What is font licensing
Fonts are protected as both software and artwork, and using them legally requires font licensing. Font licensing for commercial use depends on where and how the font is applied—whether on desktop, web, apps, or other media, you only pay for what you need. Need a larger or custom font license? Fill out the request form at the bottom of the page.
Desktop license
This license is required to install the font on your computer and use it to design images, as well as for limited use of the font in printing, outdoor advertising and product packaging. Your Client will also have the right to use the font, but a limited one.
Version CoFo-DT.1.02
This license is required to install the font on your computer and use it to design images, as well as for limited use of the font in printing, outdoor advertising and product packaging. Your Client will also have the right to use the font, but a limited one.
If something in the license is unclear or you are not sure about the type of license you need, please ask us by e-mail at [email protected].
This license (the “License”) is an agreement to which you fully and unreservedly adhere when paying your Invoice or Online Order. You are also deemed to have adhered to the License when you actually begin using the font as an artwork or as a software, which means that you agree to all the terms and conditions of the License and the Invoice or the Online Order.
Further, for the convenience of using the text of the License, you (as a natural person or a legal entity) are referred to as a “User” (or a “Payer” if the User and the Payer do not coincide in the same person).
The License was issued by the Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (hereinafter the “Licensor”). The Licensor guarantees that they have all the necessary rights to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font as an artwork (hereinafter referred to as the “Font”) is protected by copyright and consists of individual Glyphs of the Font (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Glyphs”), which can be used for various texts (hereinafter referred to as the “Texts”).
The User is granted a non-exclusive right to use only the Font Style that is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Style”), which does not give him the right to use other Font Styles. Each Font Style is an independent and complete work of authorship. The Font Style specified in the Invoice or the Online Order is referred to as the “Font” in the License.
The Font Software (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Software”, the “Font files”) is a protected computer program, that includes corresponding Font Style as well as the necessary software instructions. A copy of the Font Software is submitted to the User in the OTF, TTF and WOFF formats, unless otherwise specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
The Font and the Font Software are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Products” and each individually as the “Product”. Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the same right to use the Font Software, and vice versa.
The name of the type of license to be purchased, the name of the Font, the specific Font Style and the Font Software, as well as the other essential terms and additional restrictions of the License are specified in the Invoice or in the Online Order.
On the basis of the Invoice or the Online Order, the extent of the non-exclusive right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted in accordance with the relevant License (its name and version), subject to the restrictions specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other use of the Font and the Font Software not expressly stated in the Invoice or the Online Order is prohibited to the User. The Licensor offers several types of licenses, depending on the manner and scope of the use of the Products. The availability of this License to the User does not mean that the User is granted the right to use the Products in the ways provided by other types of licenses.
The right to use the Products is granted for a fee (a license fee). In case the Products are intended for non-commercial projects, the organizer of such project may request the Licensor to obtain a free license for a non-commercial use of the Products.
If the adherence to the License is made by means of the Invoice, all terms and conditions of the Offer not specified in the License shall be specified in such Invoice. Payment of the fee specified in the Invoice shall be deemed to be the full acceptance of the Offer and shall mean acceptance of the License terms and the Invoice. The License Agreement (the License) between the Licensor and the User shall be deemed entered into from the moment of the offer’s acceptance (the payment of the Invoice).
The Invoice must be paid within seven days (term for accepting the offer), unless otherwise specified in the Invoice itself. The Offer may be revoked by the Licensor at any time before or at the time of the Offer’s acceptance.
The User confirms that prior to adhering to the License, they fully read and completely understood the text of the License attached to the Invoice.
The Invoice is intended only for the person it’s addressed to (the offer recipient). The Offer shall not be paid for by any other person (acceptance by any other person), except for the User and/or the Payer, specified in the Offer.
If you adhere to the License by purchasing the license online on the website of the Licensor or its authorized representative (hereinafter the “Distributor”), the terms and conditions of such adherence to the License are called the “Online Order”, regardless of the actual name of the processed electronic documents and/or the content of the web pages displayed in the process of purchase. The online payment of the license fee is deemed as the acceptance of the offer (License and Online Order terms). The License Agreement (the License) is considered to be concluded between the Licensor and the User from the moment of acceptance of the offer (payment for the Online Order).
The User confirms that he has read and understood the License before adhering to the License and that the link to the text of the License was provided in the Online Order.
After the payment of the Online Order on the Licensor’s website, the text of the License in the relevant version, the Online Order and the link for downloading the Font Software are sent to the User through his “Personal Account” on the Licensor’s website. When purchasing online at the Distributor’s website, the contents of the materials to be sent to the User are determined by the Distributor itself.
The User is granted the right to install (record, reproduce in the computer memory) the Font Software on the number of personal computers belonging to the User (whether they are a legal entity or an individual) specified in the Invoice or the Online order.
The installed Font (as an artwork) may be used in ways listed in the License. In addition, the User may install the Font Software to use the Font in accordance with this License under other separately purchased additional licenses (for example, to create an image to use under the additional “Social Media License”).
The User has the right to use the Font Software to embed images of the Font Glyphs in electronic documents in a scalable format (for example, in .pdf documents), but only for personal or internal business use without the right to publish them widely and make them otherwise available to the public, and only if the documents are intended for viewing or printing and cannot be edited (Print & Preview mode), and the font file cannot be extracted from them.
The User is not allowed to use the Font Software (as a computer software) in any other way (not granted the right to distribute, make available to the public, provide network access, reproduce otherwise, use in applications, etc.).
The User has the right to reproduce the Font Glyphs in the informational text on paper when printing text and graphic images for the needs of the User’s normal internal document flow.
The User has the right to reproduce the Font Glyphs in the informational text in raster and vector images for further use exclusively on the Internet (with the right to make it publicly available), but the User does not have the right to use such images in social media if the total number of subscribers in all social media accounts exceeds 100,000 users (which requires a separate license).
The User has the right to reproduce the Font Glyphs in the informational text of outdoor advertising, posters, signs, display cases, address plates, but only if their sole purpose is to inform about the User’s activity.
The User has the right to reproduce the Font Glyphs in the informational text on consumer goods, their packaging and labels, as well as in the informational text of non-periodic publications (books, calendars, leaflets, business cards), but only if they themselves enter this product into civil commerce, and have the right to distribute such reproduced copies in the future.
The User is not allowed to use the Font Glyphs as part of the means of individualization, regardless of whether they are registered or not. Neither is it allowed to use Font-based information labels in the registered individualization tools.
The User understands that the license fee under this License is established given that the use of the Font Glyphs outside of the informational text or as a means of individualization is prohibited, so such registration without purchasing an appropriate additional license will be considered a violation of the exclusive right of the copyright holder. In addition, the User understands that this License does not grant the right to modify the Font Glyphs, for which an appropriate additional license is required.
The Font Glyphs cannot be reproduced on products where the Font is most important: T-shirts with texts, posters and posters for sale, goods in the form of letters, etc.
For the purposes of the License, an informational text is a text that is reproduced solely for informational purposes, is not intended to identify the product (the service) or its manufacturer, or is not used to attract attention or Client demand (i.e. not used for artistic decoration).
The User does not have the right to install the Font Software on a device other than a personal computer (installation or copying to the server is also prohibited). It is prohibited to grant network access to the Font Software.
For the purposes of the Agreement, the User’s Clients are the persons for whom the User performs design work in accordance with the agreement concluded between them. If the User does not perform such work for third parties, the terms of this section of the License do not apply.
As a General rule, the License grants the right to use the Works only to the User. The User does not have the right to sell, assign or otherwise transfer such right to other persons.
