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Anonymous
March 21, 2014
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Can I print/publish/sell my book if I buy an Adobe license for Helvetica?

  • March 21, 2014
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Hello,

I'm wanting to self-publish a print book using the Helvetica™ Neue Std Ultra Light font which I can purchase the license for its use from the Adobe store. I'm just learning about licenses and commercial use, trying to get my head around it all. So, if I buy the license for this font through Adobe, does that mean I can publish/print my book and sell these books?

From what I can gather, all Adobe fonts whether those that come with the bundle or those that a license is bought for through the store, are allowed to be used for commercial use. Correct me if I'm wrong. It seems that this is all good for web and video stuff but I just wanted to see if it was okay for the printing and selling of novels? I'm being pedantic but just want to be really explicit about these details so I don't have to worry about this legal stuff later.

Also, if this is the case, then does that mean I can use any font that already comes with adobe in a book and sell the book? E.g. Segoe print, arial unicode ms, freestyle script, etc. All of them, really. Specifically, I'm using InDesign to create my books and want to use the fonts it comes with to save money if that's possible.

Any hep would be great!


Thanks heaps.

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Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
March 21, 2014

For all fonts licensed from Adobe either bundled with Adobe applications or licensed separately via Adobe's website or authorized resellers, there is no restriction whatsoever on using the font in books that you either print directory, print via PDF with fonts embedded, or distribute electronically as PDF. There are some restrictions in terms of embedding fonts in EPub files, but the Adobe applications producing same take care of those restrictions (subset embedding and obfuscation) for you. And you can sell these printed or electronic books to your heart's content with no extra restrictions, fees, royalties, etc. Good luck in your venture!

In terms of the non-Adobe fonts you specifically mention – Segoe Print, Arial Unicode MS, Freestyle Script – these are fonts that are installed with Windows and/or Microsoft Office, not Adobe applications. At Adobe we cannot comment on the legality of use of these fonts as you describe. That having been said, the font files are physically marked to permit “preview and print embedding” for output. And many users do commonly use them for publishing. For a legal opinion on this, you would need to obtain the EULA (End User License Agreement) for the fonts from Microsoft.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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Anonymous
March 22, 2014

Thank-you so much for clarifying. Great news for the Adobe licenses. Woohoo!

So, in InDesign, how do I find out if a font is bundled with Adobe or installed with Windows/Microsoft Office. As the fonts all appear in a long list with most of them all together above all the extra fonts at the bottom of the list, I'm not sure how to get this info. E.g. Freestyle script appears in the main list while Arial unicode appears in the secondary list.

Also, I've read through a few EULAs and am struggling to know what to look for when it comes to permission for commercial use - sepcifically the selling of print books. I'm getting a lot about embedding, software, sharing, etc. but not sure how to know if I can print a book and sell it.

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Marina24998594jlcm
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August 6, 2022

Neither these two fragments of EULAs prohibit using the font in a printed book that you sell.

          - Dov


I realise this is a little past the original date of the conversation, but if you're still there -- does this mean that the book can continue to be sold even if the author/publisher no longer has a creative cloud subscription? Or does the license only last while one continues to pay for InDesign? 

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