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Sources · Fonts

Creative Market

Marketplace for fonts and design assets. Fonts are sold under separate Desktop, Webfont, Ebook, App and Digital Ads EULAs.

Commercial use

Allowed

Can I use it in commercial work?

The Desktop EULA lets you create and distribute artwork made with the fonts.

“Licensor grants to Licensee a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to install the Fonts, and create, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute artwork created with the Fonts in accordance with the terms and conditions of this EULA.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Client work

Conditional

Can I use it in work I make for a client?

Artwork can go to clients; editable files with the font only to other licensed users.

“Licensed Users are permitted to distribute or embed the Font in editable Documents (including PDF, Microsoft Word® & Microsoft Powerpoint®) only to other Licensed Users.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Trademark registration

Unclear

Can a logo made with it be registered as a trademark?

Not addressed in the font EULAs checked.

Merchandise & products for sale

Allowed

Can I use it on merchandise or products I sell?

Unlimited physical goods under the Desktop EULA (not letter-kit products).

“Licensed Users are permitted to use the Fonts in artwork for an unlimited number of physical goods such as books, collateral, clothing, signage, and promotional items.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Websites

Conditional

Can I use it on a website (live text or web embedding)?

Needs the separate Webfont licence (pageview limit).

“The Licensee is only permitted to embed the Fonts in websites using the @font-face syntax in CSS stylesheets.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Apps & software

Conditional

Can I embed it in an app or software?

Needs the separate App licence (monthly-active-user limit).

“Licensee is only permitted to embed the Fonts into Apps that it owns or controls.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Social, video & broadcast

Allowed

Can I use it in social posts, video or broadcast?

Video, animation, TV, cinema and broadcast artwork are allowed.

“Licensed Users are permitted to use the Fonts to create artwork for all forms of video, animation, television, cinema, and broadcast (“Broadcast”).”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Paid ads

Conditional

Can I use it in paid advertising?

Static ad artwork fits the Desktop EULA; ads embedding the font need the Digital Ads licence.

“The Licensee is only permitted to embed the Fonts in Digital Ads using the @font-face syntax in CSS stylesheets.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Ebooks & PDFs

Conditional

Can I use or embed it in ebooks and PDFs?

Read-only PDFs are OK under Desktop; ebooks need the Ebook licence.

“Licensed Users are prohibited from distributing or embedding the Fonts in Documents to unlicensed End Users in any format other than read-only PDF.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Handing files to a client

Not allowed

Can I give the font/asset files to my client?

Font files go only to the licensed number of users; a client needs their own licence.

“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”).”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Users & devices

Conditional

How many people or devices does it cover?

Number of users is set on your receipt.

“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”).”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

After cancelling

Allowed

What happens to my work if I cancel or stop paying?

The licence is perpetual, not a subscription.

“Licensor grants to Licensee a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to install the Fonts”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

Modifying

Not allowed

Can I modify it?

No modified or derivative fonts without consent.

“Licensed Users are prohibited from modifying the Fonts, or creating derivative Fonts without prior written consent from Licensor or the Font’s copyright holder except where derivative Fonts are necessary for embedding or linking in accordance with this EULA.”
creativemarket.com · checked 19 October 2026

AI: ownership, training & indemnity

Unclear

What does it say about AI (output ownership, training, indemnity)?

Not addressed on the pages we checked.

Also worth knowing

Canva / cloud design apps

“Each Licensed User is permitted to upload the Fonts to cloud-based design application accounts controlled by the Licensed User[s], and used only by the Licensed User[s] for the purpose of creating artwork with the Fonts.”
creativemarket.com

Licensor

“By downloading, installing and/or embedding font software (“Fonts”) offered for license by Creative Market Labs, Inc, Fontspring, and its distributors (“Licensor”)”
creativemarket.com

Pages we read

Quotes are copied verbatim from these pages as they read on 19 October 2026. Wording changes are tracked on the changelog.

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