The User’s Clients do not have the right to use the Font Software in any way without purchasing an independent license, except in cases expressly stipulated by the License. The User’s Clients may not do the following (included but not limited to): store Font Software, install it, embed Font Software fully or in part as individual glyphs in electronic documents, use the Font Software on the site using the @font-face mechanism, etc.
With regard to the Font (as an artwork), one should bear in mind that each time the Font Glyphs are reproduced, a new copy of the Font as an artwork is created. Therefore, for each case of further reproduction or distribution of a copy of an artwork, the person performing such actions must have the appropriate permission from the copyright holder (except if rights with regard to the specific copy entered into civil commerce are exhausted).
As an exception to the general rule, the Licensor, under this License, allows the User’s Clients the following limited use of the reproduced Font Glyphs in informational text as part of raster and vector images, as well as in files with an embedded subset of the Font Glyphs in Print & Preview mode, created by the User for the Client in accordance with the procedure and restrictions established by the License:
—to reproduce and make available to the public the Font Glyphs on the Internet in the informational text as part of electronic images created by the User, but only with regard to the Client's own products/goods/services; the User’s Client is not entitled to use such images in social media if its total number of subscribers in all social media accounts exceeds 100,000;
—to use (reproduce) the Font Glyphs in the informational text of the Client’s own outdoor advertising, their own posters, signs, address plates;
—to use (reproduce and distribute) Font Glyphs in the informational text of the Client’s own non-periodic printing products (books, calendars, leaflets, business cards), but only those that the Client enters into civil commerce independently;
—to use (reproduce and distribute) Font Glyphs in the informational text on packages and labels of goods that are entered into civil commerce directly by the User's Client (the Font Glyphs can not be reproduced on the product in which the Font counts as most important: T-shirts with texts, posters and posters for sale, goods in the form of letters, etc.).
For the purposes of the License, an informational text is a text that is reproduced solely for informational purposes, is not intended to identify the product (the service) or its manufacturer, or is not used to attract attention or Client demand (i.e. not used for artistic decoration).
The Font Glyphs cannot be used as part of the means of individualization, regardless of whether they are registered or not. Font-based information labels can neither be used in the registered individualization tools.
The license fee under this License is established given that the use of the Font Glyphs outside of the informational text or as a means of individualization is prohibited, so such registration without purchasing an appropriate additional license will be considered a violation of the exclusive right of the copyright holder. In addition, the License does not grant the right to modify the Font Glyphs, for which an appropriate additional license is required.
In order to let the User’s Client exercise the powers listed herein or to exercise the powers under their own Client license, the User has the right to convey to their Client, and they are entitled to receive and store the electronic image in a raster or vector format (in outlines) reproduced with Font Glyphs created for the Client in compliance with the License restrictions.
If the Client uses the Font for non-commercial projects, the organizer of such project may request the Licensor to obtain a free license for non-commercial use of the Font (for example, for a singular non-commercial event, for goods not for sale, etc.).
If any provision of the License is unclear to the User’s Clients, such persons have the right to request from the Licensor the possibility of using the Products in a specific situation. The Licensor’s explanation will be legally binding for the relevant situation, in relation to the current version of the License.
In case any provision of the License regarding specific ways of using the Products seems unclear, the User may request the Licensor about the possibility of using the Products in a specific situation. The Licensor’s clarification will have legal force for the relevant situation in relation to the current version (edition) of the License. It is possible that upon change of the version of the License for the newly issued Licenses a new clarification by the Licensor will be required.
If there are any doubts related to the legality of any use of the Product, the User is obliged to ask the Licensor about the possibility of such use before starting it. In this case, the User may not begin using the Product unless the Licensor grants their consent.
It is especially emphasized that the following ways of using the Products are covered by independent types of licenses and the User may not use the Products in the following ways without purchasing independent licenses:
“Web License” is a license to display the text content of the site in Font-face via CSS @font-face instruction.
“Social Media License” is a license to use the Font in social media with a total number of subscribers exceeding 100,000.
“Logotype License” is a license to use the Font as part of the recognizable means of individualization of a person, goods or services (including but not limited to logotypes, trademarks etc.), whether they are registered as means of individualization or are being used as such de facto, and to modify the individual Font Glyphs.
“Application License” is a license to use the Font and/or the Font Software with the mobile or computer application.
“E-publication License” is a license required to publish (make available to the public) files with the embedded subset of the Font Software, and to create and publish an e-book using the Font or the Font Software.
“Service License” is a license with the right to issue urgent limited sublicenses to third parties involved in the production of work for the User, for which it is necessary to install the Font Software on the personal computer of the contractor.
“Video License” is a license to use the Font for displaying captions and other texts in audiovisual works, as well as for applying the Font Glyphs to the background of video (electronic or paper), including press conferences.
A License (a license agreement) is deemed to have been concluded from the moment the license fee is paid via the Invoice or via online payment of the Online Order. The right to use the Font and/or the Font Software to the specified extent is granted to the User from the moment the license fee is paid in full. The moment of payment of the license fee in the Invoice is considered the moment of crediting the funds to the Licensor's account. In case the payment transaction is cancelled for any reason, the right to use the Font and/or the Font Software shall not be deemed granted.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software to the extent provided by the License is granted for the entire term of the exclusive right in respect of the Font and the Font Software, unless otherwise provided by the Offer or the Online Order. The right to use the Font and the Font Software shall terminate prematurely in the cases specified in the License.
The User understands that if they use the Font and/or the Font Software without a contract before they have received the relevant right to do so, such non-contractual use violates the exclusive right. In such case, the acquisition of the License does not release the User from liability for the earlier committed violation. The Parties have the right to conclude a separate agreement to settle the issues of the previously permitted use of the Font and/or the Font Software.
The License is valid worldwide unless otherwise stated in the Invoice or the Online Order.
One can only use the Product for a fee. The amount of the Licensor’s license fee is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
If the right to use the Product (the license) is acquired on the basis of the Invoice, the License fee shall be paid within the period specified in the Invoice.
In case of acquisition of the right to use a Product (the license) on the basis of the Online Order, the payment of the License fee must be made simultaneously with the execution of the Online Order as long as it is technically possible to make online payment under the current license terms, but no later than on the day of execution of the Online Order.
If the amount of the license fee in the Invoice is set in foreign currency, but the payment itself is supposed to be made to the Licensor’s Ruble account, then the payment of the license fee to the Licensor’s account shall be calculated at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation valid on the payment day, but should not be less than the exchange rate set by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the invoicing day.
It is not allowed to pay the License fee just for one part of the Products specified in the Offer or the Online Order or just for one part of the mentioned ways of using the Products.
Upon issuing of the Invoice, the Font Software is sent to the User’s e-mail address within seven days from the date of full payment of the license fee.
When placing an Online Order, upon its payment, the User is provided a link to download the Font Software and an electronic copy of the License, which is available in the User’s Personal Account on the Licensor's website or can be sent to the User by e-mail.
Font as an artwork is included in the Font Software so an instance of the Font as an artwork is not sent separately. From the moment of sending the Font Software by e-mail or providing a link to download the Font Software, the Licensor’s obligation to deliver an instance of the Font as an artwork and as a software shall be deemed fulfilled.
You can buy a license for another person, but you yourself cannot use the font on this basis. You will have to provide the detailed information about the person for whom you are purchasing the license and will be held responsible of that person.
