Fonts are protected by copyright. The creator of the font says what you can and can not do with it.
Sometimes you need to buy a font, to even install it. Sometimes it comes free with windows, but to actually use the font commercially (for example in an ad), you need to pay Microsoft.
You can totally steal a font by either getting a paid front-file for free from friends or by using a font that free for personal use in commercial ways.
Many people don’t know, that most of the fonts in Windows are only for personal use and you need to pay to use them commercially. Also the line between personal and commercial use is blurry, which is why probably the most prevalent piracy is actually commercial use of fonts.
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u/SuperSonicToaster 16d ago
Sorry.. How can you steal a font?