threeputt
New Member
Was asked to create a 4'x8 sign by a friend at a Christmas party the other day. His kids have a business and he wants to make a gift of it to them this holiday.
He handed me a card that they use and said it should look like that.
I took a bit of artisitic license and improved it significantly (but keeping essential elements and colors, etc.) and emailed for his approval. No go. He says they have their vehicle already lettered up and cards made, etc. and the 4'x8 has got to look like that exactly.
Well....it's not very good art. But here's the rub. It uses a font that I finally located (after some amount of searching on the web) that is "for personal use only". I guess it's a font that's out there, but not for commercial use.
I find a lot of people doing there own artwork for their cards etc, using these kinds of free fonts. Is it okay for a sign shop to also use them if he's trying to replicate what the client already is using?
He handed me a card that they use and said it should look like that.
I took a bit of artisitic license and improved it significantly (but keeping essential elements and colors, etc.) and emailed for his approval. No go. He says they have their vehicle already lettered up and cards made, etc. and the 4'x8 has got to look like that exactly.
Well....it's not very good art. But here's the rub. It uses a font that I finally located (after some amount of searching on the web) that is "for personal use only". I guess it's a font that's out there, but not for commercial use.
I find a lot of people doing there own artwork for their cards etc, using these kinds of free fonts. Is it okay for a sign shop to also use them if he's trying to replicate what the client already is using?