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Questions
Licence questions, answered
The questions designers search for most, each with a direct answer up top and the exact licence clause quoted and linked underneath. 19 questions so far.
Fonts
Can I use Google Fonts commercially?
Yes. Google Fonts are free for commercial use, including inside products you sell.
Can I use Google Fonts in a logo?
Yes. Google says you can use any Google Font in a logo.
Can I use Montserrat in a logo?
Yes. Montserrat is under the SIL Open Font License, which allows logos and commercial work.
Can I use Adobe Fonts in a logo?
Yes. Adobe's licensing FAQ allows logos made with Adobe Fonts, and says the logo can be registered as a trademark.
Can I use Adobe Fonts for client work?
Yes for finished work. No for handing over the fonts: a client or printer who edits needs their own licence.
Can I give font files to my client?
Depends on the licence. Open-source fonts: yes. Subscription fonts and most paid desktop licences: no.
Can I use Creative Market fonts in Canva?
Creative Market fonts: yes, into licensed users' own cloud design accounts. MyFonts fonts: no.
Stock & content
Can I use Canva Pro elements commercially?
Yes, as part of a Canva design. Not on its own, and not in templates made for outside Canva.
Can I sell Canva designs on merch and print-on-demand?
Yes for designs you've made. No for a Canva element or photo printed on its own.
Can I use Canva to make a logo?
Yes with Canva's fonts, simple shapes and lines, or your own graphics. Not with library graphics if it's a trademark.
Can I use Adobe Stock images in a logo?
No. Adobe says Stock images can't be used in or as a logo, whether for you or a client.
Do I need an extended licence for print-on-demand?
For Adobe Stock, yes when the image is the main point of the product. Envato, Canva and Pexels have no extended tier and set their own limits.
Can I use Envato Elements items after my subscription ends?
Yes for projects you finished while subscribed. No for new or unfinished projects, and you must uninstall fonts.
Can I use Pexels photos commercially?
Yes. Pexels content is free to use commercially, with no attribution required, within five stated limits.
AI image tools
Can I sell Midjourney images?
Yes for most people. You own your images, with two exceptions Midjourney spells out.
Can I use ChatGPT images commercially?
Likely yes: OpenAI assigns you ownership of output. But the terms don't name commercial uses, and output may not be unique.
Can I use Adobe Firefly images commercially?
Yes. Adobe says outputs from non-beta Firefly features can be used commercially; beta outputs too unless the product says otherwise.
Can I use Leonardo AI images commercially?
Leonardo says yes, even on the free plan. But on the free plan Leonardo owns the output; paid plans assign it to you.
Can I trademark an AI-generated logo?
Unclear: check with the rights holder and a trademark professional. None of the AI tools we track address logo registration.