Checking if webfonts are properly licensed?
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Kosal Sen
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Are there any general guidelines to see if webfonts are licensed? I found a company that uses my fonts, and I'm wondering if it's licensed.
If I look at my WOFFs that are being sold on MyFonts, the files from this company's website should be exactly the same filesize, right?
If I look at my WOFFs that are being sold on MyFonts, the files from this company's website should be exactly the same filesize, right?
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If they purchased a webfont license through MyFonts they are usually required to include the license info in their source code. Either in their HTML source or CSS you should see something like this:* @license* MyFonts Webfont Build ID 3044249, 2015-06-17T15:34:12-0400** The fonts listed in this notice are subject to the End User License* Agreement(s) entered into by the website owner. All other parties are* explicitly restricted from using the Licensed Webfonts(s).** You may obtain a valid license at the URLs below.** Webfont: RomanaBT-Bold by Bitstream* Copyright: Copyright 1990-2003 Bitstream Inc. All rights reserved.* Licensed pageviews: 1,000,000**** © 2015 MyFonts Inc
If they licensed the font from somewhere else this may not be required.
I think the WOFF files could vary in size depending on how they built their webfont kit.0 -
Just ask MyFonts if they bought a license.0
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If it’s from Myfonts, you should have the clients name on your reports. Just do a search in your foundry admin.0
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