Then came Postscript-Fonts and TrueType-Fonts.īoth use Splines (?) to describe the curves but Postscript does it better. In the 'old days' there was Bitmap-Fonts (for the Screen-Display) and corresponding Printer-Fonts (for Printing.) The download contains only the TrueType-Version (TTF). The outlines are free, just the metrics and font features are different and can be copyrighted (so called font software). There are dozens of versions of Franklin Gothic out there, from Monotype, Linotype, Bitstream, Tilde, Red Rooster, ATF, EF, Scangraphics, DTS, TS, ITC, URW, FF. It heavily depends on a the fondry it was bought from. So this shouldn't be an issue in this case. However, 90 % of font foundries allow you to install and use purchased fonts on 5 computers, not just a single one (of course, you can't redistribute and/or share them). None of the Affinity applications install any fonts on your machine. By purchasing and installing a copy of Windows – or having it pre-installed – you are licenced to use the fonts installed with that copy of the OS on that machine and, quite possibly, that machine only.īy copying any particular font to a different machine you may be breaking a license agreement, with potential negative legal consequences.Ĭheck that you can do what you want to do before doing it.
