What kind of font can I use in my game?

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By al.glez
:warning: Old Version Published before Godot 3 was released.

I’m a license noob. I want to use some free fonts (open source) in my game, but since my game can potentially be closed source (as godot is MIT license), Can I use open font license? and if so How should I should specify the used font and license for that font?

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: mateusak

You can use it without problem. I generally use Google Fonts to find a nice free font, and download it from somewhere else. Every font listed in Google Fonts is open source and free.

To clarify, all Google Fonts use one of those three licenses:

  • SIL OFL

    • Weak copyleft license, if you distribute the font or a modified version of it, it must keep the same license. However, you can distribute proprietary software that embeds the font.

  • Apache 2

    • Permissive license originally intended for software, it also is used on fonts.

  • Ubuntu Font License

    • Weak copyleft license based on the SIL OFL, with some clauses removed (like the clause that forbids selling the fonts as-is) and some other clauses added. So far, only the Ubuntu font families use this license.

You can also find fonts on Font Library, some also have the MIT license or CC0 public domain dedication there.

Additionally, you can download all .ttf font files from GitHub (click “Download ZIP” at the top-right of the page).

Calinou | 2016-05-11 11:08