The company's website, however, is still available in Russia.
American company Monotype, which owns the rights to fonts Times New Roman, Arial, Verdana, Tahoma and Helvetica, blocked access to the library on the site for users from Russia, according to Medusa.
The company's website in Russia is still available, but when trying to open the catalog page fonts, the user sees a denial message. It can be restored with the help of VPN.
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Monotype fonts have been used in all popular Microsoft and Apple operating systems for over 40 years. Users from Russia can still access the most popular Monotype fonts, such as Microsoft Office. But in early March, Microsoft announced a halt to sales in Russia, so now residents of the aggressor country can only buy products imported before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian lawyers believe that blocking access to fonts does not mean banning their use for Russian users. At the same time, it is likely that in the near future it will be impossible for users from the aggressor country to use them.
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