The right to use the Products may be acquired for the benefit of a third party (the User), but paid for by you (the Payer). The Payer does not acquire the right to use the Products even if the User does not exercise such right. All Limiting Conditions of the License regarding the User shall also apply to the said Payer, based on the meaning of these Conditions and in relation to the right to use acquisition in favor of a third party.
When acquiring the right to use the Products for the User, the Payer’s obligations include making sure the User has read and completely understood the terms and conditions of this License and consents to it. Until obtaining such consent the User shall not be entitled to use the Products.
The Payer must specify the User when placing the Online Order or in the Invoice, and provide his full details. If the User is a legal entity, the following must be specified: exact and complete name; address; e-mail; telephone number; legal entity registration number in the register of the corresponding state. For an individual, the following should be specified: full name, first name and middle name (if there are any), date of birth, address; e-mail address; telephone number. Similar information about the Payer is to be provided.
If the Online Order or the Invoice does not provide all the identification and contact details listed above, the User is not considered to have acquired the right to use the Products. Similar consequences arise if the data or part of it is invalid.
In case of insufficient fields in the Online Order form (including when making a purchase through a Distributor), the Payer indicates the User as follows: “Payer for the User”, for example: “John Smith (person details) for ‘LLC Papaya’ (person details)”.
The Font Software is sent to the contact e-mail address specified in the Invoice. If the Payer provides his own address to receive the Font Software, it is obliged to forward the e-mail to the User and delete existing copy of the Font Software, including from the mail server.
The Payer assumes responsibility (surety) to the Licensor for the User's compliance with the License terms and conditions, including if the User violates the exclusive right and uses the Products in ways or to the extent not stipulated by the License. Liability of the Payer is joint. This obligation of the Payer is valid for the duration of the License and three subsequent years.
The Licensor grants the User the right to use the Font and the Font Software without specifying the names of the authors and copyright holders, when such specification is difficult or technically impossible.
In other cases, as well as when the output data or copyright holders of other objects are specified, the indication of the copyright holder of the Font and/or the Font Software is considered necessary.
If the User indicates the name of the right holder, such indication is made in the following way: “Font name ©contrastfoundry”, for example: “CoFo Robert ©contrastfoundry”.
The User gives the Licensor permission to use works created by the User with the use of the Font or the Font Software as examples of using the Font (font in use) to the extent justified by such purpose for the Licensor’s own portfolio, exhibitions, performances etc. Such permission shall be deemed to have been given from the moment the User has created the relevant work.
The Licensor assures that they have all necessary rights and authorities to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font and the Font Software are provided “as is” without any express or implied obligation on the part of the Licensor, including commercial warranties and guarantees of suitability for any particular use. In no event will the Licensor be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use or inability to use the Font and Font Software, or the provision or failure to provide support services related to the use of the Font and Font Software.
The Licensor’s liability in all cases is limited to the real damage, provided that the sum does not exceed 5000 (Five thousand) Rubles.
The applicable law is the law of the Russian Federation. The right of the Russian Federation shall apply both to this License (the License Agreement) and to the turnover of the corresponding copies of the Font (the Font Glyphs) and the Font Software.
In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation font Products are protected as an artwork and as a software. Therefore, the appropriate permission must be obtained from both the person using the Font Software and the person using the design of the Font (the Font Glyphs). Each Glyph in the Font is subject to independent protection.
The User agrees to the above scope of protection of font works even if in the jurisdiction of the User legal protection is provided only to Font Software. The User understands that in case of unauthorized use of the Font design by third parties registered in the above jurisdictions, claims may be made against the said parties, including those related to export of their respective copies or availability of images via Internet, regardless of the location of the server.
The place of conclusion of the license agreement as a result of acceptance of the offer shall be deemed to be in the Russian Federation, Moscow.
Contractual jurisdiction has been established at the location of the Licensor’s legal representative indicated below. Disputes related to entering into, execution, termination or otherwise arising out of the License (the concluded license agreement), as well as disputes related to the use of the Products by the User (or by the Payer) outside the License shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Moscow City Commercial Court / Moscow City Simonovsky District Court / magistrate of the Moscow City Danilovsky District Court No. 247, depending on whether a dispute is subject to the jurisdiction of the arbitration court, the Moscow City District Court or magistrate.
The interpretation of the License must take into account that all uses of the Products not expressly permitted by the License are prohibited.
When interpreting the License, it must be taken into account that the Licensor independently determines the scope of use of the Product provided by each type of license. The fact that other copyright holders hold licenses with the same name with a different scope of permitted use shall not be taken into account when interpreting this License. The User understands that a larger permitted scope of use of the Products may be presented to him only for a larger license fee. The license fee set by the Offer or the Online Order includes only the scope of the Products use limited by this License.
The User states that the use of the Products is carried out in the framework of professional or business activities not related to personal or family needs of the User.
The User may not transfer the Font Software to third parties, unless expressly provided for otherwise by the corresponding type of License. Nor may the User transfer the Font Software together with hardware or other software.
The User may not assign or otherwise transfer the right to use the Font or the Font Software obtained from the Licensor either separately or together with the License Agreement (the License). Such transaction will be considered null and void. The User shall not be entitled to issue sublicenses unless otherwise expressly provided by the corresponding type of the License.
Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the right of similar use of the Font Software and vice versa. The right to use the specified Font Styles does not give the right to use other Styles of the same Font.
The User shall not be entitled to process the Font Software, change its character composition, as well as to reconstruct or otherwise affect the Font Software file.
The user may not create derivative Font Products (Font, Font Software). The User shall not be entitled to process individual Font Glyphs, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the respective type.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in composite works.
The User adheres to the version (edition) of the License which was published on the website of the copyright holder at the moment of User adhering to the License.
If there is any discrepancy between the text of the License in the Russian language and its translation into other languages, the Russian version of the License shall prevail.
If the User plans to use the Products in ways not provided for by the License, the User must enter into a separate license agreement with the Licensor (purchase an additional license). The use of the Products in ways not stipulated by the License or beyond the limits stipulated by the License is a violation of the exclusive right to the Products.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in complex objects, unless expressly stated otherwise in the corresponding License.
The User must ensure that the Font Software and an existing copy of the Font Software are protected against illegal copying or unauthorized network access by the License.
The User shall not be entitled to create products in which the form of the product in whole or in part is determined by the form of one or more Font Glyphs (for example, an object in the form of a letter) or an element of such Font Glyph.
The User may not use the Licensed Products in respect of the following goods, services and advertising, even if the circulation of such products is permitted in the relevant jurisdiction: pornographic products; recreational substances; tobacco products; weapons.
With respect to the Font (as an artwork), it should be taken into account that each time the Font Glyphs are reproduced, a new copy of the Font as a design is created. Therefore, for each case of further reproduction or distribution of a copy of the Product, the person performing such actions shall have the appropriate permission of the Licensor, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the relevant type, or in case of exhaustion of the rights of the copyright holder in respect of a legally commissioned copy of the Product.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted only to the User specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other person using the Products (including individual Font Glyphs or texts made with the Font) requires a separate license from the Licensor, except in the cases expressly provided for by the License of the corresponding type.
The user can only be one legal entity or an individual. Multiple persons on the User’s part are not allowed. The right to use the Products may not be acquired by several persons at the same time, also by combining their contributions.
By agreeing to the License, the User confirms that they have been acquainted in advance with the composition of the Font Glyphs, other properties of the Font and the Font Software, and their suitability for the purposes of the licensed use.
