Does anyone know the legal implications of redrawing and potentially digitising elements of an old blackletter font found in a type specimen book? I have found an alphabet I would like to use elements of for a logo design. The specimen is from an alphabet from 1579 in Lewis F. Day's book 'Alphabet's old and New' published in 1910 - the only details I can find about the alphabet is that it was Flemish and was taken from a rubbing of a memorial inscription. But in general what are the rules about redrawing/digitising potentially out of copyright non digitised alphabets? I am not looking to create a digital font file and sell it I just want to use elements of the font for a logo. Any advice or feedback on this comment would be greatly received!
