The licence at a glance
- One user on one computer per seat
- Any number of documents and client projects made by those users
- Print, packaging, signage, logos, video, social media, presentations
- Static images and print-ready PDFs for the web
- Webfont (@font-face) serving on websites
- Embedding in apps, games, e-books or devices
- Products where the font is the thing sold: templates, merchandise, digital goods
- Sharing the files with anyone outside the licensee
Who is who
The designer is the person named on the font page, who owns the font and its design. fonter.am sells and issues licences on the designer's behalf and keeps the record of who holds which licence. You, the licensee, are the person or organisation named on the licence certificate.
The free download of the same font is for personal, study and non-profit use only. This agreement is what turns it into a font you may use in paid work.
What you get
When your payment is confirmed, fonter.am issues a licence key and a certificate to your account and emails you a copy. The licence is perpetual: there is no renewal and no expiry. It covers the version of the font available on the day of purchase and any later version we publish for it.
This is a desktop licence, the same shape as the licences sold by the large font shops. Its scope is set by the number of seats you bought, shown on the certificate. You may:
- install the font on one computer per seat, each used by one person working for the licensee
- let those people use it in any number of documents and projects, personal or for clients: logos, print, packaging, signage, presentations, social media, videos, and static images and print-ready PDFs published on the web
- convert the font to outlines or rasterise it inside your work, and pass the finished work to your clients and printers
- embed it in PDFs and similar documents that you send out, as long as the recipient cannot extract and reuse the font
What you may not do
- share, sell, rent, lend or give the font files to anyone outside the licensee, including clients; a client who needs the files buys their own licence
- serve it as a webfont (@font-face or a font service) on any website, or embed it in an app, game, e-book, device or any product that ships the font data; these need a separate licence, write to [email protected] for a quote
- make products where the font is the thing being sold: templates, merchandise with the alphabet on it, lettering kits, digital goods; these too need a separate licence
- modify the font files, or build a new font from them, and distribute the result
- remove or change the designer's name or the licence notice inside the files
- use the font, or works made with it, for anything unlawful, or to defame the designer
- claim the design as your own or register it as a trademark
The licence covers one font family as named on the certificate. Other fonts, including the designer's other fonts, need their own licence.
Seats and organisations
A seat is one person on one computer. Buy as many seats as there are people who will have the font installed. Freelancers working inside your organisation on your projects may use your seats while they do so. More seats can be added at any time with another purchase, and the certificates together make up your licence.
Transfer
The licence is personal to the licensee. If your business changes its name or form, write to [email protected] and we will reissue the certificate. Selling or giving the licence to another person or company is not permitted.
Refunds
Because the font is delivered instantly and is the same file as the free download, payments are refunded only when the licence was bought by mistake and you tell us within fourteen days, or when the font turns out to be defective and we cannot fix it. Write to [email protected] with the order number.
Ending the licence
The licence ends if you break these terms and do not put it right within thirty days of us telling you. You then stop using the font in new work. Works you already published stay as they are.
Liability
The font is provided as it is. The designer and fonter.am do not promise it is fit for a particular purpose and are not liable for indirect or consequential loss. Our total liability under this agreement is limited to the amount you paid for the licence. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
Law
This agreement is governed by the law of the Republic of Armenia. If a clause is found invalid, the rest stays in force. The version of this agreement in force on the issue date shown on your certificate is the one that governs your licence; we keep every version.
Changes
When this page changes, the version number and date at the top change with it. Changes never take away rights from licences already issued.