Editing TrueType (section)

== Embedding protection ==
The TrueType format allows for the most basic type of [[digital rights management]]&nbsp;– an ''embeddable [[flag field]]'' that specifies whether the author allows embedding of the font file into things like [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] files and websites. Anyone with access to the font file can directly modify this field, and simple tools exist to facilitate modifying it (obviously, modifying this field does not modify the font license and does not give extra legal rights).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derwok.de/downloads/ttfpatch/|title=TTFPATCH&nbsp;— a free tool to change the embeddable flag (fsType) of TrueType fonts|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnage-melon.tom7.org/embed/|title=Truetype embedding-enabler|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref> These tools have been the subject of controversy over potential copyright issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-under-dmca|title=Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years under the DMCA|work=Electronic Frontier Foundation|date=3 March 2010|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://carnage-melon.tom7.org/embed/dmca.html|title=Truetype embedding-enabler : DMCA threats|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>