FAQ: Licensing & Usage (English)

Short answers to the most frequently asked questions about our font licenses.

Our licenses are intentionally simple and practical. They are designed to allow you to use our fonts for typical creative and business projects.

1. What licenses are available?

All fonts and typeface designs offered here were created by Type Designer Sergej Lebedev himself. By purchasing a license, you acquire a license to use the fonts. The fonts themselves are not sold; all rights to the fonts and the Typeface Design remain with the Licensor.

There are three types of licenses:

Desktop License: For the OTF font files used in design software and for creative work such as print, branding, logos, graphic design, advertising, social media, presentations, motion design, digital publications, apps and other visual communication.

Variable Font License: For the TTF variable font files and the same creative, non-web uses as the Desktop License. Depending on the font family, the license includes one or more variable fonts with the weight range and, where applicable, additional design axes described on the respective product page.

Web License: For embedding WOFF2 web fonts on a website using CSS @font-face. The license is based on monthly pageviews and applies to one domain, including its subdomains and test and staging environments.

Licenses are granted to businesses only. Consumers may not purchase a license.

2. What can I do with the Desktop License?

The Desktop License allows the Authorized Users specified in the license to use the OTF fonts for creative, commercial and non-commercial purposes.

This includes in particular:

  • print and printed materials
  • branding and corporate design
  • logos, wordmarks and other visual brand elements
  • advertising and marketing
  • graphic design and desktop publishing
  • presentations and social media
  • video and motion design
  • digital publications and eBooks
  • apps and software interfaces (see question 11)
  • packaging
  • illustrations and other visual communication

A Web License is required for websites.

If you want to provide third parties with an editable Word, PowerPoint or InDesign file containing the fonts, you need our prior permission in writing. Permission by e-mail is sufficient.

3. What does the Variable Font License cover?

The Variable Font License covers the supplied TTF variable font files for the same creative, non-web uses as the Desktop License.

Depending on the font family, variable fonts allow you to move continuously between different weights or other design axes. Individual instances may be used in your design software.

Creating separate static font files from the variable font files is not permitted.

A separate Web License is required for websites.

4. Can I purchase the Variable Font License separately?

Yes. The Variable Font License is a separate product and does not include the OTF files of the Desktop License.

If you need both the OTF fonts and the variable fonts, you need both licenses.

5. What does the Web License cover?

The Web License covers the supplied WOFF2 web font files for embedding with CSS @font-face on the domain specified in your license.

Host the fonts on servers under your control. Hosting and content-delivery providers acting on your behalf are permitted, provided that they use the fonts exclusively to deliver your website.

The license applies to the specified domain, including its subdomains and test and staging environments. It is based on the licensed monthly pageview allowance.

You are responsible for monitoring pageviews and keeping the website within the licensed allowance.

If you exceed the licensed allowance for more than two consecutive months, please notify us in writing and promptly purchase a license with the appropriate allowance. If the highest available allowance is exceeded, an Enterprise License is required.

Subsetting is permitted, provided that the resulting files remain subject to the EULA and are not distributed separately.

The Web License does not cover:

  • HTML e-mails
  • use on other domains
  • web applications in which users can enter or edit text using the fonts
  • installation of the WOFF2 files as desktop fonts

These uses require a separate agreement.

6. Who may use a license?

Desktop and Variable Font Licenses are based on the number of Authorized Users.

Authorized Users are employees of the licensee whom the licensee has authorized to install and use the fonts. If the licensee is an individual, that individual is also an Authorized User.

Affiliated companies, freelancers, agencies, studios, contractors and other external persons are not Authorized Users. Anyone who needs to install or use the fonts requires their own license.

For larger uses, we offer Enterprise Licenses on request, for example for corporate groups and affiliated companies, for more than 100 users or for more than 10 million pageviews per month.

The license is issued to the company named as the licensee in the order or invoice.

If you purchase a license for another company, for example as an agency for a client, that company must be named as the licensee in the order.

A license may only be transferred with our prior consent in writing (e-mail is sufficient). In the event of a sale, merger or comparable restructuring of a company, we will not unreasonably withhold our consent, provided that the requirements of the EULA are met.