The License (the license agreement) is considered to be concluded in the version that was published at contrastfoundry.com/license at the moment of acceptance (payment) of the Invoice or payment for the Online Order. If the Licensor changes the text of the License, the original version of the License shall continue to apply to the relations between the parties. An exception to this rule states that the Licensor may make specific changes to the current License and send the User a notification via e-mail. Failure to notify the Licensor of the User’s objection within thirty days from the date of sending the notice shall be considered as the User’s consent to the new version of the License (silence as a consent agreement). A clarifying change in the License shall be effective for the future and shall come into force upon notifying the User.
Notifications made by the Licensor via e-mail to the User’s e-mail address specified in the Invoice or the Online Order shall be deemed to be valid and legally binding adequate notifications. Such notices shall be deemed to have been delivered to the User on the day of sending the e-mail, regardless of the actual date of receipt.
Documents signed by the Licensor by facsimile signature shall be considered to be signed by hand.
The User and the Payer give their consent for processing their personal data to the Licensor by agreeing to the License terms. Processing of personal data is carried out by the Licensor for the purposes of conclusion and execution of this license agreement, accounting of licenses and payments, monitoring the legality of the use of intellectual property and the scope of such use, processing of applications and requests, promotion of the Licensor’s intellectual property on the market through direct contacts via means of communication.
Consent is given to the processing of the following personal data: name, surname, middle name; e-mail addresses; contact phone numbers; gender; date of birth; address; information specified in the Online Order or the Invoice (domains of the Sites, pages in social media, etc.).e.), user data (information about the location; about the visited pages on the Licensor's website; IP address; SID; MAC address, OS type and version, browser type and version, device type and its screen resolution, etc.); information about incoming payments; bank account details.
During the processing of personal data the following actions will be performed: collection; recording; systematization; accumulation; storage; update (refinement, modification); extraction; use; blocking; deletion; destruction. The User’s personal data will be processed for the duration of the License and the next five years.
The User (as well as the Payer) agrees to use cookies and similar technologies on the Licensor’s website, but has the right to renounce their use by changing the settings of the browser program.
The User (as well as the Payer) also gives its consent to the Licensor to receive occasional e-mails, e.g. creation of new font styles, new fonts releases or fonts updates; information on the ways of using fonts; on promotions of the Licensor and its partners and other similar messages. The User may refuse to receive such messages by sending an e-mail to the Licensor.
The purchased License may not be returned, the license agreement may not be renounced, and the Font Software may not be returned. The refund of money paid as a license fee is not allowed.
Termination of the License (the License Agreement) is possible only in a judicial procedure in cases directly established by law by the competent court specified in the License (contractual jurisdiction). Except for this rule, if the User violates the terms and conditions of the License or uses the Product in ways not provided for by the License, the License (the License Agreement) shall be terminated at the application of the Licensor in an out-of-court procedure by sending a corresponding notice by the Licensor to the e-mail address of the User two days prior to the date of termination of the License (the License Agreement), the license fee shall not be refunded in such case, and the User shall be obliged within two days from the date of receipt of such notice by the competent court (contractual jurisdiction).
The following are considered to be particularly gross violations of the License: use of a different style of the Font or another font by the Licensor; transfer of the Font Design or the Font Software to a third party, unless this is expressly provided for by the License of the relevant type; installation of the Font Software on more computers than stipulated by the License; uploading of the Font Software on a network and making it available to the public, unless this is expressly provided for by the License.
In case the paid license fee is refunded due to technical reasons or the rules of the corresponding payment or banking system, the License is not considered to be granted to the User, the acceptance of the offer is not considered to have occurred, and the use of the Products by the User is considered illegal. In case of such return, the expenses of the Licensor related to the receipt, processing and return of payment shall be deducted from the amount received. In such case the User shall immediately delete the Font Software.
The text of this License is a protected literary work that required from its author investment of creative effort. No other licensors may use the text of this License without the author’s permission.
Protection of intellectual property is provided by Vasily Rozhdestvin Law Office (Licensor’s legal representative), address: 8k5 Podolskoe Shosse, office 321, Moscow, 115093; telephone: +7 (495) 181-05-08; e-mail: [email protected]; website: https://рождествин.рф.
Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (LLC “CoFo”)
Primal State Registration Number 1187746405428
ANN 9729270516
KPP 772901001
8, sq. 76, Michurinsky Prospekt, Olimpiyskaya village, Moscow, Russia, 119602
Account number 40702810402620003365
at JSC Alfa-Bank
BIK 044525593
Intermediary account 30101810200000000593
e-mail: [email protected]
Web license
This license is required to display the text of the site in the selected font. The font is connected to the site through the CSS instruction @font-face. The license is not limited by the number of domains, sites and is perpetual, and its cost is calculated on the basis of the total number of site’s visitors.
Version CoFo-W.1.02
This license is required to display the text of the site in the selected font. The font is connected to the site through the CSS instruction @font-face. The license is not limited by the number of domains, sites and is perpetual, and its cost is calculated on the basis of the total number of site’s visitors.
If something in the license is unclear or you are not sure about the type of license you need, please ask us by e-mail at [email protected].
This license (the “License”) is an agreement to which you fully and unreservedly adhere when paying your Invoice or Online Order. You are also deemed to have adhered to the License when you actually begin using the font as an artwork or as a software, which means that you agree to all the terms and conditions of the License and the Invoice or the Online Order.
Further, for the convenience of using the text of the License, you (as a natural person or a legal entity) are referred to as a “User” (or a “Payer” if the User and the Payer do not coincide in the same person).
The License was issued by the Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (hereinafter the “Licensor”). The Licensor guarantees that they have all the necessary rights to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font as an artwork (hereinafter referred to as the “Font”) is protected by copyright and consists of individual Glyphs of the Font (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Glyphs”), which can be used for various texts (hereinafter referred to as the “Texts”).
The User is granted a non-exclusive right to use only the Font Style that is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Style”), which does not give him the right to use other Font Styles. Each Font Style is an independent and complete work of authorship. The Font Style specified in the Invoice or the Online Order is referred to as the “Font” in the License.
The Font Software (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Software”, the “Font files”) is a protected computer program, that includes corresponding Font Style as well as the necessary software instructions. A copy of the Font Software is submitted to the User in the OTF, TTF and WOFF formats, unless otherwise specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
The Font and the Font Software are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Products” and each individually as the “Product”. Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the same right to use the Font Software, and vice versa.
The name of the type of license to be purchased, the name of the Font, the specific Font Style and the Font Software, as well as the other essential terms and additional restrictions of the License are specified in the Invoice or in the Online Order.
On the basis of the Invoice or the Online Order, the extent of the non-exclusive right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted in accordance with the relevant License (its name and version), subject to the restrictions specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other use of the Font and the Font Software not expressly stated in the Invoice or the Online Order is prohibited to the User. The Licensor offers several types of licenses, depending on the manner and scope of the use of the Products. The availability of this License to the User does not mean that the User is granted the right to use the Products in the ways provided by other types of licenses.
The right to use the Products is granted for a fee (a license fee). In case the Products are intended for non-commercial projects, the organizer of such project may request the Licensor to obtain a free license for a non-commercial use of the Products.
If the adherence to the License is made by means of the Invoice, all terms and conditions of the Offer not specified in the License shall be specified in such Invoice. Payment of the fee specified in the Invoice shall be deemed to be the full acceptance of the Offer and shall mean acceptance of the License terms and the Invoice. The License Agreement (the License) between the Licensor and the User shall be deemed entered into from the moment of the offer’s acceptance (the payment of the Invoice).
The Invoice must be paid within seven days (term for accepting the offer), unless otherwise specified in the Invoice itself. The Offer may be revoked by the Licensor at any time before or at the time of the Offer’s acceptance.
