fontlicense
nounUK /ˈfɒntˌlaɪsəns/
US /ˈfɑːntˌlaɪsəns/
A font license is a rule that tells you how you are allowed to use a computer font.
Before putting the new font on our website, we checked the font license to make sure it was allowed.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A legal document that comes with a font and lists what you can and cannot do with it.
The font license said we could use the letters for personal projects but not for selling things.
3. The permission a font maker gives someone to install or share a font file.
She read the font license before sending the font file to her friend.
4. A set of rules about copying and changing a font's design.
The font license did not let us change the shapes of the letters and sell them as a new font.