Why FontEmbedding.com?

Fonts play a critical role in the display, printing and manipulation of text based information and content. As technology has evolved, so have the intricacies of properly developing, licensing and deploying fonts. This evolution impacts everyone that designs, develops or uses fonts:

  • Type designers, font foundries & distributors
  • Graphic designers & typographers exploring new media
  • Web designers & web developers
  • IT managers & system administrators
  • Software developers & hardware manufacturers

Font embedding is a broad and complex topic, and we hope this website becomes a valuable resource for everyone who creates or uses fonts to learn more about proper font usage and licensing.

For the past 20 years members of the Ascender team have helped design, develop and license some of the most influential and important fonts found in operating systems, mobile phones, printers, game consoles and software products. The materials posted here represent the opinions of Ascender Corp. related to font licensing issues. Where appropriate we have consulted with other type designers, font foundries and font users, and in some cases have reproduced existing information, with the permission of its authors.

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