This may be a stupid question, but why a "trademarked" font? In the good old US of A, AFIK, a trademark can only be applied to the NAME of the font, not the design. The design of the font can be patented with a Design Patent, but too many fonts look similar in some way or another to this excellent and FREE design, that it is not likely that such a patent would be granted.

OTOH, the font information itself—i.e., the actual code used to generated the font within the OS or wherever—is more or less covered by a common-law copyright, which is enforceable in a US court of law if a fake can be proven to be an outright copy, beyond any reasonable shadow of a doubt. Hello, lawyers' fees.

So: is "free" not cheap enough, or does someone need to toss a lot of dough around to feel like a big shot? Because, if the latter is the case, whoever wants to feel like a big shot can impress the hell out of me, and STILL use the free font. If you catch my drift…which, if you are not yet certifiably insane, you might not…

Okay, thanks for cluing me in. Frutiger is A-OK in my book, as is Myriad and Symbol. Gill-wise, Syntax is pretty okay, too, and—IMHO—somewhat under-appreciated.

Also, thank you for noticing how I can take a small bit of unclarity and make a big deal about it. It is what Civilized People™ do best…

BTW, Shakespeare wrote a play about that, but I forget the title at the moment.

What is the emoticon for "seriously disturbed," anyway?