The Personal License
The world of licensing can be tricky and often confusing, so allow me to break it down as briefly as I possibly can.
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Personal use – Â Everything under the personal license may not be used for commercial projects. A commercial project includes anything where either party involved gains monetary value from the work produced (read exceptions). Fonts may not be modified, distributed to a third party, embedded as a webfont, or embedded within a mobile app.
Student Use – Â You may use products under the personal license to complete student work such as school assignments and self-initiated projects, as long as it still falls under the uses outlined above.
Exceptions –Â Unlike most other personal use licenses, you can, in fact, sell your creations. However, there are restrictions. For example – you can design and sell greeting cards (for Birthdays, Christmas, etc) and sell them to a small group of people (family, friends, and friends of friends but not customers or clients). I do not consider this kind of small-scale work commercial. The price you are selling for is extremely low and it’s mainly paid as a token of gratitude. The same would apply for if you were to create an invitation for a friends wedding or a local charity. However, if you are advertising your services and start working with clients and/or customers, this is the moment things go commercial and you would need to upgrade your license.