
There has been some progress, with websites like Ten Dollar Fonts offering fonts at consistent, easy to understand prices, but Fontstand takes it to the next level by making it easy to pay as you go. Right now, Fontstand is only available for OS X but the company says in its FAQ that it also plans a Windows version in the future. Other offerings exist, like Adobe’s Typekit also allow you to download fonts from their libraries for use on your computer.

It’s a big shift to a model that usually requires large sums of money for professional licenses.įontstand’s model will be a welcome one for designers, in a world where font licensing can often be expensive and cumbersome for designers.

The company is launching today and has over a thousand fonts available, but it’ll be interesting to see how quickly other font foundries adopt this new way of selling.
#FONTSTAND DOWNLOAD LICENSE#
You might be wondering if the license for these fonts allows you to use them in production work - Fontstand says that rented fonts can be used for both personal and professional use in desktop publishing and printing.įor Web fonts, broadcasting or other uses, you still need to contact the font foundry to purchase additional rights.Įven better, fonts can be shared amongst teams for a discounted price, which makes Fontstand’s proposition far more compelling. English, etina, Dansk, Deutsch, Espaol, Franais, Italiano, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Portugus. The ones I mentioned up above are premium fonts, but you can also try these free, almost as good alternatives Build, Share, Download Fonts Fontstand is a font discovery platform that allows you to test and use high-quality fonts on all platforms Fontstand is a font discovery platform that allows you to test and use high-quality fonts on all. It’s as simple as clicking a button to download them instantly for use in any application. Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play.
#FONTSTAND DOWNLOAD FULL#
It’s full of talon shapes, like the c, e, the bottom curve of the t, or most obviously, commas and quotes. Indeed, sharp spikes and hooks are one of grifo’s traits, specially in the L size.

The app makes it incredibly easy to take fonts for a test-drive in your real world design workflow rather than being restricted to a sample on a website. Grifo’s design draws on the extreme hight stroke contrast of the neoclassic types but has bracketed serifs and sharp triangular terminals. After 12 months of renting a font, it’s yours to keep forever. If you’re happy with the font, you can rent either the entire font style as a set or individual styles for a significantly lower price.
