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by kourtina1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can use any font you see or aware of and you don't have to fear any restriction laws. It's very, very rare to see restrictions on the use of fonts that are made available in the market.
Example : the font IBM uses. You can use the font in anyway you want it but it should not look almost similar to IBM. Same
way with Coca-cola type of font.
2006-10-13 17:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by DAX 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well what i would say is make sure your logo is legible and will want the customers to recognize it when they see it
i don't know about front copyrights only after the logo is made.
good luck
2006-10-13 13:20:31 · answer #5 · answered by sister cool breeze 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