[scribus-dev] Fwd: Great meeting you in Saarbrücken

Fri Jun 14 04:17:07 UTC 2019

Actually, every commercial font that allows embedding at all allows for full embedding.  Of course, the definition of "full" varies based on the use case - as PDF doesn't require various tables to be present in the font (even in full embed) so that you may not have all the necessary metrics or other information for proper layout (kerning tables, GSUB/GPOS, etc.)

Leonard

On 6/13/19, 7:11 AM, "Tamir Hassan" <dev at tamirhassan.com> wrote:

    Most commercial fonts are not licensed for (full) embedding; I am sure 
    you are aware of this. I don't know whether embedding full metrics but 
    no glyph outlines (this gets more complex with OpenType) for 
    interoperability purposes would violate copyright or not, but the 
    following (very old!) page suggests that font foundries might be 
    amenable to permitting this explicitly: