TypographFont License
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Typograph makes real fonts, and this page says what you can do with them. With Typograph Pro you can use your fonts for anything, including paid work. With the free app, the student year or the Figma plugin, you can use them for anything that isn't commercial.
In short
| What you want to do | Typograph Pro | Free app, student year, Figma plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Personal projects, experiments and gifts | Yes | Yes |
| School work, degree shows and your portfolio | Yes | Yes |
| Work for a client or an employer | Yes | No |
| Logos and branding for a business | Yes | No |
| Ads and marketing | Yes | No |
| Things you sell: prints, merch, books, apps, games | Yes | No |
| Selling the font itself | Yes | No |
Typograph Pro: the full license
Every font you export while you have Pro comes with a worldwide license, with no time limit and nothing to pay per use. It covers the font file and any poster you export with it. You may:
- install the font on as many devices as you like;
- use it in anything, commercial or not: print, screen, video, logos, branding and products;
- embed it in websites, apps, games and documents, or convert it to outlines;
- give the file to clients, colleagues, printers and anyone else who works with it;
- sell or license the font, alone or as part of a product.
One exception: the untouched font the app starts from isn't yours to sell. Use it for anything else, or turn the dials first and sell what you made.
Free app, student year and Figma plugin
Fonts from these come with a non-commercial license. You can install them, use them in your own non-commercial work, publish that work, and give the font file away for free, as long as the person who gets it keeps to the same terms.
The student year
The student year is a free year of the app, but not of its commercial license. Coursework, degree shows and your portfolio are all fine. A poster you sell at the degree show, or a paid job on the side, needs Pro at the normal price.
The Figma plugin
Everything from the plugin is non-commercial: the TTF, the vectors it places and the SVGs it copies or exports. For commercial work, make the font in the app with Pro.
The TestFlight beta
The beta has no Pro to buy, so everything you export from it is non-commercial.
What counts as commercial
Commercial use is anything done for money or for the benefit of a business or organisation: paid work, things you sell, ads, a company's own documents and presentations, and websites or apps that earn money. Showing non-commercial work in your portfolio is fine, even if it helps you get a job.
Not sure about your project? Write to hi@luthi-mar.co.
When your plan changes
What counts is your plan on the day you export. Exporting means making a TTF or a poster. A .typograph file is only the font's settings, so it carries no license of its own: whoever exports a font from it gets the license of their own plan.
- You cancel Pro. Everything you exported while you had Pro keeps the full license, for good. What you export after that is non-commercial.
- You move up to Pro. Export the font again, and the new file has the full license. Files from before stay non-commercial.
- Your student year renews at the normal price. From then on you have Pro. Fonts from the student year need exporting again before commercial use.
Typograph has no accounts, so your App Store receipt is your proof of when you had Pro. It's worth keeping.
What the license doesn't cover
What you make with a font is yours: your posters, layouts and designs. This license covers the font itself, and these stay as they are:
- It isn't exclusive. Anyone can turn the dials to the same place, so someone else may end up with a font like yours, and they're free to use it under their own license.
- Names and trademarks are up to you. Check that a font name or a logo is free to use before you rely on it.
- Other people's typefaces stay theirs. Rebuilding an existing typeface with the dials doesn't give you any rights to it.
- The app stays the developer's. The app, the plugin and the font engine aren't part of this license, and you can't copy them, take the engine out of them or resell them. Apple's standard EULA covers your use of the app.
The fine print
This license is granted by Marco Lüthi, 8055 Zürich, Switzerland. Fonts come as they are, without any warranty, so test yours before a big print run. As far as the law allows, the developer isn't liable for damage that comes from using them. Swiss law applies, and any consumer rights you have in your own country stay unaffected.
Changes to this license
A new version of this page, with a new date at the top, applies to fonts you export after that date. Fonts you have already exported keep the terms they came with.