On: GitHub is releasing two open-source fonts: Mona an...

[advisedwang]

I wonder if we could train a "Font Copilot" on a bunch of fonts and then claim the output is license free

[viraptor → advisedwang]

Already happening https://picsart.com/blog/post/ai-fonts

[TingPing → advisedwang]

Fontfaces aren't copywritable in the US.

[advisedwang → TingPing]

Interesting. A bit of Google and it seems that although this is technically true, the digital representation of a typeface (ie the font file itself) is copywritable (it is treated like software).

[nwellnhof → advisedwang]

TrueType font hinting is Turing-complete, so font files can be considered computer programs.