Understanding Font Licensing

​Understanding Font Licensing

For Whom: Anyone who uses fonts professionally (designers, art directors, freelancers, studio owners, brand managers etc) and has ever wondered “wait, am I actually allowed to do this?”
Language: English

Let’s be honest: nobody got into design because they love reading license agreements. And yet, font licensing is one of those things that quietly shapes your practice, your invoices, and occasionally your legal exposure…and almost nobody feels truly confident about it. Not because designers aren’t smart, but because the system itself has become genuinely complex: desktop licenses, web licenses, app licenses, subscriptions vs. perpetual rights, client-side usage, AI clauses… the list keeps growing.

In this online class, we’ll cut through the confusion and give you a clear, practical map of how font licensing actually works. After this you can protect yourself, advise your clients, and deliver projects without leaving legal loose ends behind.

What you will learn:

• ​What a font license is and why it matters (legally and professionally)

• ​The difference between desktop, web, app, broadcast, and logo licenses (&more)

• ​How to handle licensing when working with clients, agencies, and editable deliverables

• ​The difference between perpetual licenses and subscriptions

• ​How to approach free fonts, trial fonts, and subscription-bundled libraries (Adobe Fonts, Google Fonts, and more)

• ​What the latest EULAs say about AI

​Host of the webinar:

Dario Manzo is Project Manager & Content Lead at Zetafonts, where he oversees the studio’s editorial strategy, blog content, and written communications across all platforms. He is responsible for keeping projects organized and ensuring the connections between Zetafonts’ creative, commercial, and educational efforts run smoothly.