It's not (just) the .ttf file which is protected and needs to be licensed. It is the actual typeface / appearance / design for which you have to pay. What you are trying to do wouldn't solve your problem either. As an example an excerpt from the license text <http://www.myfonts.com/viewlicense.php?lid=1444>of myfonts.com:
3. Embedding Font Software and Representations of Typeface and Typographic > Designs and Ornaments. You may embed the Font Software only into an > electronic document that (i) is not a Commercial Product, (ii) is > distributed in a secure format that does not permit the extraction of the > embedded Font Software, and (iii) in the case where a recipient of an > electronic document is able to Use the Font Software for editing, only if > the recipient of such document is within your Licensed Unit. > > *You may embed* static graphic images into an electronic document, > including a Commercial Product, (for example, a “gif”) with a > representation of a typeface and typographic design or ornament created > with the Font Software as long as such images are not used as a replacement > for Font Software, i.e. *as long as the representations do not correspond > to individual glyphs* of the Font Software and may not be individually > addressed by the document to render such designs and ornaments. > I bet that a similar (if not the same) license applies also to Arial. How about browsing Google Web Fonts <http://www.google.com/webfonts/>? Most licenses there are pretty friendly for your use case. On Friday, August 10, 2012 4:29:10 PM UTC-5, bob wrote: > > Okay. So, it is illegal to put Arial.ttf in my Android App without paying > a lot of licensing fees to the Arial people. > > Is it ok to use a Bitmap Font generator with Arial and put the resulting > PNG bitmap file in my Android App? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
