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		cbolton 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license in... Why don't they pay someone to make a very similar looking font? Font design is not protected by copyright, and most fonts are also not protected by design patents as far as I know.

eloisant 17 days ago [–]

Because there are more than 2000 characters in Japanese, making a font is a huge work.

djmips 17 days ago | [–]

Can it be done for $20,000? Or if that's too low then multiple game studios should team up.

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