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Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Re: Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

Someone1234 wrote: post #8
phkahler wrote: post #2

Those are really nice, but aren't some of those trademarked?

They might be, but when you're using someone else's trademark to accurately represent their business, it may not be a trademark violation within itself. So for example, if I took Hacker News' Y but used it to link to Hacker News itself, that may not be a trademark violation as I am not either hurting the brand's reputation or misleading people into thinking an association exists with the brand. But ultimately it is u…

The thing to do is check how the trademark owner feels. I believe Visa and MasterCard are fine with using their logos to show they're accepted (those stickers every store has are surely legal?), but remember that Microsoft don't let you use the word Windows in a product name, except in the form "for Windows".

Re: Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Post by JohnTHaller »

milankragujevic wrote: post #7

I dislike font icons because they look horrible on Windows. You should provide a PNG download in multiple sizes, or a generator like http://fa2png.io/

No, they don't. They looked horrible in Chrome for a long time because Chrome's rendering was screwed up unless you gave it fonts in a very specific order so it used SVG. Fun fact, Google Web Fonts never served it in that very specific order.

Re: Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Post by al451 »

Shihan wrote: post #10
dublinben wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty much all of these will be trademarked.

Is this legal? I mean: to make fonts with trademarked logos and publish them (regardless if it is offered for free or not).

It's not obviously illegal. Don't confuse trademark with copyright.

Re: Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Post by psychometry »

pokoleo wrote: post #9
milankragujevic wrote: post #7

I dislike font icons because they look horrible on Windows. You should provide a PNG download in multiple sizes, or a generator like http://fa2png.io/

I've never heard of this problem, and it doesn't look like it's googlable. Screenshot?

Windows and OS X use different methods of hinting where Windows attempts to stay true to the typeface and OS X attempts to provide a provide a smoother, more readable version. Webkit browsers give you some level of control with subpixel rendering CSS attributes, but fonts might still look awful in Firefox or IE on Windows.

Re: Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Post by nothrabannosir »

Someone1234 wrote: post #8
phkahler wrote: post #2

Those are really nice, but aren't some of those trademarked?

They might be, but when you're using someone else's trademark to accurately represent their business, it may not be a trademark violation within itself. So for example, if I took Hacker News' Y but used it to link to Hacker News itself, that may not be a trademark violation as I am not either hurting the brand's reputation or misleading people into thinking an association exists with the brand. But ultimately it is u…

There's not just trademark, but also copyright. Somebody designed those logos. Does this fall under fair use?

Re: Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Post by dublinben »

nothrabannosir wrote: post #15
Someone1234 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They might be, but when you're using someone else's trademark to accurately represent their business, it may not be a trademark violation within itself. So for example, if I took Hacker News' Y but used it to link to Hacker News itself, that may not be a trademark violation as I am not either hurting the brand's reputation or misleading people into thinking an association exists with the brand. But ultimately it is u…

There's not just trademark, but also copyright. Somebody designed those logos. Does this fall under fair use?

Fair use for copyright infringement is only an affirmative defense once you're brought to court. You can't rely on it ahead of time for any kind of legal certainty. It can still take an expensive and drawn out legal fight to prove that you are covered by fair use.

Re: Icons of all main payment operators and methods

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Post by bergie »

bcg1 wrote: post #5

Not "all main payment operators". More accurate title would be "many major payment operators". Not a big deal but it comes off as presumptuous to suggest that paymentfont.io is the arbiter of what a "main payment operator" is. Nice font though, and a good idea to create that, thanks.

Yeah, missing for instance M-Pesa
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