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Questions · Fonts
Depends on the licence. Open-source fonts: yes. Subscription fonts and most paid desktop licences: no.
Handing over font files is where licences differ most. OFL fonts (most of Google Fonts) can be shared as long as the licence travels with them. Adobe Fonts, Envato Elements and Fontshare fonts can't be passed on. Creative Market's desktop licence limits the files to the licensed users on your receipt. MyFonts says flat images are fine but font files and files with embedded fonts are not.
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“You are very welcome to share open fonts with friends, family and colleagues through removable media. Just remember to include the full font package, including any copyright notices and licensing information as available in OFL.txt.”
“don't permit the fonts to be transferred to another user or computer, so they cannot be packaged with the file.”
“a. The Font or Add-on can only ever be used by you, the Subscriber. This means that you cannot transfer the Font or Add-on to someone else, or allow it to be used by someone else, even another person within the same company or a client.”
“You may not provide the Font Software directly to external designers, agencies, contractors, printers or other service providers.”
“The Licensee is permitted to distribute the Fonts along with this EULA to the specified number of licensed users (“Licensed User[s]”) as indicated on the applicable order receipt (“Receipt”).”
“Static graphics (i.e., “flat” images that do not contain embedded fonts) may be distributed, but you may not distribute raw font files or files containing embedded fonts.”
“Be sure to enter your client's name or their company name into the 'License Information' field during the checkout process.”
Usually not to an unlicensed client. Creative Market's desktop EULA allows editable documents only to other licensed users; MyFonts says you may not distribute files containing embedded fonts.
MyFonts tells you to enter the client's name or company in the licence information field at checkout, so the client is the licence owner.
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Quotes are copied verbatim from these official pages as they read on 22 October 2026. Full answers: Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, Envato Elements, Fontshare, Creative Market, MyFonts (Monotype).