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Can I use OFL fonts for logos?
Answer: Yes. You are very welcome to do so. Authors of fonts released under the OFL allow you to use their font software as such for any kind of design work. No additional license or permission is required, unlike with some other licenses.
Do you have to credit Google fonts?
Google fonts are free to use for normal use in a project, without attribution. By normal use, I mean using the font to type words, or to make a graphic design. Attribution is only required under some licences, if you were to edit the font, make a derivative work, and redistribute it as another font, as your own work.
Can I modify OFL font?
Yes, it is permitted, but remember that these optimised versions are Modified Versions and so must follow OFL requirements like appropriate renaming.
Is open font license free for commercial use?
The SIL Open Font License (or OFL in short) is one of the major open font licenses, which allows embedding, or “bundling”, of the font in commercially sold products. OFL is a free and open source license. It was created by SIL International, the organization behind Ethnologue.
Are Google Fonts safe?
Yes. The open source fonts in the Google Fonts catalog are published under licenses that allow you to use them on any website, whether it’s commercial or personal. Search queries may surface results from external foundries, who may or may not use open source licenses.
Can I use SIL Open Font License?
SIL OpenFont is a free software license, and fonts covered by this license can be freely used, modified, and distributed (as long as the derivatives remain under the same license).
Why are Google Fonts free?
And these fonts are “free” only in the trivial sense that Google doesn’t charge us to use them. But Google always finds other ways to convert our attention into revenue, either directly (selling ads) or indirectly (distributing open-source code).