clients pay for fonts
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- janne76
http://www.qbn.com/topics/565607…
this post made me think.
how many of you get your clients to pay for a font? my clients don't even understand you need to pay for a font at all.
i hate my job. but i am quitting it. ...well in the process of quitting at least, more news later.. ..in a few months or so..
- ukit0
I thought you were freelance?
- ukit0
But yeah, client should pay for font IMO
- johndiggity0
you pay for the licenses, not the font. so if you want to use a certain font for a client, you can put a production budget in your contract that covers the cost of licensing one for yourself while producing the work. the client wants the font, send them a link to the site where you bought it and tell them to fill out their license info and download it. everyone's covered.
- you´re right. but if you read carefully the licenc agreements you will find some points how you can handle itmoamoa
- i like sneaking the cost it in the production budget because then i can get those fonts i always wanted.johndiggity
- moamoa0
and there is also a difference:
1.the font you need to work with
2. the font for the client
- BannedKappa0
You pay and add it to their bill under miscellaneous.
- scarabin_net0
that's why you show the client the font you want to purchase and use, and a couple of free options. that way they can decide for themselves whether they want to spring for it or not.
instead of just surprising them afterward on an invoice
- Witt0
You can always say they need it installed in their office so they can see it in their stationarz!
- SkyPoo0
Janne, you leaving design???
- janne760
Yeah, it's what's in the pipeline...
- BonSeff0
pussy
- Vicentvangogh0
I generally tag on an extra $200- into the price of the project knowing the client may want a couple of unique typefaces.
- ian0
If they use it they pay for it. What is this a fucking tupperware party?
- janne760
i am asking because it is for me a tool to measure the degree of goodwill/honesty/fairness amongst clients.
if a font means nothing to them, whatever will the design mean to them?
- flashbender0
"if a font means nothing to them, whatever will the design mean to them"
You should definitely leave design if that's how you think your clients feel. Or even if it matters to you.
For the record I bill mine to "asset procurement" along with stock photography and anything else I use but don't create myself. They rarely ask for an explanation.
- i guess so..janne76
- You use a toilet. I bet it's important to you. However I bet a discussion of plumbing would bore you.TheBlueOne
- hallelujah0
part of general studio overhead--build it into your overall studio rate
- janne760
aight.. this thread did not clear up mcuh except the fact i expected too much from this profession from the start! Silly me, haha..
Anyway, back to photography or art or something like that. Can't do much else to be honest...
- hallelujah0
I think it's like InDesign or photoshop... does the client pay for it? indirectly, just as they pay for your heat and electricity
- ian0
Janne, honestly, heres the deal. You but fonts at the outset, standards that you will use for ages, new jobs come along and if you need a new font for a specific client then you buy a license to use it and bill the cost on to the client (as flashbender says above), something along the lines of asset procurement. If the client needs to install the font on their computer then you say that you cannout provide the font to them as that would be in breach of copyright, the same as stock photography, so they need to buy licenses for it for use on their computers.
If they don't understand it, then explain it to them in a manner they will understand (its a tricky thing for someone unused it to get their head around). If they are unwilling to use pay for it then you need to specify a substitute font that either a) they already have or b) is more cost effective for them. Its a standard thing and we do it all the time when working on identities.
Also useful to note, if you specify a font in a brand guideline, if another company is following that guideline then it is up to them and not the client or you to make sure they have a valid license for the font.
Hope this helps, Im a bit drunk and my tupperware comment kinda came from nowhere and is fairly useless.