Skip to Content

are M$ fonts illegal ?

Al salam 3alikom; Is it true? Do we have to get a license to install M$ Fonts inside Linux ? If so, the problem will not to write in Arabic with linux, there are many free fonts like Arabeyes . The problem will be that we’ll not be able to open our M$ documents that written by Arabic fonts like ( traditional Arabic, Arabic transparent , etc ) . How can we solve this problem? Use fonts aliases , !

no it isn't

The MS ttf EULA license, it's not illegal as long as you agree to it ;)


phaeronix's picture

you use it you loose it

You can use them, but not redistribute them.

What if the person you want to give the document to doesn't have the font? I guess it's better to use freely distributable fonts. And use open file formats while you are at it.

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.


Dr. Radut | forum