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License types

Font licenses grouped by type. Each type allows different uses.

SIL OFL-1.149 fonts

Comprehensive guide to SIL OFL 1.1: commercial permissions, web and mobile app embedding, modification terms, and official reference links.

Custom2 fonts

Understanding proprietary font licenses from companies like S-Core and Nexon: commercial scopes, modification bans, and verification practices.

Apache-2.01 fonts

Detailed overview of Apache License 2.0 for typographic software: commercial permissions, NOTICE requirements, and official source text.

Custom OFL1 fonts

How corporate font creators adapt the SIL OFL with brand clauses, trademark restrictions, and redistribution rules, in plain English.

CC-BY-4.00 fonts

How Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International applies to font software: commercial rights, attribution mandates, and official source links.

CC0-1.00 fonts

How Creative Commons Zero (CC0) applies to font software: waiver of copyright, attribution exemption, and commercial embedding scopes.

How the GNU GPL Font Exception prevents copyleft contamination in embedded digital documents, commercial software, and web fonts.

MIT0 fonts

How the MIT License applies to digital typography and icon fonts: permissions, copyright notice mandates, and official source text.

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