Please take note of the following before installing any software products. The License Agreement contains important terms and conditions that you need to read and understand before downloading, installing, copying, or using any of the software products. By proceeding with any of the actions mentioned above, you are expressing your agreement to the terms of this agreement.
Please be aware that failure to comply with the terms of this agreement, as well as the use of any software products or fonts without a valid license, may result in legal consequences in accordance with applicable law.
The font software licensed under this agreement and its inherent digital, device-readable, scalable data is supplied to you by handwriting.digital for private and educational use only and remains the intellectual property of Harald Geisler, the designer of the font software.
handwriting.digital and Harald Geisler reserve all rights not expressly granted to you under this Agreement.
Definitions.
“Account” means the account you create when you first register with the handwriting.digital, including any unique keys or identifiers we provide to you or otherwise use to associate you with your account.
“Subscription plan(s)” means the free or paid level of membership to any membership or subscription offering from handwriting.digital.
“Computer” means a virtual or physical device for storing or processing data, such as servers, desktop computers, laptops, mobile devices, Internet-connected devices, and hardware products. Where a device contains more than one virtual environment (including virtual machines and virtual processors), each virtual environment will be counted as a separate Computer.
“Desktop font(s)” means the fonts or font families that we make available to you through the service that you may synchronize to your computer and use for creating documents.
“Document(s)” means any form of electronic document, whether or not publicly distributed, that uses desktop fonts, whether or not embedded, including for display or by anyone viewing or editing the document.
“Documentation” means the explanatory written materials, files, or other user documentation accompanying the licensed content that is published, made available, or otherwise provided by us in connection with your use of the service.
“Licensed content” means the fonts, the service, and all updates thereto.
“Licensed fonts” means the fonts or font families we license to you through the service for your use pursuant to this End User License Agreement.
“Media” means, individually and collectively, any document or website.
“Service(s)” means the handwriting.digital fonts service, and all other services, features, or content made available from, in, or through the handwriting.digital.
“Updates” means any updates, revisions, modifications, or additions that may be made and deployed or provided by us to you at any time to upgrade, augment, or enhance the service, to the extent not provided under separate terms. We are not liable to you in any way whatsoever for any such changes.
Base Terms.
handwriting.digital subscription plans.
The service includes (A) a free subscription plan; and (B) fee-based (paid) subscription plans that allow you to access fonts for use in your media.
Upgrading
If you are subscribed to a free subscription plan, you understand that some licensed fonts you access may be solely offered under a paid subscription plan at some point in the future. As a result, you may be required to upgrade or change your subscription plan to continue receiving access to such licensed fonts.
Your rights and obligations; limitations and restrictions on your use of the licensed content.
Use of the licensed fonts by you.
Depending on the subscription plan, the licensed fonts available may vary. Some service features, functionality, or categories of fonts may not be available with a free subscription plan. Upon registration, access, or use of any portion of the licensed fonts, and in accordance with the particular subscription plan you select (and payment of subscription plan fees, if applicable), we grant to you a nonexclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable, limited right and license to access and use the licensed fonts in and in connection with the design and development of media according to the permissions assigned to the licensed fonts on the handwriting.digital fonts website, and only for as long as you maintain an uninterrupted subscription plan. The license granted in this section (Use of the licensed fonts by you) is subject to the following:
Private and educational use
You may use the fonts for your private and educational projects.
Commercial use is not allowed.
Desktop Publishing.
You may use the fonts to design and develop PDF, PowerPoint, Word, or similar-type electronic documents distributed physically or online for private or educational use only. You may embed copies of the fonts into your Document for the purpose of printing and viewing the document.
The font must be subset to include only the glyphs necessary for displaying the work, and the document must obfuscate or protect its embedded font data from deliberate or inadvertent discovery or misuse. No other embedding rights are implied or permitted under this license.
Online Publishing.
You are allowed to use the font to create images and videos and publish these images and videos on the web for private, educational, and strictly non-commercial use.
No other online usage (for example, embedding) is permitted.
Obligations, limitations, restrictions, and prohibited uses of the licensed content.
(A) Making copies of documentation.
You may make copies of the documentation, but no more than the amount reasonably necessary for your internal reference in connection with your use of the licensed content.
(B) Preserve existing notices.
The licensed content may be provided to you with certain proprietary notices, including patent, copyright, and trademark notices. You must preserve exactly as provided (and not remove or alter) all such proprietary notices displayed in or on the licensed content.
