Can I try the font before buying?
Yes. Use the trial version before buying to test spacing, scale, logos, website mockups, and client or internal presentations. Trial fonts are for testing, not final production.
What if a font does not work for my project?
If a purchased font is defective or substantially fails to work as described, contact hello@ap.cx with your order reference, application and operating-system versions, and a short example. For reports within 30 days of purchase, we will assess the issue and repair the file, replace it, or refund the affected font. This service promise does not shorten any statutory claim period or limit remedies required by law.
What is included when I buy a paid font?
The available package for that release: desktop fonts, web fonts, self-hosting, variable axes and styles, OpenType features, and the formats prepared for that font. We do not split paid variable fonts into small packages.
Which license should I choose for normal client work?
Choose Creator within its limits. Employees, contractors, and temporary production suppliers may work under the license holder’s scope. Clients may keep finished artwork; a client that installs, hosts, or edits with the font files needs its own license, which you may buy in its name.
Can nonprofit organizations use Student?
Yes, for a nonprofit’s own projects, including a paid designer’s work commissioned by that nonprofit. Student status alone does not cover paid commercial client work. Uses reserved for Scale or Custom Scale need that tier or our written permission.
Do you track visitors, computers, or printed items?
No. There are no counters, tracking scripts, reporting dashboards, subscription traps, or per-computer stress. Choose the tier that honestly fits the scale of the project.
When do I need Scale?
Use Scale when the project needs Creator rights with no limit: high-volume print or web, large brand systems, major campaigns, apps, SaaS, product embedding, broadcast, streaming, or enterprise use.
What happens for OEM use or redistribution?
Custom Scale starts at $2,000 for reusable font redistribution, OEM bundles, or customer design services that expose the font as a design tool. Ordinary webfont delivery, app embedding, SaaS interface text, invoices, and reports are covered by their stated tiers.
How do Creator limits work?
Each license covers one font family for one named person or organization. Add its print and web use across projects, including client work, in each 12-month period from purchase. Count finished printed copies and unique human visitors per website, not pages or letters. Reasonable estimates are enough; no tracking or routine reporting is required. Contact us within 30 days of discovering unexpected growth beyond a limit to arrange an upgrade.
Can I embed the font in documents or edit a logo?
Yes. Finished PDFs, EPUBs, and presentations may embed the font within your tier, including commercial publications. Recipients need their own license to edit with the font files. You may edit outlined lettering for artwork and subset or convert files for a permitted workflow; creating or redistributing a derivative font needs written permission.
Does my license expire?
No. Your license is worldwide and lasts indefinitely unless terminated under the agreement. The update period is separate, and later website changes do not reduce rights already purchased.
Why are some fonts paid and others open source?
If a font is built on open-source work, we commonly keep it open too. Open font releases such as Square Bot Sans use the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Paid fonts fund the drawing, engineering, testing, documentation, and maintenance that make future releases possible.
What if the price is still too high?
Students, teachers, and nonprofit organizations can contact us with a short project description, or just a hello message, and we will send a Polar discount code to get the license for free.
Can AP.CX help with an open-source project?
Contact us if you have an open-source project involving fonts or AP.CX tools. If it fits, we may be happy to participate.