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		kqr on Feb 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG an... So does a bitmap specifying which pixels to light up count as a rendered character or a method of rendering?

frabert on Feb 4, 2021 [–]

Maybe, but that's definitely not copyrighted by the font maker.

deelowe on Feb 4, 2021 | [–]

So is it illegal to host the Menlo font on github? It's my preferred monospace font, but can be sometimes hard to find and there several "open" copies. That claim to not be encumbered. Isn't there also "non-free" font repos in debian?

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