InDesign CC and sharing MyFonts

[cindylan]

If my client is paying for InDesign CC only, can they see the MyFonts in my InDesign document since they won't package?

[Steve Werner]

If your client has InDesign CC only, they have access to Adobe Fonts at fonts.adobe.com as part of their subscription.

Myfonts.com is a separate service for fonts and has no connection with Adobe Fonts. You could package an InDesign file which uses the MyFonts fonts you are using an InDesign document. Your fonts will be included in the package so they can use them but only for your document.

[Steve Werner]

When I say package, I mean use the File > Package command in InDesign.

[cindylan]

Yes, I understand. Now I know where they came from Suitcase! Myfonts.com. So I unless I buy the fonts, I'll need to find ones to replace those on the adobe fonts site. So more work for me, unfortunately! Spacing and everything changes, as I'm sure you know with different foundrys. Thanks for clarifying my issue. Back to work! 

[Eugene Tyson]

Your client needs to purchase the same fonts that you have and same version of fonts.

If the artwork is coming from the client to you - as an artworker/designer - then the license might cover usage on another computer for design only purposes.

But your client needs to own a license regardless and have the correct license to share with you if needed.

[Randy Hagan]

If you can identify the fonts — open Suitcase, select the font(s) you used in your work and right or control+click on it/them in the list, you can find where the specific font(s) will be located on your system.

From there, you can collect them separately and, if needed, package them separately for output outside your office. Be sure to check the license for your MyFonts fonts to know if there are any restrictions for sharing those fonts for output purposes.

Adobe fonts are licensed for use by service bureaus to reproduce your work, but otherwise prohibited from sharing with others. Your MyFonts fonts may have similar or different restrictions.

Hope this helps you,

Randy

[Randy Hagan]

Do the MyFonts you use embed in a PDF? That's not exactly what you're asking, of course. But if the MyFonts you use embed in a PDF, you can at least share your InDesign output with your client.

If you're looking to share InDesign documents your client wants to modify, as said elsewhere here, that client will have to have both InDesign and the licensed fonts you use to maintain layout fidelity on the client's system(s).

Hope this helps,

Randy

[cindylan]

If my client is paying for InDesign CC only, can they see the MyFonts in my InDesign document since they won't package?

[Peru Bob]

I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the InDesign forum so that proper help can be offered.

[cindylan]

Ok. So guess I need to find out where that is?! Unless you have a link? Thx Peru Bob

[cindylan]

Got it. Thx!

[Peter Spier]

See your other post at https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-cc-and-sharing-myfonts/td-p/12927820

[Peru Bob]

Merged.

[cindylan]

I found where I originally got the MyFonts.com - it was in the program Suitcase Fusion where I store a lot of my fonts that I've used on old projects. It organizes Truetype, Open type fonts also. Plus there's Font Book. I'm Mac based.

Anyway, thank you for your help. Fonts can be a pain!

[Randy Hagan]

Unless they own the exact same fonts, they'll only see that the MyFonts cuts you used in your document are the ones that they're missing.

Randy

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

If you are using Suitcase, I suggest you use the Document Font Tracking function. Using that, there is an option to Collect for Output the fonts in a  particular document, assuming they are available/loaded within Suitcase and aren't cloud fonts you can't package anyway.