(C) Installation on devices
Use of the font software is strictly and explicitly limited to the person holding the subscription plan. The font software may be installed on up to ten (10) devices this person owns, such as desktop or laptop computer workstations, notebooks, netbooks, tablets, and/or smartphones.
(D) Prohibited uses of the licensed content.
You are expressly prohibited from:
- using the fonts at work;
- commercial use;
- hosting the licensed content on your own server or other self-hosting option or service;
- including, bundling, embedding, or otherwise distributing any licensed content within your Media, or sublicensing your access to use any part of the licensed content to any other person, except as described in section 3.1 (Use of the licensed fonts by You) of these additional terms;
- allowing external output of the licensed fonts from within your Media, or distributing any portion of the licensed fonts on a standalone basis or in any way that would allow another person to use the licensed fonts, unless you invite the person to edit or author new content within your Media;
- adding any functionality to, or otherwise changing, altering, adapting, translating, converting, modifying, creating, or making or having made any derivative works of any portion of the licensed fonts;
- disassembling, decompiling, reverse engineering, or otherwise attempting to discover the source code of licensed fonts, or defeating, bypassing, or otherwise circumventing any software protection mechanisms in licensed fonts, except to the extent applicable laws of the jurisdiction where you are located specifically prohibit such restrictions. You must first request the information from us and we may, in our discretion, either provide the information to you or impose reasonable conditions, including reasonable fees, on your use of the licensed fonts to ensure that our and our licensor’s intellectual property Rights in the licensed content are protected;
- assigning, granting a security interest in or over, or otherwise transferring any part of your rights to use the licensed fonts;
- copying or distributing the licensed fonts (except as expressly permitted for licensed fonts embedded in certain types of Media according to section Use of the licensed fonts by you – Desktop Publishing) for use in a service bureau arrangement, like with a commercial printing service provider;
- embed the font into documents (EPS, PDF, and others) intended for commercial distribution in electronic books, magazines, or other electronic publications.
- sharing access to fonts;
- rendering, manufacturing, or capturing glyphs, in whole or in part, to be distributed or sold as a font or typesetting system;
- hosting fonts for your own customers or clients, or reselling the service to them; and
- using any portion of the licensed content in a reseller platform without a written license from us.
- It is forbidden to use the font files in mobile applications.
- It is forbidden to use the font files in video games.
- It is forbidden to use the font files in audiovisual works, in any film or video material (including for the purposes of television broadcasts), including titles and inscriptions.
- It is forbidden to use font files for websites using the @ font-face selector.
- It is forbidden to use the font in advertising campaigns on the Internet.
- It is forbidden to distribute the font files with hardware or software.
- It is forbidden to distribute the font to the public.
Other Rights and Obligations.
Support.
Technical support is provided only to paid subscription plan participants. We may need to communicate with you to provide technical support and request access to your systems or networks. If you do not cooperate, it may limit the scope of support we can provide.
Compliance with these terms.
Upon reasonable notice, we may request records relevant to your compliance with these terms, and you agree to provide such records to us within thirty (30) days of receipt of our request.
Termination.
(A) You acknowledge and agree that we obtain some licensed content from licensors who own or have rights to license such licensed content. Your right and license to use these licensed content and incorporate it into media depend upon the continued enforceability of any agreements between us and our licensors. If the relevant agreements between us and our licensors terminate, you will still be able to use the licensed content in your media, unless we provide you with notice of termination. We will endeavor to provide you with notice in a reasonable amount of time before any such termination.
(B) We, in our sole discretion, may temporarily or permanently suspend your account if we determine instances of abuse, excessively frequent requests to the service, or other excessive use of the Service.
(C) Any attempt to interfere with the operation of the licensed content in any way may carry criminal penalties and may be subject to investigation and prosecution.
Effect of Termination or Cancellation.
(A) Upon termination of your account, whether by you or by us due to your breach of these terms, we may close your account without further notice.
(B) Termination or cancellation of your account may result in the immediate deactivation or deletion of your account and the forfeiture and deletion of all content in your account, including your entire service configuration.
Once deleted, this information cannot be recovered or retrieved.
Privacy.
For information about handwriting.digital privacy practices, see https://handwriting.digital/about/contact-and-imprint/#datenschutz-erklarung
Warranties
The fonts are delivered without any express or implied warranties on the part of the licensor, including commercial warranties and warranties of fitness for any particular use. The licensor shall in no event be liable for damages and damages caused by the use or inability to use the fonts, or by providing or not providing support services related to the use of the fonts.