Font Usage
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- MrD
I been getting charged a lot from foundries for using fonts for global work.
Its funny how some places charge per region similar to photography
maybe its just me.
anyone else?
- gramme0
I agree it's highway robbery, however if people stopped stealing fonts I think the price of fonts for any number of users would go down drastically.
- MrD0
gramme
let me ask, when you do your design work, the fonts are installed in say font server, and when you work on a global work, do you ask foundries for global license?
or do you just out put the work as is
- Typographica0
"I been getting charged a lot from foundries for using fonts for global work. "
I don't know any foundry that licenses according to the region. Licenses are almost always based on the number of CPUs and locations where those CPUs are installed.
- MrD0
thats what i thought typographica
i need to ask this again cause the buyer here was telling how a font could cost a $100k because its being used for global usage
i thought that was very odd
Could you define "locations where those CPUs are installed."
- Typographica0
A single license for say, 500 users, is usually limited to one location, such as a company's office in London. For a "multi-site" license, the price would go up a bit.
Perhaps what they mean by "global usage" is that it is either a multi-site or unlimited license.
- MrD0
hmmm i guess the buyer here did not convey the message properly
this happened few times, it was print ad for usage in different regions
each regions did not have to edit this particular font since there is no asian character set for that font
interesting, thanks a lot, i will make a note of this.
- Typographica0
What was the foundry?
- MrD0
- MrD0
not sure where are have helvetica licensed from
- gramme0
gramme
let me ask, when you do your design work, the fonts are installed in say font server, and when you work on a global work, do you ask foundries for global license?
or do you just out put the work as is
MrD
(Sep 5 07, 09:27)I've never done such a thing, I've never heard that it's necessary. We buy fonts for however many seats we need and use them for whatever jobs we please. No foundry has ever asked for an international usage fee, to my knowledge.
- MrD0
indeed gramme
i thought it was weird but i took the word of buyer and account folks here
i need to get my own rep so i can talk to them directly and get straight answers
- Typographica0
If it was Helvetica, the foundry is Linotype. No other foundry is authorized to license Helvetica. You may have gone to FontShop, Adobe, Veer or MyFonts to make the purchase, but you are agreeing to a Linotype EULA.
They may have some sort of extended license that I'm not familiar with.
- MrD0
ok good to know
thanks typographica