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To answer your specific question as to why fonts are not copyrightable in the US, 37 C.F.R. ยง 202.1(e) specifies that a "typeface as typeface" is not copyrightable.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/37/202.1
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/37/202.1