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License Agreement

Comic Book Fonts License Agreement
 
1. LICENSE: Comic Book Fonts LLC is the exclusive owner of the electronically transferred computer lettering fonts. We grant you, and you accept, a non-exclusive license to use the electronically transferred fonts, but you are not the owner of them. Your right to use the fonts under this license agreement is called the License. By Fonts, we refer to the electronically transferred fonts and any embodiment or use that you make of the fonts in any form.

2. AUTHORIZED USER AND USE :
You alone, as the purchaser of the Fonts, are the Licensee and authorized to use the Fonts under the License for personal, business, or distributed projects. This License entitles you to install and use the fonts as follows:

  • Desktop: install the Opentype or Truetype font files on desktop, laptop, or tablet devices directly operated by the Licensee and up to one other person, for Licensee’s personal, business or distributed projects only.
  • Web: embed the WOFF2 font files on a single website domain with up to 10,000 pageviews per month.
If you purchased additional licensing, your receipt indicates the number of users/pageviews/apps you are entitled to. Additional desktop users and web visitors may be obtained for an additional fee.

The fact that you have the right to install the Fonts on more than one of your devices does not give you the right to use the Fonts by more people than you have purchased licensing for at the same time.

The Fonts may not be repurposed, remixed, or used to create derivative works or infringe on the rights of others and may not be reverse-engineered, decompiled,or dissembled. You may not train any AI or machine learning algorithm using the Fonts.

Any other duplication or use by any other person or entity constitutes software piracy, a criminal offense.

3.
LIMITED WARRANTY: Comic Book Fonts LLC makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the electronically transferred computer software, its merchantability or its fitness for any particular purpose.

Comic Book Fonts LLC reserves the right to terminate this License at any time and void your license if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this License.

If you have any questions about the License Agreement, our return policy, security and on-line ordering, or anything else, please view our FAQ below. If your question is not answered there, feel free to contact us.

What is a font license?
 
When you buy fonts from any font foundry, you’re buying the license to use the fonts on your computer. With every font or font family you purchase and download, that license (or End User License Agreement) you agree to before purchasing is also downloaded with the fonts.

Our desktop license above allows you to download a font and install it on your computer and use it in any desktop or tablet-based application that contains a font menu, such as Illustrator, Photoshop or Word. You may create and print documents using the font and use it to generate pixel-based images such as GIF, PNG and JPG. See below for more details.

You may install the fonts on multiple devices (for example, desktop and laptop computers, or a tablet), so long as only one device per user is in use at a time.

Fonts may be installed on a device at your location that is shared by different people, so long as only one person is using the fonts at a time.

Our standard license also allows you to use the font on your website as live text via the standard @font-face CSS rule, up to the number of pageviews you have purchased.
How many devices may I use the fonts on?
 
You may install the fonts on as many devices as you like, so long as only the number of users you have licensing for are using the fonts at one time.

If you need more users, we offer plans at levels of 5, 10, 25 and 50 users. For more than 50 users or server installation, please contact our distributor Type Network.

If you purchased fonts prior to July 22, 2024, here is the conversion table for downloading & installing upgraded fonts:

OLD NEW
1x price 5 users, no web 2 users + 10k/mo webfonts
2x price 10 users, no web 5 users + 10k/mo webfonts
3x price 15 users, no web 10 users + 10k/mo webfonts
4x price 30 users, no web 25 users + 10k/mo webfonts
6x price 60 users, no web 50 users + 10k/mo webfonts
May I use the fonts in a comic book? Do I need to credit you?
 
As long as the font files remain on your computer, you can publish whatever books, comics and other printed projects you like with them. See below about "creating outlines" before delivering files to your printer.

You are not required to credit us, but it's certainly appreciated! A link to www.ComicBookFonts.com is always welcome, too. As well as chocolate. Dark.
What about sending files for publication?
 
For print output, we recommend you "Create outlines" on the final files you deliver. This converts the lettering to vector data, so the font files do not need to be included for output, and also prevents output errors that can be caused by missing fonts or different versions of a font.

If you deliver files with live text, the recipient may use the fonts to output the files, provided they output the files exactly as you deliver them, and delete the font files upon completion of the project. They will need to purchase their own desktop license if they want to edit or otherwise alter the files in any way, or to use the fonts for any other purpose.

If you or your client or publisher want to embed files with live text into an electronic document, an ePub or app license may be required. See below for info.
What about PDFs and eBooks?
 
Fonts may be embedded in documents so long as they are read-only (the recipient may not edit the text), and are not a product for sale.

Examples of this use may include:
  • PDF proofs for clients
  • internal company documents
  • documents for students or faculty at an educational institution you work for
  • documents shared with friends or family

Documents that are a product for sale may be distributed under our standard license so long as the text has been converted to pixels or vector outlines, so that the fonts are not embedded in the document.

Documents that are distributed for public sale or viewing with fonts embedded require a separate ePub license.

Examples of digital products for sale include:
  • comic book issues
  • graphic novels
  • books
  • magazines and other periodicals
  • instruction manuals.
Formats may include PDF, or files for Kindle, iPads and other e-readers.

ePub licensing may be purchased from our distributor Type Network.
May I embed the fonts into a video game or mobile app?
 
You may create static, pixel-based graphics (such as JPG, PNG & GIF) for a game or app under our Standard License.

An app license is required to embed the fonts into an application that will be downloaded onto an end user’s device, in order to generate dynamic content that the user interacts with.

Licensing for app and game embedding may be purchased from our distributor Type Network.