do i know anyone at the microsoft OSPO? who do i have to talk to get comic sans relicensed under the OFL

my reasoning? well my partner wants to legally be allowed to add ƿynn, ȝogh, the runic alphabets, the celtiberian script, and ogham to comic sans (and then redistribute the modified version of course)

i’m sure some corporate counsel would love to do an april fools’ non-joke

@iliana you can use comic neue if you want? I feel like it's close enough but ymmv

@vn comic neue isn’t good in the way comic sans is

i don't really want to hear about comic sans alternatives btw

@iliana wonder if this would conflict with their agreement with monotype

@iliana i dont see another reason why they wouldve made a open-source metrically-compatible version of their own font (segoe ui/selawik) a few years ago

@leo yeah i imagine this is the main risk

@leo but i figure while we’re still in the Microsoft ❤️ Open Source era we ought to get all we can out of them

@leo @iliana metrically compatible?

@Lunaphied @iliana tldr changing a document to replace a font with another one that's metrically compatible won't change the layout

@leo @iliana ah huh. I mean I would've just organically reproduced the exact design but as a new otf. Fonts aren't copyrightable only the code that defines the font is

@Lunaphied @iliana yeah but kerning etc