The User confirms that prior to adhering to the License, they fully read and completely understood the text of the License attached to the Invoice.
The Invoice is intended only for the person it’s addressed to (the offer recipient). The Offer shall not be paid for by any other person (acceptance by any other person), except for the User and/or the Payer, specified in the Offer.
If you adhere to the License by purchasing the license online on the website of the Licensor or its authorized representative (hereinafter the “Distributor”), the terms and conditions of such adherence to the License are called the “Online Order”, regardless of the actual name of the processed electronic documents and/or the content of the web pages displayed in the process of purchase. The online payment of the license fee is deemed as the acceptance of the offer (License and Online Order terms). The License Agreement (the License) is considered to be concluded between the Licensor and the User from the moment of acceptance of the offer (payment for the Online Order).
The User confirms that he has read and understood the License before adhering to the License and that the link to the text of the License was provided in the Online Order.
After the payment of the Online Order on the Licensor’s website, the text of the License in the relevant version, the Online Order and the link for downloading the Font Software are sent to the User through his “Personal Account” on the Licensor’s website. When purchasing online at the Distributor’s website, the contents of the materials to be sent to the User are determined by the Distributor itself.
The Licensor hereby grants the User the right to use the Font Software to display the text content of the User’s sites located on domain names, the registered administrator of which is the User (hereinafter—the “Site” or the “Sites”). The Licensor does not limit the number of Websites and domain names on which the Websites can be accessed, but the Websites must belong to the User himself and he must be the administrator of the respective domain names.
The User has the right to reproduce the Font Software on the web server where the contents of the Site are placed, as well as to use the design of the Font on the specified Site by means of the @font-face instruction with the restrictions established by the License. The User may not, based on this License, reproduce or install the Font Software on a personal computer or other electronic computing devices.
The Font Software may be used to display the text content on the Site or to create interactive scalable texts. Use of the Font Software on the Site should be done only by using the CSS @font-face instruction. In this case, the Font-Face and the corresponding part of the CSS code must store data about the copyright holder as it is specified in the Font-Software sent to the User by the Licensor.
The total number of page views of all Sites per month must not exceed the number specified in the Invoice or the Online order. The number of views is defined as each load of the page of the User’s site when the visitor goes to it. The visitor can provide several page downloads (several views) during one visit. Views also include reloading the page and updating it, including via AJAX or similar.
If the number of views on the Site exceeds the specified value during three consecutive months, the right to use the Font and the Font Software in the ways specified in this section of the License shall be deemed lost by the User from the next month following the specified three-month period in which the number of hits was exceeded.
If the number of views of the Site is exceeded, the User may ask the Licensor to conclude a license agreement on new terms or stop using the Font Software on the Site.
When assessing the actual number of views of the Site, the Parties accept reliable information provided by the services of pr-cy.ru and/or alexa.com. Approximate estimate of the Site attendance by these services is accepted as accurate for the purposes of the License. The User may refute this information if they provide the Licensor with direct and immediate access to the Site statistics for the disputed period by providing direct access to the services of Yandex-Metrics or Google Analytics and evidence that the relevant attendance counters were installed on all pages of the Site during the disputed period. The parties have agreed that the User can not challenge the information of services pr-cy.ru and/or alexa.com by other evidence.
The use of the Font Software on the Site should not allow the Site visitor to save the interactively generated images with the Font Glyphs in bitmap or vector formats. Also, the Site should not provide the possibility to generate any documents (for example, pdf, doc, ai, etc.) with the font software, a subset of the Glyphs, or containing the Glyphs in a vector or raster. (A special license of the appropriate type is required for such use.)
Access to the Font Software by direct requests or requests from outside of the Website shall be prohibited. The Font Software must not be available from outside the Website. The Font Software may not be used to display the content of other websites owned by other persons. The User shall bear risks of imperfection of protection from direct access to the Font Software on the Site and violation of the Licensor’s rights occurred as a result thereof.
Permission to use the Font Software provided by the License does not mean permission to use the Font Software outside the Website: by using it in a web link; by using it in closed networks, even if formed on the basis of public access networks; by using it to display the content of the Website by means of a non-browser mobile or other application (as permanent or variable content of the application); by using it in interactive advertising (including html-5 advertising messages). (A special license of the appropriate type is required for such use).
The User may not use the Font Software: in local networks; on a server other than a Web server; in closed and private networks, even if formed on the basis of public access networks; for displaying content with paid access; in paid web applications; in mobile banks and other financial services; by using the Font Software in interactive advertising (including html-5 advertising messages).
The User may not transfer or otherwise entitle third parties to use the Font Software (neither with the right to use the Website, nor with the exclusive right on the Website or the domain name).
In case any provision of the License regarding specific ways of using the Products seems unclear, the User may request the Licensor about the possibility of using the Products in a specific situation. The Licensor’s clarification will have legal force for the relevant situation in relation to the current version (edition) of the License. It is possible that upon change of the version of the License for the newly issued Licenses a new clarification by the Licensor will be required.
If there are any doubts related to the legality of any use of the Product, the User is obliged to ask the Licensor about the possibility of such use before starting it. In this case, the User may not begin using the Product unless the Licensor grants their consent.
It is especially emphasized that the following ways of using the Products are covered by independent types of licenses and the User may not use the Products in the following ways without purchasing independent licenses:
“Desktop License” is a license to install the Font Software on a personal computer, including limited ways to use the Font.
“Social Media License” is a license to use the Font in social media with a total number of subscribers exceeding 100,000.
“Logotype License” is a license to use the Font as part of the recognizable means of individualization of a person, goods or services (including but not limited to logotypes, trademarks etc.), whether they are registered as means of individualization or are being used as such de facto, and to modify the individual Font Glyphs.
“Application License” is a license to use the Font and/or the Font Software with the mobile or computer application.
“E-publication License” is a license required to publish (make available to the public) files with the embedded subset of the Font Software, and to create and publish an e-book using the Font or the Font Software.
“Service License” is a license with the right to issue urgent limited sublicenses to third parties involved in the production of work for the User, for which it is necessary to install the Font Software on the personal computer of the contractor.
“Video License” is a license to use the Font for displaying captions and other texts in audiovisual works, as well as for applying the Font Glyphs to the background of video (electronic or paper), including press conferences.
A License (a license agreement) is deemed to have been concluded from the moment the license fee is paid via the Invoice or via online payment of the Online Order. The right to use the Font and/or the Font Software to the specified extent is granted to the User from the moment the license fee is paid in full. The moment of payment of the license fee in the Invoice is considered the moment of crediting the funds to the Licensor's account. In case the payment transaction is cancelled for any reason, the right to use the Font and/or the Font Software shall not be deemed granted.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software to the extent provided by the License is granted for the entire term of the exclusive right in respect of the Font and the Font Software, unless otherwise provided by the Offer or the Online Order. The right to use the Font and the Font Software shall terminate prematurely in the cases specified in the License.
The User understands that if they use the Font and/or the Font Software without a contract before they have received the relevant right to do so, such non-contractual use violates the exclusive right. In such case, the acquisition of the License does not release the User from liability for the earlier committed violation. The Parties have the right to conclude a separate agreement to settle the issues of the previously permitted use of the Font and/or the Font Software.
The License is valid worldwide unless otherwise stated in the Invoice or the Online Order.
One can only use the Product for a fee. The amount of the Licensor's license fee is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
If the right to use the Product (the license) is acquired on the basis of the Invoice, the License fee shall be paid within the period specified in the Invoice.
