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I don't think it's particularly appropriate to embed potentially copyrighted fonts ripped from the roms of legacy systems. This practice could invite legal liability to the project and to Javid himself. Personally, I don't think it is worth the risk.

That said, I'm not sure if there's a mechanism currently in place for swapping out the default font in PGE. If not, it might be worth implementing one so people who want to use their own custom 8x8 fonts would be capable of doing so.

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Moros1138,

You're absolutely right, and I thank you for your time.

While I do not really know whether the font is useable outside of the ROM, I do know that Amstrad's own Sir Alan Sugar (AFAIK Sinclair's current copyright owner) does allow free distribution of the ROM (his note is in www.WorldOfSpectrum.org). Nonetheless, this permission does not cover the point of extracting things (fonts, routines, constants, whatever) from the ROM.

I just wanted to contribute something to the project. If there is a way to remove this "non-issue", and the admins concur with your point, please be my guests and kill my notes.

Next time, I'll know better and ask first before posting.

Thanks again,
zxMarce.

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