Font licensing explained: what you may actually do
Learn how desktop, web, app, document, and commercial-use permissions differ, and what to verify before downloading or publishing a font.
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Choose the right font, understand its licence and get it working in your project. Explore practical guides to font formats, installation, language support and web typography.
TTF vs OTF: choosing the right font format
Understand what TrueType and OpenType describe, why identical designs may ship in both, and how to choose without creating duplicate font installations.
Read guideHow to install and safely remove fonts
Install fonts on Windows, macOS, and Linux without duplicate-family conflicts, and diagnose caches or applications that do not immediately see them.
Read guideUnicode and language coverage in fonts
Learn why a “Unicode font” may still miss your language, how character maps differ from scripts, and how to test real words rather than relying on labels.
Read guideWebfont performance without broken typography
Deliver licensed webfonts with WOFF2, intentional subsetting, stable fallbacks, and loading rules that protect both speed and readability.
Read guideVariable fonts: axes, instances, and compatibility
Understand weight, width, slant, optical-size, and custom axes, plus when a variable file is better than a set of static fonts.
Read guideHow to identify an unknown font
Build a reliable identification trail from a screenshot, PDF, website, or font file by combining visual evidence with metadata and provenance.
Read guidePreparing a font family for safe distribution
Package family files, names, versions, coverage, documentation, previews, and ownership data so updates are recognized correctly and users avoid duplicate installs.
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