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add font license examples
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<h1 id=css-fonts>CSS Fonts Level 3</h1>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus>Editor's Draft 20 May 2008</h2>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus>Editor's Draft 21 May 2008</h2>
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<dl id=authors>
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<dt>This version:
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<p>Some font formats support the use of multiple family names for different
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localizations. User agents should recognize any of these names independent
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of the underlying platform localization or system API used.
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of the underlying platform localization, system API used or document
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<div class=figure><img src=localizedfamilynames.png>
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<p class=caption>Localized family names</p>
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fonts presently to not allow web downloading of their fonts in any form.
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Font formats often store references to the font license within the font
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data itself. When in doubt, it's best to verify with the font designer
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directly.
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<p>Vendors that bundle fonts with their products are also strongly
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directly. Vendors that bundle fonts with their products are also strongly
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encouraged to carefully explain the license details that covers the fonts
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they bundle.
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<div class=example>
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<p>An author would like to use <a
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href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100008">Gotham</a>,
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a font designed by Hoefler & Frere-Jones. The <a
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href="http://www.typography.com/home/eula.php">end-user license
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agreement</a> that covers Gotham specifically notes that usage via
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@font-face rules in CSS style sheets is not allowed by the license. The
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author cannot use Gotham as a downloadable font for their web pages.</p>
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</div>
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<div class=example>
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<p>An author wants to use <a
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href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium">Gentium</a>,
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a font developed by SIL International. This font is licensed under the
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terms of the <a
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href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=OFL_web">Open
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Font License</a>, so as long as the author follows the relatively liberal
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terms of this license, they can use Gentium as a downloadable font for
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their web pages.</p>
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</div>
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<h2 class=no-num id=references>References</h2>
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<h3 class=no-num id=normative>Normative</h3>

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