Is the license authorized to use MS tomorrow morning or Mayio fonts for PDF embedding purposes on Linux?

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If I install and use MS tomorrow morning, MS Gothic, and Meirio fonts on a Linux server, will it be a license violation?

I would like to use these fonts to embed characters in PDF.

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2022-09-30 17:46

4 Answers

Change the order of descriptions according to the following content found later
(Note that the content is out of alignment with the time you commented)

Instead of copying or converting from a Windows PC/Server, it seems that you can use it if you officially purchase a license for that font.
This article explains it.
License fonts that come with Microsoft products

Note that this is an occasional topic in Microsoft Technical Forums (Microsoft Community and TechNet Forums).

Fonts shipped with Windows and Office products are subject to the font-related section of each product's license terms (EULA), but generally cannot be redistributed, duplicated, or edited.

Purchase a font license
As mentioned in the quote above, many Microsoft copyrighted fonts are available in Monotype Imaging for purchase and use of licenses.Actual purchases can be made from the online store fonts.com.

For example, isn't this kind of license available?
Frequently Asked QuestionsList of Frequently Asked Questions Fonts.com Shopping License Types

Server License
Annual license for font installation and font use on the server.
Costs vary depending on the number of fonts, servers, and CPUs implemented.
This is an annual license for creating documents and outputting designs on the server side, such as electronic forms and cloud solutions.You can also sign up via a partner.

In other words, do you know any font that you recommend or can use as an alternative font? As for , if you purchase a license from the above site, you will be able to achieve what you want, so why don't you contact them for more information?

At first, I focused on the following contents, but it was out of line with the intent of the question, so just for reference

Although the question is not clearly stated, it would be a violation of the license if you took the method of extracting or formatting a file from a Windows PC/Server to copy it to a Linux server.

This article says you can't do it or you have no right to do it.

Redistribution and extended rights-Font redistribution FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for Windows

Apart from the document embedding rights descriptively, you may not redistribute the Windows fonts. You may not copy them to other computers or servers, and you may not convert them to other forms, including bitmap formats, or modify them.

In addition to the document embedding rights mentioned above, Windows fonts cannot be redistributed.You cannot copy them to other computers or servers, convert them to other formats, or change them to other formats, including bitmap formats.

Web-Font redistribution FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for Windows

Web fonts are fonts that are hosted on a web server. You do not have rights to:

  • copy fonts from a Windows installation to a web server, a process known as web font "self-hosting".
  • convert the font to the formats typically associated with web fonts, such as the WOFF or WOFF2format.

You do not have the following rights:

  • Copy the web server hefont from installed Windows.This process is called "self-hosting" of web fonts.
  • Convert the font to a format that is normally associated with a web font, such as WOFF or WOFF2 format.

Wouldn't Document embedding be more appropriate instead of Web chapters?I understand that the conditions will change if it is embedded in a PDF, but the second sentence from the beginning of the page says as follows:

A Windows application can use the fonts to render content to a screen, allow that content to be edited, and allow that content to be output to a device, like a printer. Here are answers to common questions about using these fonts.

Windows applications can use fonts to render content to the screen, edit it, and print it to devices such as printers.The answers to common questions about using these fonts are as follows:

In other words, it is possible for a Windows application running on Windows to use or edit fonts.


2022-09-30 17:46

Kunif has also been referenced, but the statement in Font redistribution FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for Windows-Document embedding should be the answer.

When can I use document embedding?

The brief answer: If an application follows the rules and restrictions defined in the OpenType or TrueType specification, you can use it to expanded Windows supplemented fonts in any document file it creates.

In other words, OpenType and TrueType contain embedded information as properties of the font and follow the settings of each font.

Here are some examples of my environment.

  • Font embeddeddability:Editable
    • MS Tomorrow morning
    • Mario
    • Yumyo morning
    • HG tomorrow morning with Office
  • Fontembeddability:Preview/Print
    • BIZUD Tomorrow morning
  • MS Tomorrow morning
  • Mario
  • Yumyo morning
  • HG tomorrow morning with Office
  • BIZUD Tomorrow morning

Does this mean that Preview/Print fonts are not allowed in editable PDFs?

Also, if the PDF creation software is correct, it will refer to this license flag when embedding fonts, so I think it can be used as long as there is no "implantable error".

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2022-09-30 17:46


What items do you think you intended to add to the question? Font that could be used as an alternative

"It is not specific what ""MS tomorrow morning or Mayrio"" replacement means by the questioner

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Regarding に, if you want to use a font with almost the same design, it may be easy to find a free font with similar design, but it might be plagiarized, so you should stop it.(Or, as other answers say, purchase is better.)
I don't want to go into that area in detail here, so I'll post the hit ones in the search https://chizai-faq.com/2__copyright/361

As for に, for example, Ubuntu is prepared in the repository and most of the other distributions are available

#Ubuntu or Debian can do the same
$ apt list font* | wc
    527    1684   27588

Of the 500 types, most are not Japanese fonts, but they also include Japanese fonts.

Personally, I don't think it's a problem if I use Noto (if it's for standard use), but
When it comes to recommended fonts, it's a matter of preference, so it's getting worse as a stackoverflow question


2022-09-30 17:46

Create ubuntu environment in WSL in Windows 11 (requires Japanese environment)
I installed the font in the folder /usr/share/fonts/ and it worked in LibreOffice.


2022-09-30 17:46

If you have any answers or tips


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