<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 13, 2016, at 7:52 PM, Trevor Cordes <<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" class="">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Is there a way to tell if a font is free? A designer gave me some fonts <br class="">that their web page should use (css font-face src) but I have no idea if <br class="">these files are free or not.<br class=""><br class="">One of the fonts is Myriad Pro Regular. From the net I can see it's easy <br class="">to download, but that doesn't mean anything. Wikipedia says it's included <br class="">with Adobe stuff, but that doesn't mean it's free.<br class=""><br class="">a) Does anyone know if this font is free for anyone to embed in their web <br class="">site?<br class=""><br class="">b) Is there a generic way to tell if a font is free or not?<br class=""><br class="">c) Does anyone care? (My use scenario puts it on an important (read: <br class="">sue-able) enterprise web site, so I may have to care a bit more than Joe <br class="">Shmoe might.)<br class=""><br class="">Thanks!<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Sounds like this one is not entirely free. <a href="http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/350/web-safe-alternative-to-myriad-pro-font" class="">http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/350/web-safe-alternative-to-myriad-pro-font</a><div class="">"And a quick Google search shows you can use it on the web using Typekit (with a $24.99/year subscription): <a href="http://typekit.com/fonts/myriad-pro" class="">http://typekit.com/fonts/myriad-pro</a>"<br class=""><br class="">The various discussions are recommending PT Sans on Google Fonts</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Sans" class="">https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Sans</a><br class="">Some also recommended Droid Sans</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans" class="">https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans</a><br class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Theodore Baschak<br class=""><a href="https://ciscodude.net/" class="">https://ciscodude.net/</a></div></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>