Font Licenses
What each type of font license means, and what it lets you do.
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use, including embedding and redistribution with the license.
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Use in a logo
- Allowed
Apache License 2.0
Permissive open-source license allowing commercial use, modification and redistribution with notices kept.
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Use in a logo
- Allowed
Public Domain
No copyright restrictions apply. Use, change and share for any purpose.
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Use in a logo
- Allowed
Free for Commercial Use
Verified free for commercial projects. See each font's license for its conditions.
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Use in a logo
- Check the license
100% Free
The author offers the font free for all uses under their own terms.
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Use in a logo
- Check the license
Free for Personal Use
Free for non-commercial projects. Commercial work needs a separate license from the designer.
- Commercial use
- Not allowed
- Use in a logo
- Not allowed
Donationware
Free to try, and the designer asks for a voluntary donation if you find it useful.
- Commercial use
- Check the license
- Use in a logo
- Check the license
Shareware
Free to evaluate. Continued or commercial use usually requires payment.
- Commercial use
- Not allowed
- Use in a logo
- Not allowed
Demo
A limited version for evaluation, often with missing characters. Buy the full version for real projects.
- Commercial use
- Not allowed
- Use in a logo
- Not allowed
Unknown / Not Verified
We could not verify this font's license. Do not assume any rights beyond personal evaluation.
- Commercial use
- Check the license
- Use in a logo
- Check the license