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How does workstation licensing work in Font Folio?

  • January 2, 2013
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Good morning, everyone;

I am looking for a font licensing solution for freelancers contracted with my company. I need to be able to license their workstationfor the duration of the time that they are working on a project, and then revoke the license so that another freelancer can use the fonts instead.

  • Does Font Folio work well for this?
  • Can licenses be assigned and revoked easily, or is it a drawn out ordeal?
  • Is FontFolio included with Creative Cloud membership?
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Correct answer Caleb Belohlavek

Matthew-

It depends upon the number of seats you have purchased.  If you have a 5, 10 or 20-pack, then you can allow the contractor to use one of those seats, provided you have a seat that is free (meaning that no one else in your company is using it.)  You cannot split up fonts and use them across multiple contractors or multiple people in your company.  In other words, while a contractor is using Font Folio, that seat, or any other fonts from that seat cannot be used by anyone else.

More importantly, the EULA does not allow for redistribution of fonts.  So you need to be sure that all fonts from Font Folio are removed from the workstation once the contractor is no longer employed by you or your company.  If they aren’t, then you have technically redistributed the fonts and will be out of compliance with the license.

Font Folio doesn’t work particularly well for this because of the sheer number of fonts you make available to the contractor and the difficulty in tracking them.  The license for Font Folio is to you only, so the onus is on you to remain in legal compliance.

Finally, Font Folio is not part of Creative Cloud.  Font Folio is a complete library of over 2800 fonts and is available in its smallest form (5 seat license) at a suggested retail price of $2999.00.

Caleb

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Caleb BelohlavekCorrect answer
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January 3, 2013

Matthew-

It depends upon the number of seats you have purchased.  If you have a 5, 10 or 20-pack, then you can allow the contractor to use one of those seats, provided you have a seat that is free (meaning that no one else in your company is using it.)  You cannot split up fonts and use them across multiple contractors or multiple people in your company.  In other words, while a contractor is using Font Folio, that seat, or any other fonts from that seat cannot be used by anyone else.

More importantly, the EULA does not allow for redistribution of fonts.  So you need to be sure that all fonts from Font Folio are removed from the workstation once the contractor is no longer employed by you or your company.  If they aren’t, then you have technically redistributed the fonts and will be out of compliance with the license.

Font Folio doesn’t work particularly well for this because of the sheer number of fonts you make available to the contractor and the difficulty in tracking them.  The license for Font Folio is to you only, so the onus is on you to remain in legal compliance.

Finally, Font Folio is not part of Creative Cloud.  Font Folio is a complete library of over 2800 fonts and is available in its smallest form (5 seat license) at a suggested retail price of $2999.00.

Caleb

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alpinemiceAuthor
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January 8, 2013

Thanks, Caleb, that helps.

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