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You Wouldn't Steal a Font

posted 9 hours ago #

You are undoubtedly familiar with the anti-piracy campaign, You Wouldn't Steal a Car. It was a public awareness campaign to let folks know that downloading and theft can be synonmous. After all, you wouldn't steal a car, so why would you steal a download? (many reasons)

Anyway, you know the campaign. You know the Meme spinoffs. What you might not know is the following:
  • That distinctive font is called FF Confidential and was designed by Just van Rossum, the brother of the creator of the Python language! Just a little fun fact. Source.
  • A little sleuthing reveals that the font actually used in the ad is XBand Rough, a pirated knockoff of the original.
That's right, the anti-piracy ad uses pirated software. Couldn't be a more perfect situation.