Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0: what you can do with these fonts
Use and share it, even for a fee, with its licence; modified versions follow strict renaming rules.
Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0
UFL-1.0Use and share it, even for a fee, with its licence; modified versions follow strict renaming rules.
Commercial work ads, packaging, merch, video, print on demand Allowed
Clause: Preamble
Your work is yours, as long as it is not a way to hand out the font.
"The requirement for fonts to remain under this licence does not require any document created using the fonts or their derivatives to be published under this licence, as long as the primary purpose of the document is not to be a vehicle for the distribution of the fonts."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
Logo or wordmark a brand, a channel, a game title Allowed
Clause: Permission & Conditions
That is about the font's own names; a logo you set in it is not restricted.
"This licence does not grant any rights under trademark law and all such rights are reserved."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
Website the font file served with @font-face Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 1
The notice and licence go with every copy of the file.
"Each copy of the Font Software must contain the above copyright notice and this licence."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
App or game the font file bundled inside software Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 1
Bundle it with its notice and licence.
"Each copy of the Font Software must contain the above copyright notice and this licence."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
Modify the font edit glyphs, subset, convert formats Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 2(b)
Small changes add "derivative X" to the name (2(c)); big changes take a new name.
"Modified Versions which are Substantially Changed must be renamed to avoid use of the name of the Original Version or similar names entirely."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
Share the font file give the file to others, free Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 4
Share it under the UFL only.
"The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this licence, and must not be distributed under any other licence."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
Sell the font file the font on its own, for money Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Definitions
Charging a fee is part of what the licence permits; the notice and licence still go with it.
"Propagation includes copying, distribution (with or without modification and with or without charging a redistribution fee), making available to the public"
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
No credit needed in your work attribution in the thing you made Allowed
Clause: Preamble
No credit is asked for in your document.
"The requirement for fonts to remain under this licence does not require any document created using the fonts or their derivatives to be published under this licence"
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
Source & Verification Facts
- SPDX Identifier
- UFL-1.0
- Official Licence Page
- https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence
- Licence Text Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ufl/ubuntu/UFL.txt
- Date Read & Ingested
- 2026-10-21
- Fonts Under This Licence
- 5 fonts on FontsLike
A plain-English reading of the licence text; the licence text decides.