charlee Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Hi! I'm starting my t-shirt business and would like to know if AD fonts are for commercial use? I will be selling shirts with fhe fonts on them. Can anyone help thank you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 AD doesn't include any fonts. They are provided by the system. Installed fonts have various copyright protections, so you would have to check with the owner of each font if there is any question about that. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 9, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 9, 2016 Hi charlee, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Affinity Designer/Photo doesn't come with any fonts. The ones you see inside the program are those that are available on your system for all applications (that come with the OS or were installed by other third-party apps). What you can do with them depends on each font license. You can get some free (for commercial use - check their license first) from sites like Font Squirrel, Google Fonts, or Fontfabric (not all are free here), or buy them (commercial fonts) from sites like MyFonts, FontShop, Linotype etc. To install them you can use Font Book app that comes with your Mac (instructions here) or use a third-party font manager like FontExplorer or Extensis Suitcase Fusion. Jens Krebs 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlee Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Thank you MEB :). So the fonts that are already on there (Affinity Designer) came from my own mac computer, was what I already had right? So then to be safe I can't use them...I will need to buy commercial fonts. Ok, I tried to install new fonts but had no luck. I will try font book like you suggested thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Of course you can use your included fonts for commercial use! No question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 11, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2016 @mac_heibu According to the software license agreement for macOS Sierra that depends on each font: E. Fonts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may use the fonts included with the Apple Software to display and print content while running the Apple Software; however, you may only embed fonts in content if that is permitted by the embedding restrictions accompanying the font in question. These embedding restrictions can be found in the Font Book/Preview/Show Font Info panel. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 If a font doesn’t allow embedding, it normally can’t be embedded. Fonts have an "embed flag" for this reason to allow or forbid embedding. If you are able to embed a font, it is normally allowed to do so. Or are you –according to "Show Font Info Panel" aware of a system font, which doesn’t? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 11, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2016 Yes, if the fonts allow to be embedded, there's no issues. And most fonts on the Macs do allow it. I never said the opposite. I wasn't sure about all (i usually don't use them). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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