Who buys the font?
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- canoe
Does buying a web font differ from buying a print version?
Who should buy it?
The client? Or the agency?
For the sake of due diligence, can the agency use the same web font on multiple clients or is it one-time usage for one client?
I buy for-print fonts all the time, so I understand the legalities in that world... not so much when it comes to a digital product.
- prophetone0
Depends. https://www.myfonts.com/licensin…
- microkorg0
Think, but don't quote me, you subscribe to the font per client website.
If the client uses a lot of agencies for digital then it might make sense for them to subscribe/puchase.
But if you're their digital person then you just buy it but make sure they know they'll have to take on the payments if they leave you.
You can add a few extra dollars if you are subscribing for them - it's a management charge ;)Have you checked Google Fonts to see if there's something there that looks like the clients font?
A lot of the time you can find something very similar and client is usually OK with this replacement as their online font.- I have gone to Googs to see if they have something to Univers, or any condensed font that I like. There's one potential, but it still "feels/looks free"canoe
- uan0
it's different from font to font.
sometimes you have to 'rent' it....(you let the client decide, if he wants to pay for this, you pay yourself, or client and you choses an alternate free font).
sometimes you can buy the webfont for selfhosting, then it's better the agency buys it, so you can use it on different sites.
sometimes you have restrictions on number of views per month or on how many sites can use the font.
sometimes there is no webfont for the required font, then u just convert it with fontsquirel an hope nobody notices.
- ESKEMA0
Really depends on the project, but in our case, we have subscriptions on fonts.com and typography.com. If the job doesn't require a specific font, then we search in those to see what is already available for us to use. In the cases were the project requires a specific font ( due to branding, etc) we tend to buy it if it isn't available on those platforms and charge it to the client. Most fonts with the buying option are limited to a single domain/ project so we can't really reuse it anyway..
- You can still charge something to the client if you use something from the subscription, that keeps your costs downESKEMA
- canoe0
In my situation....
I'm a contractor... I work with a boutique agency... it is their client.
My plan is to slowly get rid of the agency... so I think I'm going to suggest that the agency buys the webfont full on with no stupid restrictions.
- canoe0
Adobe Typekit - Acumin - has a huge family, might kinda work to replace a $670 Univers
- fonts.com has UniversESKEMA
- (110$ / year with a huge catalog)ESKEMA
- So it's a subscription based font, sounds cheap, but man, I hate that model, we should be able to buy them and be done with itcanoe
- You can, but. Its just more expensive.. And that 110 / year gives you every font on their catalog for everything you want.ESKEMA
- canoe0
This is ludicrous... pay by pageview?