In case of acquisition of the right to use a Product (the license) on the basis of the Online Order, the payment of the License fee must be made simultaneously with the execution of the Online Order as long as it is technically possible to make online payment under the current license terms, but no later than on the day of execution of the Online Order.
If the amount of the license fee in the Invoice is set in foreign currency, but the payment itself is supposed to be made to the Licensor’s Ruble account, then the payment of the license fee to the Licensor’s account shall be calculated at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation valid on the payment day, but should not be less than the exchange rate set by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the invoicing day.
It is not allowed to pay the License fee just for one part of the Products specified in the Offer or the Online Order or just for one part of the mentioned ways of using the Products.
Upon issuing of the Invoice, the Font Software is sent to the User’s e-mail address within seven days from the date of full payment of the license fee.
When placing an Online Order, upon its payment, the User is provided a link to download the Font Software and an electronic copy of the License, which is available in the User’s Personal Account on the Licensor's website or can be sent to the User by e-mail.
Font as an artwork is included in the Font Software so an instance of the Font as an artwork is not sent separately. From the moment of sending the Font Software by e-mail or providing a link to download the Font Software, the Licensor’s obligation to deliver an instance of the Font as an artwork and as a software shall be deemed fulfilled.
You can buy a license for another person, but you yourself cannot use the font on this basis. You will have to provide the detailed information about the person for whom you are purchasing the license and will be held responsible of that person.
The right to use the Products may be acquired for the benefit of a third party (the User), but paid for by you (the Payer). The Payer does not acquire the right to use the Products even if the User does not exercise such right. All Limiting Conditions of the License regarding the User shall also apply to the said Payer, based on the meaning of these Conditions and in relation to the right to use acquisition in favor of a third party.
When acquiring the right to use the Products for the User, the Payer’s obligations include making sure the User has read and completely understood the terms and conditions of this License and consents to it. Until obtaining such consent the User shall not be entitled to use the Products.
The Payer must specify the User when placing the Online Order or in the Invoice, and provide his full details. If the User is a legal entity, the following must be specified: exact and complete name; address; e-mail; telephone number; legal entity registration number in the register of the corresponding state. For an individual, the following should be specified: full name, first name and middle name (if there are any), date of birth, address; e-mail address; telephone number. Similar information about the Payer is to be provided.
If the Online Order or the Invoice does not provide all the identification and contact details listed above, the User is not considered to have acquired the right to use the Products. Similar consequences arise if the data or part of it is invalid.
In case of insufficient fields in the Online Order form (including when making a purchase through a Distributor), the Payer indicates the User as follows: “Payer for the User”, for example: “John Smith (person details) for ‘LLC Papaya’ (person details)”.
The Font Software is sent to the contact e-mail address specified in the Invoice. If the Payer provides his own address to receive the Font Software, it is obliged to forward the e-mail to the User and delete existing copy of the Font Software, including from the mail server.
The Payer assumes responsibility (surety) to the Licensor for the User’s compliance with the License terms and conditions, including if the User violates the exclusive right and uses the Products in ways or to the extent not stipulated by the License. Liability of the Payer is joint. This obligation of the Payer is valid for the duration of the License and three subsequent years.
The Licensor grants the User the right to use the Font and the Font Software without specifying the names of the authors and copyright holders, when such specification is difficult or technically impossible.
In other cases, as well as when the output data or copyright holders of other objects are specified, the indication of the copyright holder of the Font and/or the Font Software is considered necessary.
If the User indicates the name of the right holder, such indication is made in the following way: “Font name ©contrastfoundry”, for example: “CoFo Robert ©contrastfoundry”.
The User gives the Licensor permission to use works created by the User with the use of the Font or the Font software as examples of using the Font (font in use) to the extent justified by such purpose for the Licensor’s own portfolio, exhibitions, performances etc. Such permission shall be deemed to have been given from the moment the User has created the relevant work.
The Licensor assures that they have all necessary rights and authorities to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font and the Font Software are provided “as is” without any express or implied obligation on the part of the Licensor, including commercial warranties and guarantees of suitability for any particular use. In no event will the Licensor be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use or inability to use the Font and Font Software, or the provision or failure to provide support services related to the use of the Font and Font Software.
The Licensor’s liability in all cases is limited to the real damage, provided that the sum does not exceed 5000 (Five thousand) Rubles.
The applicable law is the law of the Russian Federation. The right of the Russian Federation shall apply both to this License (the License Agreement) and to the turnover of the corresponding copies of the Font (the Font Glyphs) and the Font Software.
In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation font Products are protected as an artwork and as a software. Therefore, the appropriate permission must be obtained from both the person using the Font Software and the person using the design of the Font (the Font Glyphs). Each Glyph in the Font is subject to independent protection.
The User agrees to the above scope of protection of font works even if in the jurisdiction of the User legal protection is provided only to Font Software. The User understands that in case of unauthorized use of the Font design by third parties registered in the above jurisdictions, claims may be made against the said parties, including those related to export of their respective copies or availability of images via Internet, regardless of the location of the server.
The place of conclusion of the license agreement as a result of acceptance of the offer shall be deemed to be in the Russian Federation, Moscow.
Contractual jurisdiction has been established at the location of the Licensor’s legal representative indicated below. Disputes related to entering into, execution, termination or otherwise arising out of the License (the concluded license agreement), as well as disputes related to the use of the Products by the User (or by the Payer) outside the License shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Moscow City Commercial Court / Moscow City Simonovsky District Court / magistrate of the Moscow City Danilovsky District Court No. 247, depending on whether a dispute is subject to the jurisdiction of the arbitration court, the Moscow City District Court or magistrate.
The interpretation of the License must take into account that all uses of the Products not expressly permitted by the License are prohibited.
When interpreting the License, it must be taken into account that the Licensor independently determines the scope of use of the Product provided by each type of license. The fact that other copyright holders hold licenses with the same name with a different scope of permitted use shall not be taken into account when interpreting this License. The User understands that a larger permitted scope of use of the Products may be presented to him only for a larger license fee. The license fee set by the Offer or the Online Order includes only the scope of the Products use limited by this License.
The User states that the use of the Products is carried out in the framework of professional or business activities not related to personal or family needs of the User.
The User may not transfer the Font Software to third parties, unless expressly provided for otherwise by the corresponding type of License. Nor may the User transfer the Font Software together with hardware or other software.
The User may not assign or otherwise transfer the right to use the Font or the Font Software obtained from the Licensor either separately or together with the License Agreement (the License). Such transaction will be considered null and void. The User shall not be entitled to issue sublicenses unless otherwise expressly provided by the corresponding type of the License.
Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the right of similar use of the Font Software and vice versa. The right to use the specified Font Styles does not give the right to use other Styles of the same Font.
The User shall not be entitled to process the Font Software, change its character composition, as well as to reconstruct or otherwise affect the Font Software file.
The user may not create derivative Font Products (Font, Font Software). The User shall not be entitled to process individual Font Glyphs, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the respective type.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in composite works.
The User adheres to the version (edition) of the License which was published on the website of the copyright holder at the moment of User adhering to the License.
If there is any discrepancy between the text of the License in the Russian language and its translation into other languages, the Russian version of the License shall prevail.
If the User plans to use the Products in ways not provided for by the License, the User must enter into a separate license agreement with the Licensor (purchase an additional license). The use of the Products in ways not stipulated by the License or beyond the limits stipulated by the License is a violation of the exclusive right to the Products.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in complex objects, unless expressly stated otherwise in the corresponding License.
