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Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by abtinf » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 12:53 AM UTC

simonw wrote: post #17

Legend2440 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Typefaces cannot be copyrighted in the US, so that’s really irrelevant.

Huh, TIL: https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf > Copyright law does not protect typeface or mere variations of typographical ornamentation or lettering. A typeface is a set of letters, numbers, or other characters with repeating design elements that is intended to be used in composing text or other combinations of characters, including calligraphy. Generally, typeface, fonts, and lettering are building blocks o…

Likewise I think it is extremely dubious that models can be copyrighted at all, for the exact same reason you can't copyright a phonebook or database. The entire regime of claiming to release models under various licenses is bullshit, because you can't copyright rote transformations of things either.

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by smallerize » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 1:21 AM UTC

Ok but what is the Russian Orthodox font at the top of the article?

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by nkrisc » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 1:53 AM UTC

Pretty interesting that this much is possible. Too bad the fonts are terrible.

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by anigbrowl » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 1:59 AM UTC

King-Aaron wrote: post #18

amelius wrote: post #6

A font without copyright is not a real font.

This is a very strange perspective to take.

That's the joke

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by Legend2440 » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 2:52 AM UTC

abtinf wrote: post #21

simonw wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh, TIL: https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf > Copyright law does not protect typeface or mere variations of typographical ornamentation or lettering. A typeface is a set of letters, numbers, or other characters with repeating design elements that is intended to be used in composing text or other combinations of characters, including calligraphy. Generally, typeface, fonts, and lettering are building blocks o…

Likewise I think it is extremely dubious that models can be copyrighted at all, for the exact same reason you can't copyright a phonebook or database. The entire regime of claiming to release models under various licenses is bullshit, because you can't copyright rote transformations of things either.

This is definitely going to be argued over in court at some point, along with many other questions about AI and copyright.

Speaking of which, why is it taking so long to get a supreme court decision on whether or not training counts as copyright infringement? The only court cases that have been resolved so far have settled on unrelated grounds without touching the core issue.

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by voidhorse » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 3:09 AM UTC

> Imagine each Substack owner can make their own font to highlight the essence of their writing.

No please, for the love of all that is good and holy, please no

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by chironjit » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 3:35 AM UTC

gaigalas wrote: post #10

AI should play a few runs of this game before attempting font design: https://type.method.ac/

This is pretty cool. Can't believe how many got I 100 just on my mobile. I consider myself horrible at fonts and design and could never design my own, but maybe good styling is something that can be internalised

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by levocardia » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 3:40 AM UTC

voidhorse wrote: post #26

> Imagine each Substack owner can make their own font to highlight the essence of their writing. No please, for the love of all that is good and holy, please no

I would also like to see a custom background image. And floating text or bubbles that follows your cursor. And maybe play your favorite song in the background. And a "best friends" list (oh substack already has that basically!)

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by akovaski » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 5:06 AM UTC

elpocko wrote: post #11

Not "world's first" by a long shot. Someone's made a python script in June 2024 to do it semi-automatically using SD 1.5: https://github.com/414design/4lph4bet_processor

I'd like to add that tom7 used AI to generate an upperercase and lowerercase font in 2021. https://tom7.org/lowercase/

Re: AI generated font using Nano Banana

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Post by gwern » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 5:32 AM UTC

akovaski wrote: post #29

elpocko wrote: post #11

Not "world's first" by a long shot. Someone's made a python script in June 2024 to do it semi-automatically using SD 1.5: https://github.com/414design/4lph4bet_processor

I'd like to add that tom7 used AI to generate an upperercase and lowerercase font in 2021. https://tom7.org/lowercase/

While we're at it: my own work 2 years ago in creating an entire workflow for turning Midjourney or DALL-E dropcaps into attractive, lightweight, easy-to-create dropcaps for web pages: https://gwern.net/dropcap We use it for the cat, Gene Wolfe, and holiday pages.