Font license for Bodoni 72 Smallcaps Book

[livy38338910ii3z]

Hi,

I am a new designer and want to use the font Bodoni 72 smallcaps book for my products. I would like

to know if I need to purchase a separate license for this font.

I have checked Adobe Fonts and found that they are clear for both personal and commercial use. However, I couldn't find Bodoni 72 Smallcaps in this list (https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/fonts-included-with-creative-suite.html), although it is a built-in font when I installed illustrator. 

I also found that bodoni 72 is an open source font (https://indestructibletype.com/Bodoni.html, please correct me if I am wrong!), but I was wondering if the Smallcaps feature of the font requires a separate license.

Thank you very much!

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Xinyuan38338910ii3z,

Thanks for reaching out. The font mentioned is covered under the SIL Open Font License (https://adobe.ly/3WWB14x), and you can buy the font from here: (https://adobe.ly/3WELZdg).

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Thanks,
Anubhav

[livy38338910ii3z]

Hi Anubhav,

Thank you so much for the reply!!

I am curious if Bodoni 72 Smallcaps, which is available in illustrator, is also clear for commercial use, like the Bodoni 72. It seems that I couldn't find the licensing information for the smallcaps feature of this font in adobe. Does that mean the samllcaps feature do not require a separate license? Is there any way to check the licensing information of adobe built-in fonts? I found this website (https://helpx.adobe.com/sg/fonts/using/font-licensing.html) but it doesn't say which fonts are covered. 

Thanks again for your help! 

[Ton Frederiks]

Looks like a font from MacOS

[Monika Gause]

Indeed. It's in the System folder in an Additional folder.

Here is a list of the fonts provided by Apple:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/103203 

The document does not contain any info about the kind of license Apple has. They have licensed the Bodoni font from ITC according to the Font info

[livy38338910ii3z]

Thank you both very much for the reply! That helps a lot. I thought all fonts in illustrator are provided by adobe, no wonder I couldn't find that in adobe fonts. 

Just for other people who use macOS and have similar questions about preinstalled fonts.

I found this document https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOSCatalina.pdf

and on page 2 it says: 

E. Fonts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may use the fonts included with the Apple Software to display and print content while running the Apple Software; however, you may only embed fonts in content if that is permitted by the embedding restrictions accompanying the font in question. These embedding restrictions can be found in the Font Book/Preview/Show Font Info panel.

And in macOS Font Book, I found this font's copyright info. There is no embedding restrictions for this font and it is not copy protected. 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/396465?sortBy=rank

https://typedrawers.com/discussion/4301/license-for-fonts-that-come-with-the-operating-system

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/4rhvya/are_fonts_included_on_a_mac_free_for_commercial/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7493969?sortBy=rank