Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Johan Vromans
> It is possible to extract fonts from a PDF file, it's pretty common these > days but you'd have a few options. This link discusses them. Usually PDF producing tools include only a subset of the font data in de PDF (only the glyphs that are actually used). So extracting will (again, usually) not

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread David Kastrup
"Andrew Bernard" writes: > Just found out this is not exactly true. Fonts I have purchased are > there. Subscription fonts are not. > > I found where they are, and they are hidden, and obfuscated and in > folders you cannot read, such as: > > C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Temp\31155DEE-0D38-4494-B

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Alexander Kobel
On 2016-11-07 14:42, Andrew Bernard wrote: Just found out this is not exactly true. Fonts I have purchased are there. Subscription fonts are not. I found where they are, and they are hidden, and obfuscated and in folders you cannot read, such as: C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Temp\31155DEE-0D3

RE: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Andrew Bernard
-A6D5-6D78CAA71B49\527465 which varies on reboot. Heavily DRM'd. Andrew -Original Message- From: Andrew Bernard [mailto:andrew.bern...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2016 12:27 AM To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: RE: Skyfonts Hi Alexander, The Skyfonts plot clarifies. I

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread David Kastrup
"Andrew Bernard" writes: > Hi Alexander, > > The Skyfonts plot clarifies. Indeed, thanks to you I have been able to > discover that the Skyfonts downloads are located here in Windows 10: > > C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Monotype\skyfonts-myfonts > > a

RE: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Alexander, The Skyfonts plot clarifies. Indeed, thanks to you I have been able to discover that the Skyfonts downloads are located here in Windows 10: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Monotype\skyfonts-myfonts and C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Monotype\skyfonts-google and so on

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread SoundsFromSound
lps! - - composer | sound designer LilyPond Tutorials (for beginners) --> http://bit.ly/bcl-lilypond -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Skyfonts-tp196239p196290.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Alexander Kobel
On 2016-11-07 13:21, Andrew Bernard wrote: Hi All, A lot of very useful input and food for thought here. I confess I am not an expert on the legal issues, [...] I had assumed that pulling the fonts out of a PDF in the case of SkyFonts amounted to reverse engineering and was therefore barred

RE: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Andrew Bernard
bject: Re: Skyfonts On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Simon Albrecht wrote: > On 07.11.2016 12:31, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > You might even say it was unethical by the provider of the font to not > provide for use in free software like LilyPond… ...or to put encrypted files in a hidden locatio

RE: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi All, A lot of very useful input and food for thought here. I confess I am not an expert on the legal issues, and just now reading all the legal conditions around SkyFonts and the Monotype Suscription makes me none the wiser. The thing about the Monotype Library Subscription is that you get

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread mskala
On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Simon Albrecht wrote: > On 07.11.2016 12:31, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > You might even say it was unethical by the provider of the font to not provide > for use in free software like LilyPond… ...or to put encrypted files in a hidden location on someone's machine. That'

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread David Kastrup
"Andrew Bernard" writes: > Hi Knut, > > > > Thank you, but no way. I am fussy about the ethics of using fonts and > this is not a viable solution, although perhaps technically > possible. I'd say that is illegal in _any_ country, at least according > to the Monotype licensing, and fair enough I

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 07.11.2016 12:31, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Andrew Bernard wrote: Thank you, but no way. I am fussy about the ethics of using fonts and this is not a viable solution, although perhaps technically possible. I’d say that is illegal in _any_ country, at least according

RE: Skyfonts

2016-11-07 Thread mskala
On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Thank you, but no way. I am fussy about the ethics of using fonts and this > is not a viable solution, although perhaps technically possible. I’d say > that is illegal in _any_ country, at least according to the Monotype > licensing, and fair enough I say

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2016-11-07 um 06:44 schrieb Andrew Bernard : > Greetings All, > > I have recently commenced using Windows 10 (normally a Mac an Linux user > myself). I have a Monotype font library subscription giving access to over > 2000 fonts. These are downloaded and placed on one’s machine in a private

RE: Skyfonts

2016-11-06 Thread Andrew Bernard
t out dozens or many many fonts for a client, and this is not a fluent solution. So the question as asked still stands. Andrew From: Knut Petersen [mailto:knut_peter...@t-online.de] Sent: Monday, 7 November 2016 5:55 PM To: Andrew Bernard ; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Sky

Re: Skyfonts

2016-11-06 Thread Knut Petersen
Am 07.11.2016 um 06:44 schrieb Andrew Bernard: The question is, since they are not in the standard sort of location, is lilypond able to make use of such fonts at all? So far, I have been unable to persuade it to do so. You should be able to produce a pdf containing either a subset or a full

Skyfonts

2016-11-06 Thread Andrew Bernard
do so. The output of lilypond -dshow-available-fonts does not list any of the Skyfonts installed fonts. I suppose I am not expecting it to, but I would be delighted if it were possible. Do any Windows 10 lilypond users know if this may be achieved? Since the fonts are hidden and encrypted,