No More Font Puns, I Promise
Again, I am not a lawyer, so do not take any of this information as legal advice…this is just what I’m learning as I go along.
Well boys and girls, I’ve learned another important lesson: read the font EULA (End-User License Agreement). The contents of the EULA for a font trump the copyright laws. This is because by purchasing the font, you’re agreeing to the terms in the EULA as though you were signing a contract with the foundry. So if the foundry specifies that you can’t use rasterized images of their text for commercial use, then you’re out of luck. This is what I’ve discovered this morning with the font I wanted to use.
At this point I either need to work out some kind of deal with the foundry to be able to afford their font, or it’s time to move on and find another one.
The moral of the story is: read the licensing terms of any font you want to use very carefully. Then read them again. And then read them again.
Owen