Font licences: what each one lets you do
A plain-English permissions guide for open font licences. Compare commercial rights, logo creation, web embedding, application bundling, and redistribution rules.
Licence Permissions Matrix
Open Licences on FontsLike
SIL Open Font License 1.1
OFL-1.1Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own.
Apache License 2.0
Apache-2.0Use, change, share and sell it; pass the licence on with the files and mark files you changed.
Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0
UFL-1.0Use and share it, even for a fee, with its licence; modified versions follow strict renaming rules.
1 fonts
Public domain: every use is open, no conditions; trademark and patent rights are not waived.
The Unlicense (public domain dedication)
UnlicensePublic domain: copy, change, use and sell it for any purpose.
A plain-English reading of the licence text; the licence text decides.