licenses
Every font in the catalog is open-source licensed — predominantly the SIL Open Font License (OFL), with some under Apache 2.0 and similar permissive licenses. Each font’s page shows its license.
This page is a plain-language summary, not legal advice. The license text on the font page is authoritative.
what you can do (OFL and Apache fonts)
- use the fonts in commercial and non-commercial projects, print and digital
- embed them in websites (via this CDN or self-hosted), apps, and documents
- modify them, and distribute modified versions (under the same license, with renaming required by the OFL’s reserved-name clause where it applies)
- bundle them with software
No attribution is required on your website or product, though designers appreciate it.
what you can’t do
- sell the font files themselves as standalone products
- for OFL fonts with reserved names: distribute modified versions under the original name
your uploads
When you upload a custom font to serve via the dashboard, you confirm you hold a license that permits web serving of that font. Commercial fonts typically license web use separately (often by pageview) — check your license before uploading. You keep all rights to your uploads; we store and serve them only as you direct (see terms).
why open-source fonts only
The public catalog only includes fonts whose licenses permit redistribution and CDN serving. This is why some popular free-to-use fonts aren’t in the catalog — for example, fonts under licenses that prohibit redistribution can’t be served from a third-party CDN, no matter how good they are.