Comments on: Understanding Web Font Licensing https://blog.typekit.com/2010/10/29/web-font-licensing/ News about Typekit Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 By: Doug Smith https://blog.typekit.com/2010/10/29/web-font-licensing/#comment-1970 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:25:46 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/?p=1240#comment-1970 By the reasoning of this document, fonts used in a PDF are similar to fonts embedded into a stylesheet via a data URI. It would then stand to reason that either use in a data URI is allowed or use in a PDF shared on the Web is not allowed because that too would be “server” use.

I’d much rather you simply license fonts to use with @font-face and I’d be happy to pay for them. You really don’t get any real protection with Typekit since it’s trivially easy to grab the font out it since you’re basically just using @font-face and data URI. All it does is add additional pain and cost for the user. (See http://jounce.net/blog/2009/jul/20/web-fonts-identifying-the-issue/ for details.)

]]> By: Tammy Kushnir https://blog.typekit.com/2010/10/29/web-font-licensing/#comment-1969 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:34:25 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/?p=1240#comment-1969 Hi, Are there any restrictions on the usage of fonts commercially such in tee shirts, cell phone skins, album covers, etc.? Thanks!

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