Know the fonts behind your lettering

Fonts & licences

Create text graphics, comparison handouts and printable letters with open-source fonts. Here is how font permissions apply to the tools and your downloads.

Updated 9 September 2026

Your graphics and printed lettering

Our tools display fonts, render your text to PNG and PDF, and create SVG letter outlines. You can style or curve the resulting lettering and use it in presentations, posters, classroom materials or commercial designs, subject to the font’s licence.

For OFL fonts, the licence does not require an attribution watermark on your artwork, or require your artwork to use the OFL. It also permits use in commercial applications, including services funded by ads or paid features. These permissions concern the font; they do not grant rights to someone else’s text, logo or other content.

Sharing font files is a separate activity

When redistributing an OFL font file, retain its original copyright and licence notices. Modifying the font software can involve additional conditions, including Reserved Font Names; selling the font on its own is restricted. Read the full SIL Open Font License for those terms. Exporting a picture or outlines of your lettering does not distribute an installable font.

Where the fonts come from

The text generator and font comparison tools serve selected and previewed fonts from FontStyleLab’s own server. The licence belongs to each font’s respective copyright holders; there is no single “Google licence” covering the whole catalogue. The notices below identify each family’s licence and copyright holders. You can also visit Google Fonts for family information.

The outline tools and the Playfair Display pairing guide use 84 locally hosted font faces. All of those catalogue entries have OFL notices linked below. The website interface uses locally hosted Mulish.

Font loading and privacy

Font previews and downloads load fonts from FontStyleLab. Your browser does not contact Google to load fonts, and your entered text is not included in font requests. See our privacy policy for other service requests and analytics.

Fonts opened from your device

The outline tools can open a supported font file from your device. It stays in the page’s memory and is not uploaded to FontStyleLab. You need permission under that file’s own licence for your intended use, including commercial work or outline exports. Our bundled-font licences do not cover files you supply.

Bundled font notices

Each link opens the original copyright and SIL Open Font License notice. Faces sharing a notice are grouped together; Mulish is included for the website interface.

Text generator and comparison fonts

Each family’s notice includes its copyright information and applicable licence. Font files are served unchanged; their original notices are retained.

Browse all 1965 family notices