You can never be sure of that when purchasing something over the Internet.
But I'm not exactly flying to Toronto to perform the exchange in person; if I
were, I would have asked for a lot more.
I don't believe they own the patent; that expired long ago. In our paper
communications, they told me that they asked a $30,000 price based on custom
work they'd done in the past. For that price, they allowed the buyer to do
whatever they want with the font for an unlimited period.
Comparatively, Canada Type is already a very liberal foundry in their
licensing. The only thing keeping their license from being a free software
license is the restriction on distribution.
