Where can i sell "license" my fonts?

ahmederaqi · January 2023

hello,
where can i sell "license" my fonts?
i have foundry on myfonts.com and designcuts.
where also can i sell my fonts to maximize my profits?.

John Hudson · January 2023

You should definitely set up your own website and, if possible, sell licenses directly through the site. Not only does this mean that you will maximise the portion of sales income that goes to you instead of to the distributor, but it is also the best way to establish direct relationships with customers, which can lead to other kinds of work creating custom versions of fonts or new commissions.

Making fonts available through Adobe Fonts’ subscription service seems to generate a good income for some foundries.

Among the various distributors (resellers), the only one we work with is I Love Typography, mostly because of its commitment to fostering a strong type business that benefits the people who make and use fonts. [Full disclosure: we have an interest in ILT, but that is for the same reasons.]

Another way to potentially increase sales is to collaborate or enter an alliance with another foundry or foundries. This can be particularly useful if the foundries specialise in different scripts or writing systems, and can complement each other’s offerings and provide joint services, e.g. extending an existing font family in one script to support another script.

James Puckett · January 2023

If you want to maximize your retail profits you need to market your work. You can be on every font vendor’s site and you’ll just disappear among tens of thousands of other fonts. I Love Typography is working hard to promote their foundry partners, but they still have to get their signal light seen by consumers inundated by the endless stream of new stuff hitting My fonts every day.

But Adobe fonts is different. Users there discover typefaces by digging through the mix. I’m very happy about my relationship with Adobe.

ahmederaqi · January 2023

John Hudson said:

You should definitely set up your own website and, if possible, sell licenses directly through the site. Not only does this mean that you will maximise the portion of sales income that goes to you instead of to the distributor, but it is also the best way to establish direct relationships with customers, which can lead to other kinds of work creating custom versions of fonts or new commissions.

Making fonts available through Adobe Fonts’ subscription service seems to generate a good income for some foundries.

Among the various distributors (resellers), the only one we work with is I Love Typography, mostly because of its commitment to fostering a strong type business that benefits the people who make and use fonts. [Full disclosure: we have an interest in ILT, but that is for the same reasons.]

Another way to potentially increase sales is to collaborate or enter an alliance with another foundry or foundries. This can be particularly useful if the foundries specialise in different scripts or writing systems, and can complement each other’s offerings and provide joint services, e.g. extending an existing font family in one script to support another script.

how to get work with I Love Typography?

ahmederaqi · January 2023

James Puckett said:

If you want to maximize your retail profits you need to market your work. You can be on every font vendor’s site and you’ll just disappear among tens of thousands of other fonts. I Love Typography is working hard to promote their foundry partners, but they still have to get their signal light seen by consumers inundated by the endless stream of new stuff hitting My fonts every day.

But Adobe fonts is different. Users there discover typefaces by digging through the mix. I’m very happy about my relationship with Adobe.

i'd like to join google fonts for sure, but can you please tell me how to be accepted and start work with them.

John Hudson · January 2023

I Love Typography periodically adds groups of new foundries (rather than adding them one-at-a-time). I’ll bring this thread to the attention of @Nadine Chahine. Where can we see examples of your work?

James Puckett · January 2023

ahmederaqi said:

James Puckett said:

If you want to maximize your retail profits you need to market your work. You can be on every font vendor’s site and you’ll just disappear among tens of thousands of other fonts. I Love Typography is working hard to promote their foundry partners, but they still have to get their signal light seen by consumers inundated by the endless stream of new stuff hitting My fonts every day.

But Adobe fonts is different. Users there discover typefaces by digging through the mix. I’m very happy about my relationship with Adobe.

i'd like to join google fonts for sure, but can you please tell me how to be accepted and start work with them.

You can file an issue on the Google Fonts github repository to have your work added. But that isn’t going to make you any money.

ahmederaqi · January 2023

John Hudson said:

I Love Typography periodically adds groups of new foundries (rather than adding them one-at-a-time). I’ll bring this thread to the attention of @Nadine Chahine. Where can we see examples of your work?

here's my foundry on myfonts.com
https://www.myfonts.com/foundry/fo-da/

Mislav Serdarušić · February 2023

ahmederaqi said:

John Hudson said:

I Love Typography periodically adds groups of new foundries (rather than adding them one-at-a-time). I’ll bring this thread to the attention of @Nadine Chahine. Where can we see examples of your work?

here's my foundry on myfonts.com
https://www.myfonts.com/foundry/fo-da/

Some interesting fonts you have. What is the best seller?

Where can i sell "license" my fonts?

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