Font embedding
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To embed a font means to incorporate all or part of the actual font software - the programming that describes the glyphs - into an electronic document. The document might be a web page, a word processing document, a PDF file, an application, or any other digital file. In this section we've listed the most popular categories of documents (nine of them) and used the standard four levels of embedding where applicable. Recent developments (@font-face) have caused us to broaden this category to include web-based "embedding" with different "levels".
"None" means that the EULA disallows embedding of the font in any manner in this type of document.
Installable embedding means that this type of document may install the font on a computer on which the document resides.
Editable embedding means that the font may be used in editing this type of document, but the font may not be installed on a computer on which the document resides.
Print and Preview embedding or Display means that this type of document may use the font only for display and printout. It may not be used for editing nor may it be installed on a computer on which the document resides.
Note that instances of the Font Embedding section are neither mandatory nor exclusive. Multiple instances of the Font Embedding section may exist in an EEULAA. It may specify one level of embedding for commercial use, a different level for non-commercial use, and yet a third for a single user, for instance.
We've divided Embedding into three types now (October 2009): Document embedding (classical embedding), Video embedding, and Application embedding.
Document embedding is the same type of embedding as has been specified in fonts in the past. It applies to electronic documents.
Definition Document: a digital file containing static text
Video embedding is a forward looking category. Presently text is not embedded in video as discrete fonts, but there is no reason why it might not be in the future. This field lays out the appropriate permissions.
Application embedding is the use of a font in a computer program. This is different from a document in that a document does not interact with the user. Example: A simple PDF is a document, while an interactive form (interactive itself, i.e. does not require an application like Acrobat or MSWord) is a program.
Linking
With the @font-face tag fonts can now be linked to web pages. This introduces a new concept in licensing as well which may extend beyond the web to local networks or computers. It doesn't appear that "installable" or "editable" will be options with linked fonts, so the only choices will be what kinds of documents are allowed to be linked to the font.
Local - means documents on the same computer as the font file.
LAN - documents reside on the same local area network as the font.
WWW - documents reside on a server on the WWW.
Bundling
means permission for font software to be added to other software or hardware/software for licensing to end users. "Installable" is the only applicable level, but specific details may be described in the conditions field.
