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Thom – As a moral (as opposed to legal) issue, I think that it IS immoral to merely extract some other designers outline, rename and distribute it — as wrong as making K-Mart knock-offs of Designer original dresses. I would hope that this forum would refuse to post such knock-offs. I don't, however, think that ANY use of Metamorphisis (or any program like it) is immoral. If I were creating a logo using a typoeface, and needed an "R" with one of the legs ended in a tennis raquet (for instance), that IMHO, is an appropriate use of such a product. It is the electronic equivalent of a practice which has been acceptalbe for years. When it comes to using such a product to create a font of fractions, swash characters, or small caps, which the creator (or licence holder) has chosen not to market, I am less clear — I lean, however, toward acceptance of this. — don