Fontstand lets you rent fonts instead of buying them. This is fantastic for desktop use, and it’s great to try out a font in the browser as well. You should know that this service does not licence your fonts for usage on the web though. It’s probably a good idea to check if you are allowed to use a font (or if you can afford it) before you fall in love with it.
Not all foundries in Fontstand offer webfont licences. And if they do, they’re all different. Here’s an overview with direct links to the licences and some of the highlights.
The information on this page is definitely incomplete! Make sure to read the licence agreement before buying a font.
Webfonts via Webtype
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain
- Amount of visitors
Alternatively fonts are available at Webtype
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain
- Amount of visitors
Currently no web licences available.
Web licences on request
Unclear. They ask you to get in touch via email for more than desktop licences.
Doesn’t seem to offer a webfont licence.
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Page view based
- Different types of licences.
Alternatively fonts can be rented from Fontdeck
Doesn’t offer webfont licences yet.
We are actively working on versions of our fonts to be implemented with CSS @font-face embedding and are licensing select styles for enterprise-level implementations.
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain
- Amount of pageviews
Fonts are also available on Typekit.
Webfonts are handled by the different vendors that sell the fonts.
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain
- Amount of visitors
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain
- Amount of visitors
Alternatively fonts are available at Webtype
Webfonts are handled by the different vendors that sell the fonts.
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Pageviews
- Installable fonts included
Alternatively via Webtype
Webfonts are handled by Webtype.
Webfonts are available at Webtype
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain
- Average pageviews over a six month period
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain
- Amount of visitors
The EULA seems to be incomplete regarding webfonts. But it looks like it works as follows:
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- Per domain (no mention, but I assume)
- Price is per 5000 monthly pageviews
- Self hosting
- One time fee
- 1, 5 or 15 domains
- 500k pageviews/month
- Tracking code
- Self hosting
- Multi domain
- Page view based (10000 pageviews/month)
- One time fee
- Self hosting
- 5 domains
- Pageview based (1000 pageviews/month)
- One time fee
- Self hosted
- Per domain
- Pageview based (additional licence required after exceeding for three consecutive months)
- One time fee, yearly fee or a biannual fee
- Self hosted
- Pageview based
- One time fee
- Unclear how many domains (not mentioned)
Webfonts can be rented from four external services.
Webfonts can be rented from two external services.
- Cloud hosted by Typonine
- Bandwidth based (500MB free, $2 per extra GB)
- Unlimited domains
- One time fee
- Cloud hosted by Typotheque
- Bandwidth based (500MB free, $2 per extra GB)
- Unlimited domains
- One time fee
- Optional self hosting licence for very large sites
Webfonts are handled by the different vendors that sell the fonts.