How do I know which fonts I can or can't use for non-editable text?

• All fonts on the Minted Font List can be used for any kind of text in a design.
  
  • Exception: fonts on our Cannot License List, which CANNOT be used in any form on Minted products, whether for personalizable or outlined text.
    
• You’re welcome to use fonts in your submission that are not currently on the Minted Font List.
  
• However, some foundries restrict how a font may be used in a way that prevents us from including it in a design, even when outlined or in non-editable form.
  
• Font licenses must be compatible with our workflow and business model.
  
  • If a license has restrictions on the number of computer workstations used, or caps on the revenue earned or number of page views of the design, it is unlikely that we would be able to meet these requirements.
    

Specific language about usage varies from contract to contract, but below are a few examples of the kind of wording we might find in a EULA that would prevent us from being able to use a typeface:

• Font Software "cannot be used in a product offered for sale where the item contributes to the core value of the product being sold."
• "You may embed the licensed fonts in software or install them on a server provided that the end user cannot use the fonts to create something."
• "All Use of the Font Software shall be pursuant to an End User Agreement which prohibits the distribution of an Embedded Document"
• "All designs must be a flattened and rasterized file on a non-transparent background, such as a .jpg or .pdf, and include a watermark."

PLEASE NOTE: new fonts from the following foundries are impossible, very difficult, or prohibitively expensive to get the licensing we need for use on Minted.

• Hoefler & Frere-Jones
• Nicky Laatz
• New Tropical Design
• Great Lakes Lettering
• Font Diner
• Tart Workshop
• Lost Type Co-Op
• Emily Lime
• TanType
• Fonts on Dafont.com and fonts from other free font sites