Help with Font Please

[102RCR]

Thank you in advance.

 

[SheBeau]

Fuego
http://fontsgeek.com/fonts/Fuego-Regular

 

[Fred Weiss]

The original design name is Flamenco.

 

[SheBeau]

The original design name is Flamenco.

Why would it have two names? Flamenco yields more hits when googled that Fuego but they look identical.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Why would it have two names? Flamenco yields more hits when googled that Fuego but they look identical.

In the late 1980's, the US Patent and Trademark court ruled that the alphabet was not protected and that only the name of a font design could be protected. Since then there have been renamed copies of original designs called clones of the majority of fonts available. They are technically legal but certainly not ethically correct. They are more likely to contain defects. kerning missing, malware or missing glyphs. And, of course, people that download them are choosing to deny the original designer his or her fair compensation.

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

And, of course, people that download them are choosing to deny the original designer his or her fair compensation.

But not entirely. obviously, there are also many people out there who are completely unaware these problems exist. I'm sure most of us here have been unknowingly guilty of using a bootleg font at some point.

 

[Fred Weiss]

But not entirely. obviously, there are also many people out there who are completely unaware these problems exist. I'm sure most of us here have been unknowingly guilty of using a bootleg font at some point.

Absolutely. Which is why, when the subject comes up as in this thread, there's no harm in continuing to raise awareness of the issue.