7. Can I license individual font styles?

Not currently. Licenses are available for complete font families.

This makes the entire licensed family available for your project or brand.

8. May I provide the fonts to freelancers, agencies or clients?

The font files may only be installed and used by you and your Authorized Users within the licensed user count.

Freelancers, agencies, studios, contractors and other external service providers require their own license if they need to install or use the fonts.

You may of course provide Finished Works to others. These include, for example:

  • PDFs (with non-editable text)
  • images
  • videos
  • files containing outlined or rasterized text
  • final print-ready files
  • logos and other finished artwork files

Printers, publishers, clients and other project partners may also receive such Finished Works.

Providing a Finished Work does not give the recipient the right to use the fonts. If a client wants to use the fonts themselves for further materials, the client needs their own license.

9. May I use the fonts for logos?

Yes – without an additional logo license.

Logos, wordmarks, trademarks and other visual brand elements are included in the Desktop and Variable Font Licenses.

You may convert text to outlines and modify letterforms for a specific logo or artwork, provided that this does not result in usable font software.

10. May I use the fonts in PDFs, eBooks, videos and presentations?

Yes.

Where technically necessary, you may embed the fonts or corresponding subsets in non-editable files, including:

  • PDFs
  • eBooks
  • digital publications
  • videos
  • applications

The embedding must not allow text to be edited using the fonts. Please use reasonable technical measures to protect embedded fonts against unauthorized extraction and misuse.

Editable documents such as Word, PowerPoint or InDesign files that allow third parties to edit text using the fonts may only be provided with our prior permission in writing.

11. May I use the fonts in apps, on servers and in cloud-based design tools?

Apps: Yes.

Use is permitted under the Desktop and Variable Font Licenses when the fonts are used for fixed interface elements or content, the fonts do not represent the essential value or essential function of the application, and reasonable technical measures are taken against extraction.

This does not include applications in which end users or other third parties can enter, create or edit text using the fonts or select the fonts. This includes, for example, web-to-print services, product configurators, logo or text generators, print-on-demand services, SaaS offerings and APIs.

Such uses require a separate license agreement.

Servers and cloud-based design tools: Installation on servers or virtual desktops and use in cloud-based design tools are permitted if access is technically restricted to Authorized Users within the licensed user count and other persons cannot download the fonts.

12. May I use the fonts with AI?

Yes, for normal creative use.

You may use the fonts in your design software and in automated workflows, provided that they are used exclusively to display or create visual content.

The fonts and data derived from them may not, however, be used to create, train, fine-tune, test, evaluate or improve AI or machine-learning systems.

The fonts may also not be used to generate, reproduce, simulate, analyze or reconstruct fonts, glyph forms or typographic characteristics.

Finished Works are not data derived from the fonts for the purposes of this provision.

13. How are the fonts delivered?

After purchase and receipt of full payment, you will receive a secure download link.

Please save and securely back up your files. We do not owe renewed provision or long-term storage of the files. You may create a reasonable number of backup copies solely for archival purposes. Backup copies must remain under your control and may not be made accessible to third parties.

We are not obliged to provide updates, upgrades, additional font styles, expanded character sets or new versions.

14. What payment methods are available?

Payment is securely processed through Stripe.

Supported payment methods are:

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • Link
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

15. What if I need something that is not covered?

Please contact us and briefly describe what you would like to do.

For special uses – for example products in which users can enter or edit text using the fonts, HTML e-mails, or offerings in which the fonts represent the essential value of a product or service – a separate license agreement is required. We can usually find a suitable solution.

If you are unsure before purchasing which license you need for your intended use, please contact us. We are happy to help you choose the appropriate license.

16. Where can I find the full terms and conditions?

The complete licensing terms are set out in our End User License Agreement (EULA).

The EULA contains the complete and legally binding provisions.

If this FAQ and the EULA differ, the EULA prevails.

The version of the EULA in effect at the time of purchase applies to your license.

The EULA is provided in German and English. In the event of discrepancies, the German version prevails. By placing an order, you confirm that you are acting as a business and accept the EULA and our General Terms and Conditions.

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