June 27 | Filed under: Webfont providers

Web fonts licensing overview

Foundries allowing web usage of their fonts
As the web fonts technologies are still in early development, various type foundries have often different approach to using their fonts with some of the most popular technologies. As the EULA wording is often rather general, this list aims at giving direct answer in respect of individual technologies. Please keep in mind this is still just a guidance and you must observe applicable EULA carefully yourself.

Foundry sIFR Facelift (FLIR) Cufón Raw fonts WOFF EOT Fonts as service Source
FontFont ✔[1] ✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔[2] EULAs
Dutch Type Library (DTL) ✔[3]   ✔[3] ✘ ✔[3] ✔[3]   via Press Release
Adobe ✔   ✔ ✘   ✔   asked via email
Monotype ✔[3] ✔[3] ✔[3] ✘   ✔[3] via Web Type (Ascender) asked via email
Process Type Foundry ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘       asked via email
Mota Italic ✔ ✔ ✔ [4] ✔ [4]       Embedding Info
Exljbris ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔[5]     via Typekit EULA
Okay Type ✔ [3] ✘ ✔ [3] ✘       EULA
Type Together ✔   ✔ ✘     via Typekit TT Webfonts stance
Typetrust       ✘       EULA
Hoefler & Frere Jones ✔ [3] ✔ [3] ✘ ✘       EULA
Fontsmith ✔   ✔ [3] ✘       EULA
Commercial Type ✔   ✔ [3] ✔ [3]       EULA
Emigre ✔ [3] ✘ ✘ ✘       flash embedding
Fonthead ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔       license
Terminal Design ✔     ✘       EULA
Typodermic ✔   ✔ via Fontspring       embedding info
  1. ↑ Only if configured in a specific way, only non-editable text.
  2. ↑ EOT Lite
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Additional license required
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 WEB fonts only
  5. ↑ Only free fonts

Remeber it's a wiki - so please feel free to add the info about other foundries - but only if you are 100% sure about it, because e.g. it's explicitely stated on their web or in their EULA.
Foundries, it would be great if you could publish a statement on these technologies on your web, just like Type Together did over here I understand that the table is somewhat tricky, because it may tempt people to skip reading the EULA carefully, so this might be a solution.

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