I am making a logo for a company I am starting. I found a font off a site that is perfect, but I dare not use it as it belongs to someone else. The site I found it on allows the use of the font on websites, even commercial, just not on print (paper products and the like) which is what I would use this for. I put the font into illustrator and changed it, some letters looking completely different with nothing but the slant of the stroke the same, others are very similar. I am planning on using the font of my logo in print, on packaging and business cards...the changes I made are striking, but the letters overall are still similar in form, however the original font itself is nothing too fancy or unique. An artist myself, I am not someone who would steal anyone's creative genious, however I do not see inspiration as stealing. Where are the lines drawn for this type (excuse the pun) of situation legally? What is your own moral stance judging on the information I was able to convey?
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The simple (and ethical) approach is to license the font for your use, or seek permission to make a derivative work from it.
As you said that u have already change the layout of fonts, I think there is nothing bad in using it now. See we always got inspiration like this. we see a thing %26 then remake it according to our need. There is nothing wrong about it. You enhanced a thing %26 the enhanced version is yours. However if you feel bad about it, just send the webmaster of that site an email regarding this matter %26 surely he will happily allow you to use it.
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