i mean, copying and pasting the sample font is one thing, but physically saving the font and using it, even for non-commercial purposes?
i generally only use those "free-to-use" fonts (fonts in my sig), as i know that this is a big issue (I think Veer claims to fine 20x the value of it's property)
i was reading and stumbled upon this:
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