On Feb 13, 2016, at 7:52 PM, Trevor Cordes trevor@tecnopolis.ca wrote:
Is there a way to tell if a font is free? A designer gave me some fonts that their web page should use (css font-face src) but I have no idea if these files are free or not.
One of the fonts is Myriad Pro Regular. From the net I can see it's easy to download, but that doesn't mean anything. Wikipedia says it's included with Adobe stuff, but that doesn't mean it's free.
a) Does anyone know if this font is free for anyone to embed in their web site?
b) Is there a generic way to tell if a font is free or not?
c) Does anyone care? (My use scenario puts it on an important (read: sue-able) enterprise web site, so I may have to care a bit more than Joe Shmoe might.)
Thanks!
Sounds like this one is not entirely free. http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/350/web-safe-alternative-to... http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/350/web-safe-alternative-to-myriad-pro-font "And a quick Google search shows you can use it on the web using Typekit (with a $24.99/year subscription): http://typekit.com/fonts/myriad-pro"
The various discussions are recommending PT Sans on Google Fonts https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Sans https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Sans Some also recommended Droid Sans https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans
Theodore Baschak https://ciscodude.net/