Typophile

Legality of altering typefaces

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I have just started a new job at a university designing for the art and architecture departments. the art and architecture departments want me to make something very cutting edge, but the graphic standards of the university are very stringent...i can only use akzidenz and melior. akzidenz i can deal with, but i am not particularly crazy about melior especially because it only has two weights. would i be legally able to create additional weights based on the medium and bold or should i just grit my teeth and bear it?

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Tiffany Wardle

Linotype’s EULA does not allow modifications. You would need to contact them directly, license information in hand, and ask them to modify it for you.

Koppa

This is a little concerning to me, as I have recently (and innocently) outlined Franklin Gothic and tugged at the vector anchors to create an altered version of it. I am with an in-house art depar

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