![]() The typeface Bressay can be licensed to produce logos, documents, websites and apps from Dalton Maag (Image credit: Dalton Maag)Īccording to Aideen Greenlee, head of account management at Dalton Maag, the most common font licensing question foundries receive is ‘Can I use this font to create a logo?’ With a desktop license the answer is usually ‘yes’. Below are the main types of font licenses you’ll come across. The license and its cost can differ greatly between using the font on 100 T-shirts and using it on a website with 20 million monthly page views. Generally, though, it all boils down to how you intend to use the font. One of the trickiest things about font licensing is that each foundry and online font shop has slightly different terms and pricing structures. ![]() Read our article font vs typeface to find out more. You can license VAG Rounded in its entirety, or just the specific fonts you need. A typeface is a family of fonts that share aesthetic characteristics, while a font is a subset of characters in a specific size, weight and style.įor example, VAG Rounded is a typeface, while VAG Rounded Pro Bold and VAG Rounded Standard Light are separate fonts sold by Linotype. Font or typeface?Īlthough these two terms are often used interchangeably, they have distinct meanings. ![]() While copyright law is different in the US, UK and in other countries around the world, font licenses are written in a way that gives you the right to use the software regardless of territory.
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