Font licences
We offer three kinds of font software licensing to cover the overwhelming majority of use cases — Standard, Web, and Embedding — plus an Unlimited option for clients whose needs span all three. Our licensing focuses on the audience reached by the fonts — whether that's the team using them, the visitors viewing them on websites, or the users of software they're packaged in. Our licence tables are tiered to reflect the scaling needs of clients, based on the size of the audience.
Standard licensing
- Fonts are sold as perpetual software licences in OpenType (.otf) and TrueType (.ttf) formats.
- Pricing is based on the total number of people using the fonts — whether installed on individual machines or accessed via a font server.
- Permits installation on desktop/laptop computers and/or access via a font server.
- Provides the fonts for research, development, and production purposes.
- Allows the fonts to be used to create graphics for print, digital, broadcast, and any other medium.
1 to 5 people using the fonts ······················ 1 × base price
6 to 20 people using the fonts ····················· 2 × base price
21 to 100 people using the fonts ··················· 5 × base price
101 to 500 people using the fonts ················· 10 × base price
501 to 5,000 people using the fonts ··············· 25 × base price
5,001 to 20,000 people using the fonts ············ 50 × base price
20,001 or more people using the fonts ············ 100 × base price
Web licensing
- Fonts are sold as perpetual software licences in Web Open File Format, v1 & v2 (.woff & .woff2) formats.
- Pricing is based on the number of unique monthly visitors to the site(s) operated by the licensee.
- Provides the fonts for research, development, and production purposes.
- Permits hosting of the fonts on web server(s) for display via @font-face.
1 to 10,000 unique monthly visitors ················ 1 × base price
10,001 to 50,000 unique monthly visitors ··········· 2 × base price
50,001 to 500,000 unique monthly visitors ·········· 5 × base price
500,001 to 2,000,000 unique monthly visitors ······ 10 × base price
2,000,001 to 10,000,000 unique monthly visitors ··· 25 × base price
10,000,001 to 50,000,000 unique monthly visitors ·· 50 × base price
50,000,001 or more unique monthly visitors ······· 100 × base price
Embedding licensing
- Fonts are sold as perpetual software licences in OpenType (.otf) and TrueType (.ttf) formats.
- Pricing is based on the number of unique monthly users of the software in which the fonts are packaged. (If monthly user numbers are not available, total downloads may be used.)
- Provides the fonts for research, development, and production purposes.
- Allows for the fonts to be packaged within the code of iOS and Android applications, games, digital publications, and other standalone software packages.
1 to 10,000 unique monthly users ··················· 1 × base price
10,001 to 50,000 unique monthly users ·············· 2 × base price
50,001 to 500,000 unique monthly users ············· 5 × base price
500,001 to 2,000,000 unique monthly users ········· 10 × base price
2,000,001 to 10,000,000 unique monthly users ······ 25 × base price
10,000,001 to 50,000,000 unique monthly users ····· 50 × base price
50,000,001 or more unique monthly users ·········· 100 × base price
Unlimited licensing
- Additionally, we offer unlimited licensing for a one-time cost of 200 × base price.
- This perpetual and irrevocable licence grants the rights to reproduce, distribute, and otherwise use any works in any media that include the fonts worldwide, as now known or may be developed in the future, without restriction.
- Allows for the fonts to be distributed to third parties, such as partners and vendors.
unlimited use ···································· 200 × base price
All licensing is perpetual and irrevocable.
- One-time cost, with no recurring fees. Coverage can be extended to a larger audience at any time.
- Any licence purchases of single weights or weight pairs will be applied to licence purchases of family collections.
The full texts of agreements for Standard, Web, Embedding, and Unlimited licensing are available for review. Please contact us with any questions or needs.
Trial licensing
- Trial fonts are available free of charge for internal evaluation, testing, and unpublished mockups. They are not licensed for production use, public-facing work, or distribution. See the trial licence for full terms, or request trial fonts.
Labor and Wait is the brand under which Village Type & Design LLC conducts its business. All contracts, invoices, and legal agreements are issued by Village Type & Design LLC, the registered legal entity.