The User must ensure that the Font Software and an existing copy of the Font Software are protected against illegal copying or unauthorized network access by the License.
The User shall not be entitled to create products in which the form of the product in whole or in part is determined by the form of one or more Font Glyphs (for example, an object in the form of a letter) or an element of such Font Glyph.
The User may not use the Licensed Products in respect of the following goods, services and advertising, even if the circulation of such products is permitted in the relevant jurisdiction: pornographic products; recreational substances; tobacco products; weapons.
With respect to the Font (as an artwork), it should be taken into account that each time the Font Glyphs are reproduced, a new copy of the Font as a design is created. Therefore, for each case of further reproduction or distribution of a copy of the Product, the person performing such actions shall have the appropriate permission of the Licensor, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the relevant type, or in case of exhaustion of the rights of the copyright holder in respect of a legally commissioned copy of the Product.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted only to the User specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other person using the Products (including individual Font Glyphs or texts made with the Font) requires a separate license from the Licensor, except in the cases expressly provided for by the License of the corresponding type.
The user can only be one legal entity or an individual. Multiple persons on the User’s part are not allowed. The right to use the Products may not be acquired by several persons at the same time, also by combining their contributions.
By agreeing to the License, the User confirms that they have been acquainted in advance with the composition of the Font Glyphs, other properties of the Font and the Font Software, and their suitability for the purposes of the licensed use.
The License (the license agreement) is considered to be concluded in the version that was published at contrastfoundry.com/license at the moment of acceptance (payment) of the Invoice or payment for the Online Order. If the Licensor changes the text of the License, the original version of the License shall continue to apply to the relations between the parties. An exception to this rule states that the Licensor may make specific changes to the current License and send the User a notification via e-mail. Failure to notify the Licensor of the User’s objection within thirty days from the date of sending the notice shall be considered as the User’s consent to the new version of the License (silence as a consent agreement). A clarifying change in the License shall be effective for the future and shall come into force upon notifying the User.
Notifications made by the Licensor via e-mail to the User’s e-mail address specified in the Invoice or the Online Order shall be deemed to be valid and legally binding adequate notifications. Such notices shall be deemed to have been delivered to the User on the day of sending the e-mail, regardless of the actual date of receipt.
Documents signed by the Licensor by facsimile signature shall be considered to be signed by hand.
The User and the Payer give their consent for processing their personal data to the Licensor by agreeing to the License terms. Processing of personal data is carried out by the Licensor for the purposes of conclusion and execution of this license agreement, accounting of licenses and payments, monitoring the legality of the use of intellectual property and the scope of such use, processing of applications and requests, promotion of the Licensor’s intellectual property on the market through direct contacts via means of communication.
Consent is given to the processing of the following personal data: name, surname, middle name; e-mail addresses; contact phone numbers; gender; date of birth; address; information specified in the Online Order or the Invoice (domains of the Sites, pages in social media, etc.).e.), user data (information about the location; about the visited pages on the Licensor's website; IP address; SID; MAC address, OS type and version, browser type and version, device type and its screen resolution, etc.); information about incoming payments; bank account details.
During the processing of personal data the following actions will be performed: collection; recording; systematization; accumulation; storage; update (refinement, modification); extraction; use; blocking; deletion; destruction. The User’s personal data will be processed for the duration of the License and the next five years.
The User (as well as the Payer) agrees to use cookies and similar technologies on the Licensor’s website, but has the right to renounce their use by changing the settings of the browser program.
The User (as well as the Payer) also gives its consent to the Licensor to receive occasional e-mails, e.g. creation of new font styles, new fonts releases or fonts updates; information on the ways of using fonts; on promotions of the Licensor and its partners and other similar messages. The User may refuse to receive such messages by sending an e-mail to the Licensor.
The purchased License may not be returned, the license agreement may not be renounced, and the Font Software may not be returned. The refund of money paid as a license fee is not allowed.
Termination of the License (the License Agreement) is possible only in a judicial procedure in cases directly established by law by the competent court specified in the License (contractual jurisdiction). Except for this rule, if the User violates the terms and conditions of the License or uses the Product in ways not provided for by the License, the License (the License Agreement) shall be terminated at the application of the Licensor in an out-of-court procedure by sending a corresponding notice by the Licensor to the e-mail address of the User two days prior to the date of termination of the License (the License Agreement), the license fee shall not be refunded in such case, and the User shall be obliged within two days from the date of receipt of such notice by the competent court (contractual jurisdiction).
The following are considered to be particularly gross violations of the License: use of a different style of the Font or another font by the Licensor; transfer of the Font Design or the Font Software to a third party, unless this is expressly provided for by the License of the relevant type; installation of the Font Software on more computers than stipulated by the License; uploading of the Font Software on a network and making it available to the public, unless this is expressly provided for by the License.
In case the paid license fee is refunded due to technical reasons or the rules of the corresponding payment or banking system, the License is not considered to be granted to the User, the acceptance of the offer is not considered to have occurred, and the use of the Products by the User is considered illegal. In case of such return, the expenses of the Licensor related to the receipt, processing and return of payment shall be deducted from the amount received. In such case the User shall immediately delete the Font Software.
The text of this License is a protected literary work that required from its author investment of creative effort. No other licensors may use the text of this License without the author’s permission.
Protection of intellectual property is provided by Vasily Rozhdestvin Law Office (Licensor’s legal representative), address: 8k5 Podolskoe Shosse, office 321, Moscow, 115093; telephone: +7 (495) 181-05-08; e-mail: [email protected]; website: https://рождествин.рф.
Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (LLC “CoFo”)
Primal State Registration Number 1187746405428
ANN 9729270516 KPP 772901001
8, sq. 76, Michurinsky Prospekt, Olimpiyskaya village, Moscow, Russia, 119602
Account number 40702810402620003365
at JSC Alfa-Bank
BIK 044525593
Intermediary account 30101810200000000593
e-mail: [email protected]
Application license
This license is required to use the font in a mobile application with no possibility to use the font outside of the application.
Version CoFo-A.1.02
This license is required to use the font in a mobile application with no possibility to use the font outside of the application.
If something in the license is unclear or you are not sure about the type of license you need, please ask us by e-mail at [email protected].
This license (the “License”) is an agreement to which you fully and unreservedly adhere when paying your Invoice or Online Order. You are also deemed to have adhered to the License when you actually begin using the font as an artwork or as a software, which means that you agree to all the terms and conditions of the License and the Invoice or the Online Order.
Further, for the convenience of using the text of the License, you (as a natural person or a legal entity) are referred to as a “User” (or a “Payer” if the User and the Payer do not coincide in the same person).
The License was issued by the Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (hereinafter the “Licensor”). The Licensor guarantees that they have all the necessary rights to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font as an artwork (hereinafter referred to as the “Font”) is protected by copyright and consists of individual Glyphs of the Font (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Glyphs”), which can be used for various texts (hereinafter referred to as the “Texts”).
The User is granted a non-exclusive right to use only the Font Style that is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Style”), which does not give him the right to use other Font Styles. Each Font Style is an independent and complete work of authorship. The Font Style specified in the Invoice or the Online Order is referred to as the “Font” in the License.
The Font Software (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Software”, the “Font files”) is a protected computer program, that includes corresponding Font Style as well as the necessary software instructions. A copy of the Font Software is submitted to the User in the OTF, TTF and WOFF formats, unless otherwise specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
The Font and the Font Software are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Products” and each individually as the “Product”. Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the same right to use the Font Software, and vice versa.
