Most fonts are copyrighted. At present, we only know that the four most frequently used fonts in computers are Hei Song, imitation regular script and so on. Operating system manufacturers have also purchased these most basic fonts from some font manufacturers. Ordinary people can use it with confidence, and these four fonts meet more than 90% of ordinary people’s writing needs.
For individual users who want to use richer fonts, you can purchase other fonts. However, it can only be used for writing and printing on a computer, but cannot be used for large-scale commercial publishing.
There have always been some misunderstandings about the use of Chinese characters. Some people think that Chinese characters have existed for thousands of years and have long passed the copyright protection period and can be used at will. This is not the case.
At the "Chinese Font Intellectual Property Protection Seminar", Zhang Jianguo, general manager of Founder Electronic Font Business Department, who has been engaged in font research and development, said, "We divide fonts into several categories. One category is ancestors The characters left behind, such as regular script, are widely used on inscriptions in the past dynasties. They are actually copyrighted, but they have expired, so everyone can use them.
The second category is in the public domain. Fonts that have been modified based on the fonts, and the changes are relatively large, and meet the copyright requirements, should be protected as fine art fonts. The third category is those that were created from scratch in history and meet the requirements for copyright uniqueness protection, then they should be protected. Under key protection. ”
Extended information:
Understand what kind of font usage will constitute infringement
1. Specific ways to use Chinese fonts on web pages.
From the perspective of the technology used, whether it is a PC web page or a mobile web page, the use of Chinese fonts mainly includes the following three methods:
2. Through pictures.
This method is to insert pictures formed by specific font text during the web design process. At this time, the picture files are saved on the web server and called through HTML commands.
The common application form of using Chinese fonts through pictures on web pages is mainly used to display the name of the company, products and decoration images, as well as other specially designed promotional copy, etc. These picture contents are usually made by Specialized art designers use font software to output the corresponding Chinese characters, save them in image format, and then insert them into the web page. Visitors who visit the web page can see the corresponding font text content displayed in the form of images.
3. Through the @font-face command method.
In the HTML language environment, W3C has also developed a web page layout standard CSS. @font-face is a command module under the CSS standard. Through the @font-face command module, web page producers can Set the font format on the web page so that the text content will be displayed in the corresponding font when visiting the web page.
At this time, the web page creator needs to pre-store and install the corresponding font library files on the web server. In order to be compatible with different browsers, when installing the font library files, it is often necessary to convert the font library files. [, and then call the font library file through the @font-face instruction module. When the user accesses the web page, the font is automatically loaded through the instruction module, and the text content of the corresponding font is finally displayed.
4. Through the font-family command.
Font-family is also a command module under the CSS standard. Web page producers use the font-family command to create a call font list. Normally, the device's operating system will pre-set the font library. When a web page is accessed through the device, the web page will automatically compare the font library installed on the access device with the font list.
In order, the font library file installed locally on the device itself is called to display the text content on the web page in the corresponding font. In this case, the web page itself does not need to store and install the font library file. The text fonts on the web page are set and displayed by calling the font library file installed locally on the device.
The text font displayed when the visitor accesses the page is determined by the settings of the font list and the pre-installation of the font library file on the access device.
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