Cedric Sagne wrote: > John, > > > > Your client should pay for a license for the font, it is down to you as > a designer to make them understand they are potentially breaking the law > getting an unlicensed font in their logo.
Hmmm... It came from a 'professional' graphic designer originally so that should all have been taken care of I assume. > The font would be licensed to them and therefore you would not be > allowed to use it if another client is asking for it. Indeed, but I don't have it. What I'm after, given that most people have only seen low resolution versions of the logo, is something free with a similar face. When I get a moment, I will look on the Open Font Library as others have suggested. > Your client would > get a copy which would allow them to produce other texts with it, for > marketing purposes. They may have, but as he doesn't know a .TTF from a .TXT file it's hard to be sure ! All I know is that they didn't know what the font was, or if they had it. > Please note that in theory you designing a logo with a font licensed to > them is still breaking the law, but ideally even software auditors will > not be THAT nitpickers. All the more reason for Open Fonts ! > A font designer deserves an income as well and it is ethical to reward > their work. Passing on a 20 USD expense in your global invoice is not > going to make you less competitive to your client. A brief look for Armada Regular suggested that it was certainly more expensive than that, and one site had the whole Armada family for some hundreds of pounds. While I fully agree that font designers work should be rewarded, I'm not sure that a single font family should cost as much as an whole operating system. Market forces tell me that the cost is disproportionate an drive me elsewhere. Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Carbon Trust Consultant: Energy Audit, Carbon Footprint, Design Advice Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme, (EEAS), Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
