It is of the utmost importance that I explain to you the rules and regulations regarding the copyright of fonts. Copyright is a protection provided and given exclusively to the creator of that work or product so it is important that we respect this. Especially if you are a designer who wishes to use certain font in your published work. 

Fonts tend to make or break your website or product, I’m not saying that fonts are all there is to design, but a good font could really bring out the best in your work. Until today, I had no idea there were so many rules, and you might be the same way. The fonts that come with Microsoft Word are safe to use as far as I know, they have all the proper licenses aligned with the software itself so no worry there. 

Onto the more costly portion, buying fonts. I prefer not to buy fonts because of how expensive they can be but that is just a personal preference. Every font that you purchase and or download comes with an End User License Agreement, read every word! I’m not joking! Ever heard of the saying read the fine print? Well read it, there could be a restriction on the font. That being said you’re probably going to ignore what I said anyway, so I probably just wasted my time. 

Moving on, I’m going to explain the difference between fonts and typefaces. I’m not sure if any of you noticed but I didn’t switch between the two, I actually haven’t mentioned typefaces at all, that’s because they are different. A typeface relates more to the actual design of the letters and the font relates to the size and heaviness.Typefaces come in a group known as ‘font families’ which is basically when you have bold letters, italic letters, semi-bold, condensed letters, etc but they’re all the same font. It’s pretty simple in reality, and that’s it. Today you’ve learned a little about the rules and regulations of font copyright and typefaces, see you next time!