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Pick a font and how you’ll use it. The answer comes from the font’s own license, with the clause and the official text.
Yes. Montserrat is free to use for commercial work in general under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
- Worth knowing
- the font file may not be sold by itself (Condition 1); a changed font may not use a Reserved Font Name (Condition 3)
- License clause
- Permission & Conditions
- Official text
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Where to get it
- Get Montserrat from Google Fonts
Montserrat for every use
- ✓Web
- ✓Logo
- ✓Selling
- ✓Commercial
- OFL 1.1
Not legal advice; the license text decides. We summarize each license from its official text, read on October 28, 2026.
What each free license allows
Every free font here is under one of these 6 licenses. A mark is a yes; a mark with a star is a yes with a condition, spelled out below.
| License | Web | App | Logo | Selling | Commercial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIL Open Font License 1.1 · 674 fonts | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Apache License 2.0 · 18 fonts | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0 · 4 fonts | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ITF Free Font License 2.0 · 19 fonts | !* | !* | ✓ | ✓ | !* | ✓ |
| CC0 1.0, public domain · 2 fonts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DejaVu Fonts licence · 2 fonts | !* | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- * OFL 1.1, App: ship the copyright notice and licence with the font files (a text file or the files’ own metadata) (Condition 2).
- * Apache 2.0, App: ship the licence and any NOTICE file; mark files you changed (Section 4).
- * UFL 1.0, App: ship the copyright notice and licence with the font files (Permission & Conditions).
- * ITF FFL 2.0, Web: your own site; not offered to visitors as a font to pick or type with (01; 02(4)).
- * ITF FFL 2.0, App: your app’s own text; never offered to users as a font, even if the file cannot be pulled out (01; 02(4)).
- * ITF FFL 2.0, Selling: products you design; not a tool where buyers set their own text (01; 02(4)).
- * DejaVu Fonts licence, Web: retain the copyright, trademark and permission notices with the font files; modified fonts must avoid Bitstream, Vera, Tavmjong Bah and Arev names (Bitstream Vera and Arev: permission grant, notice retention, modified-font names and sale restriction).
- * DejaVu Fonts licence, App: retain the copyright, trademark and permission notices with the font files; modified fonts must avoid Bitstream, Vera, Tavmjong Bah and Arev names (Bitstream Vera and Arev: permission grant, notice retention, modified-font names and sale restriction).
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Apache License 2.0
- Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
- CC0 1.0, public domain
- DejaVu Fonts licence
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Questions about using free fonts
Can I use a Google font commercially?
674 of the 719 free fonts in the checker are under the SIL Open Font License, which allows commercial work, logos and products you sell. What it rules out is selling the font file by itself.
Can I use a free font in a logo?
Yes under all 6 licenses in the checker: OFL 1.1, Apache 2.0, UFL 1.0, ITF FFL 2.0, CC0, and DejaVu Fonts licence. A license covers the font, not your mark, so a logo set in a free font can still be registered as yours.
Can I embed a free font in an app?
Yes, but 5 of the 6 licenses attach a condition, most often shipping the copyright notice and the license with the font files. The ITF license of Fontshare also bars offering the font to your users as one to type with.
Can I sell Cricut projects or print-on-demand products made with a free font?
Under 5 of the 6 licenses, yes, with no condition. The ITF license of Fontshare allows products you design, but not a tool where buyers set their own text.
What does the license checker say about a paid font?
It gives no verdict, because a paid font’s own license decides. It says who sells the font or which system it comes with, and links its free alternatives: 27 paid fonts have scored ones.
Is the license checker legal advice?
No. It summarizes each license from its official text, read on October 28, 2026, and the license text decides. For an unusual use, ask the font’s author or a lawyer.