"my"
Yes, my collection that I put together over the years. Hence “my.”
Did you create all these fonts? They are so so many.
I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
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Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#32After seeing a few of the sites go down it seemed like a good idea to put it under source control. I don't claim rights to any of these works.
> I don't claim rights to any of these works. That’s not how copyright works.
Considering that the demoscene comes from warez scene and still have ties with it, a formal copyright claim against this site would be extremely ironic, and as someone else mentioned, lame.
Looking at the file names, I noticed Skidrow, Razor 1911 and TRSI, there are certainly many others. These are names you might recognize ;)
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If someone uses them without permission from the original author You mean like this person, who without permission from the original authors posted them on github?
Sure, technically it's ripping and spreading but no different from ripping a pic you like from a demo and spreading that, which I would feel OK with if it was properly credited. I think the lack of credits here is disconcerting but on the scene, there's a constant unsolicited spreading, uploading and sharing of material - especially nowadays, for historical reasons. I've had pics ripped and used in other people's pro…
I wish scrolltexts.com wasn’t just c64.... need Apple 2
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#34It would be nice if you could create a webpage with a bit of JS with controls for choosing the font parameters, and the right font coming up on the browser window, perhaps with a nice zoom factor.
Sounds cool - you’re welcome to submit a pull request.
Don’t you love how people volunteer your time when you make a contribution to history and society like you did?
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#35I was surprised to see the middle finger gesture a common symbol in the fonts, why is that? I’m assuming it has something to do with demoscene culture?
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#36Thank you. Such a beautiful work.
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#37The gradients on many of the fonts will make cool animations when cycling the colors [0].
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#38Converted them - what other formats exist for this sort of thing?
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I don't claim rights to any of these works. That’s not how copyright works.
My very, very loose understanding is that bitmap fonts in the US have a bit of a special protection against copyright, with the logic being that their public utility outweighs the benefit of enforcing these restrictions. Vector fonts not so much, but as these are all in PNG form, they seem exempt: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fonts-faq/part2/ IANAL, this is a US-based understanding and other countries have different rule…
Vector fonts not so much, but as these are all in PNG form, they seem exempt
I believe this is also why all the free vector fonts (that look almost if not exactly identical to famous, $$$ ones) can exist with no legal trouble --- if someone renders to bitmap a paid font and then traces it, the resulting vector font is then considered a work of that person instead. In other words, the copyright is on the exact point positions, and not the final shape; so any series of points that reproduces that shape will do.
Re: I converted my demoscene font collection to PNG and put it on GitHub
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh well, ask for forgiveness, not permission. Zero people are going to press claims on this repo. And I'll make the easy wager that nobody who made any of these fonts are ever going to know about (much less care about) this repo. We bootlick/grandstand over the weirdest things on this forum. Demosceners caring about another hacker publishing or using their font? Oh bother.
What a strangely uncivil response. I was trying to meet folks in the middle here and at least kindly suggest some attribution as a reply to some now (appreciably) deleted grumbling. I'm not trying to impress anyone by suggesting it, it's just the right thing to do if you can do it.
It's not necessarily the right thing to do. If creators don't leave any trace, especially in a community where sharing freely and without credit is commonplace, one shouldn't impose one's own moral lens.