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I don’t think so because the critique is not of the font. Something like Times Newer Roman[0] might fall into that category?

(Fair use is notoriously misunderstood, and I am no exception.)

[0]: https://timesnewerroman.com/

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Is that really legal?

Seems that they are using Time News Roman's glyphs.

i once heard somewhere that the shapes aren't copyrightable so as long as you change the name you're good? but maybe not since they claim on that page to have used a similar free font (Nimbus Roman No.9 L) as the basis

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