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FONT LICENSING: THE DMV OF THE DESIGN WORLD

Font Licensing: The DMV of the Design World Working with fonts is an everyday occurrence for designers. Working with good, new fonts can be tricky. Font websites throw around words like commercial use, personal use, open source - what does it all mean? It’s best to know what these words mean before you use a font. There are a lot of legalities around font usage, so it’s important to be well-informed in the world of fonts. So, we took [...]

TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS AND REGISTERED TRADEMARKS, OH MY!

Trademarks and Copyrights and Registered Trademarks, Oh My! If there’s a group of legal terms we often say as if they’re interchangeable, those words are trademark, copyright, and registered trademark. All are similar, but have very distinct meanings. It’s important to know the difference, especially since these are different legal terms that provide different legal coverages. Here are the basics of what you need to know: COPYRIGHT © Copyrights are denoted by the icon ©. Copyrights date back to the [...]

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