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Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?
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Modern Ink Signs
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You to customer....
Due to the fact that there are hundreds to thousands of fonts out there we just don’t have them all. I can purchase the font you require for this project and the cost will be $xx.xx. If you do not want to do this we will match it as close as possible with one of the many fonts that we do have.
(Offer it as a pass through cost - if it cost $30 you charge them $30. You get the job, get a font you did not have and you make money!)
Client to you....
Yes/no. (Get deposit and continue with project).
Due to the fact that there are hundreds to thousands of fonts out there we just don’t have them all. I can purchase the font you require for this project and the cost will be $xx.xx. If you do not want to do this we will match it as close as possible with one of the many fonts that we do have.
(Offer it as a pass through cost - if it cost $30 you charge them $30. You get the job, get a font you did not have and you make money!)
Client to you....
Yes/no. (Get deposit and continue with project).
James Burke
Being a grandpa is more fun than working
ME: "Why are you being so cheap that you don't want to pay for it?"
ME (after viewing Shelby): "NO FRICKIN' WONDER YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT!"
JB
I had surely hoped for the other....
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WildWestDesigns
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I could see this becoming a problem here though.
If the cost is pass through, I can easily see the customer wanting their copy of the font since they are essentially paying for the font.
Now some foundries have terms in their EULA that discuss this very thing and that if the designer pays for the font for an end customer, there is actually no ability to transfer the font to the end customer due to terms of the EULA (this is if you want to abide by the EULA (or if there is DRM in the font that "helps" one abide by the EULA)). If the end customer want's their own copy, they have to purchase their own license for it.
May want to add a stipulation that if the designer pays for the font, that the font file stays with the designer, so they are aware of it upfront.
Just something else that "you" may want to consider.
shoresigns
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Yes, I usually explain to clients that if they have a particular "brand" font they want to use, every designer or other vendor that needs the font will have to purchase a separate license. That's just how font licenses typically work. You can't just buy one license and then share it with anyone you like.
If anyone's scared to bring this up with clients, I've never had a client kick up a fuss about it. They either approve the expense or they ask us to pick a font from our library.
WildWestDesigns
Active Member
Or they go elsewhere.
I totally agree with you and this should be mentioned up front.
Just not everyone is "sophisticated" with how license in general work, and especially with fonts. You wouldn't believe how many people think that Da Font fonts are free to use, even for commercial purposes, when in fact, quite a few are only free for personal use. It says it right next to the font that one is looking at, don't have to click on anything to see it even. And I'm talking about people in any graphic trade. The "professionals that should know better, but apparently don't.
Again, I totally agree with it, just isn't always as straight forward as one would believe it should logically be.