# Font licences: what each one lets you do

Explore what each open font licence permits across commercial projects, logos, web embedding, application bundling, and font modification.

## Licence Permissions Matrix

| Use | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | Apache License 2.0 | Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0 | Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication) | The Unlicense (public domain dedication) |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Commercial work | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed |
| Logo or wordmark | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed |
| Website | conditions | conditions | conditions | allowed | allowed |
| App or game | conditions | conditions | conditions | allowed | allowed |
| Modify the font | conditions | conditions | conditions | allowed | allowed |
| Share the font file | conditions | conditions | conditions | allowed | allowed |
| Sell the font file | not_allowed | conditions | conditions | allowed | allowed |
| No credit needed in your work | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed |

## Open Font Licences

### [SIL Open Font License 1.1](/licences/ofl-1-1/) (OFL-1.1)
- **Fonts on FontsLike**: 2,019
- **Summary**: Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own.
- **Official link**: [https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/](https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)

### [Apache License 2.0](/licences/apache-2-0/) (Apache-2.0)
- **Fonts on FontsLike**: 36
- **Summary**: Use, change, share and sell it; pass the licence on with the files and mark files you changed.
- **Official link**: [https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

### [Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0](/licences/ufl-1-0/) (UFL-1.0)
- **Fonts on FontsLike**: 5
- **Summary**: Use and share it, even for a fee, with its licence; modified versions follow strict renaming rules.
- **Official link**: [https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence](https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence)

### [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](/licences/cc0-1-0/) (CC0-1.0)
- **Fonts on FontsLike**: 1
- **Summary**: Public domain: every use is open, no conditions; trademark and patent rights are not waived.
- **Official link**: [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode)

### [The Unlicense (public domain dedication)](/licences/unlicense/) (Unlicense)
- **Fonts on FontsLike**: 1
- **Summary**: Public domain: copy, change, use and sell it for any purpose.
- **Official link**: [https://unlicense.org/](https://unlicense.org/)


A plain-English reading of the licence text; the licence text decides.