The name of the type of license to be purchased, the name of the Font, the specific Font Style and the Font Software, as well as the other essential terms and additional restrictions of the License are specified in the Invoice or in the Online Order.
On the basis of the Invoice or the Online Order, the extent of the non-exclusive right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted in accordance with the relevant License (its name and version), subject to the restrictions specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other use of the Font and the Font Software not expressly stated in the Invoice or the Online Order is prohibited to the User. The Licensor offers several types of licenses, depending on the manner and scope of the use of the Products. The availability of this License to the User does not mean that the User is granted the right to use the Products in the ways provided by other types of licenses.
The right to use the Products is granted for a fee (a license fee). In case the Products are intended for non-commercial projects, the organizer of such project may request the Licensor to obtain a free license for a non-commercial use of the Products.
If the adherence to the License is made by means of the Invoice, all terms and conditions of the Offer not specified in the License shall be specified in such Invoice. Payment of the fee specified in the Invoice shall be deemed to be the full acceptance of the Offer and shall mean acceptance of the License terms and the Invoice. The License Agreement (the License) between the Licensor and the User shall be deemed entered into from the moment of the offer’s acceptance (the payment of the Invoice).
The Invoice must be paid within seven days (term for accepting the offer), unless otherwise specified in the Invoice itself. The Offer may be revoked by the Licensor at any time before or at the time of the Offer’s acceptance.
The User confirms that prior to adhering to the License, they fully read and completely understood the text of the License attached to the Invoice.
The Invoice is intended only for the person it’s addressed to (the offer recipient). The Offer shall not be paid for by any other person (acceptance by any other person), except for the User and/or the Payer, specified in the Offer.
If you adhere to the License by purchasing the license online on the website of the Licensor or its authorized representative (hereinafter the “Distributor”), the terms and conditions of such adherence to the License are called the “Online Order”, regardless of the actual name of the processed electronic documents and/or the content of the web pages displayed in the process of purchase. The online payment of the license fee is deemed as the acceptance of the offer (License and Online Order terms). The License Agreement (the License) is considered to be concluded between the Licensor and the User from the moment of acceptance of the offer (payment for the Online Order).
The User confirms that he has read and understood the License before adhering to the License and that the link to the text of the License was provided in the Online Order.
After the payment of the Online Order on the Licensor’s website, the text of the License in the relevant version, the Online Order and the link for downloading the Font Software are sent to the User through his “Personal Account” on the Licensor’s website. When purchasing online at the Distributor’s website, the contents of the materials to be sent to the User are determined by the Distributor itself.
The Licensor grants the User the right to use the Font Software as part of a mobile application (the Software for mobile device) running on iOS, Android or WindowsMobile operating systems.
The number of mobile applications in which the User is allowed to use the Font Software is specified in the Invoice Offer or the Online Order. The use of the Font Software in more mobile applications is considered a violation of the exclusive rights to the Font Software and the Font.
The same mobile application ported between the above mentioned mobile operating systems is considered to be one mobile application. A mobile application ported to other operating systems is considered to be an additional application and requires an additional license to use the Font Software in it. If the creation of a new version of a mobile application isn’t related solely to troubleshooting errors in the previous one, it is considered to be a new mobile application.
The Font Software embedding into a mobile application must be done in a way that the end user of the mobile application would not have a free access to the Font Software or the Font or a possibility to download, install or use them in any way other than within the mobile application.
The Font Software embedding into a mobile application must be done in a way that it wouldn’t be possible to use it in other mobile applications installed on the same device. Direct use of the Font Software in the device’s mobile operating system must also be prohibited.
The Font Software can only be built into a mobile application where the use of the Font Software or the Font is not a core functionality or an essential part of the functionality.
The Font Software may not be used in mobile applications where the user can create files using the Font Characters or with the Font Software’s embedded Characters subset: PDF files, documents for text editors, tables, static images, scalable images, advertisements and other similar files using the Font.
Electronic publications and books with the embedded Font Software or font characters (e.g. PDF file), as well as mobile applications with static content, are not considered mobile applications suitable for the purposes of the present License.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software in the specified manner is granted directly to the User and cannot be passed on to another person. Only the User may be the creator (organizer of the creation) of a mobile application that uses the Font Software.
The Font cannot be used in the icon of the created mobile application.
In case any provision of the License regarding specific ways of using the Products seems unclear, the User may request the Licensor about the possibility of using the Products in a specific situation. The Licensor’s clarification will have legal force for the relevant situation in relation to the current version (edition) of the License. It is possible that upon change of the version of the License for the newly issued Licenses a new clarification by the Licensor will be required.
If there are any doubts related to the legality of any use of the Product, the User is obliged to ask the Licensor about the possibility of such use before starting it. In this case, the User may not begin using the Product unless the Licensor grants their consent.
It is especially emphasized that the following ways of using the Products are covered by independent types of licenses and the User may not use the Products in the following ways without purchasing independent licenses:
“Desktop License” is a license to install the Font Software on a personal computer, that includes limited ways to use the Font.
“Social Media License” is a license to use the Font in social media with a total number of subscribers exceeding 100,000.
“Logotype License” is a license to use the Font as part of the recognizable means of individualization of a person, goods or services (including but not limited to logotypes, trademarks etc.), whether they are registered as means of individualization or are being used as such de facto, and to modify the individual Font Glyphs.
“Web License” is a license to display the text content of the site in Font-face via CSS @font-face instruction.
“E-publication License” is a license required to publish (make available to the public) files with the embedded subset of the Font Software, and to create and publish an e-book using the Font or the Font Software.
“Service License” is a license with the right to issue urgent limited sublicenses to third parties involved in the provision of contractual works for the User, for the completion of which it is necessary to install the Font Software on the personal computer of the contractor.
“Video License” is a license to use the Font to display captions and other texts in audiovisual works, as well as for applying the Font Glyphs to the background of a video (be it an electronic or a paper one), which also includes press conferences.
A License (a license agreement) is deemed to have been concluded from the moment the license fee is paid via the Invoice or via online payment of the Online Order. The right to use the Font and/or the Font Software to the specified extent is granted to the User from the moment the license fee is paid in full. The moment of payment of the license fee in the Invoice is considered the moment of crediting the funds to the Licensor's account. In case the payment transaction is cancelled for any reason, the right to use the Font and/or the Font Software shall not be deemed granted.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software to the extent provided by the License is granted for the entire term of the exclusive right in respect of the Font and the Font Software, unless otherwise provided by the Offer or the Online Order. The right to use the Font and the Font Software shall terminate prematurely in the cases specified in the License.
The User understands that if they use the Font and/or the Font Software without a contract before they have received the relevant right to do so, such non-contractual use violates the exclusive right. In such case, the acquisition of the License does not release the User from liability for the earlier committed violation. The Parties have the right to conclude a separate agreement to settle the issues of the previously permitted use of the Font and/or the Font Software.
The License is valid worldwide unless otherwise stated in the Invoice or the Online Order.
One can only use the Product for a fee. The amount of the Licensor’s license fee is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
If the right to use the Product (the license) is acquired on the basis of the Invoice, the License fee shall be paid within the period specified in the Invoice.
In case of acquisition of the right to use a Product (the license) on the basis of the Online Order, the payment of the License fee must be made simultaneously with the execution of the Online Order as long as it is technically possible to make online payment under the current license terms, but no later than on the day of execution of the Online Order.
If the amount of the license fee in the Invoice is set in foreign currency, but the payment itself is supposed to be made to the Licensor’s Ruble account, then the payment of the license fee to the Licensor’s account shall be calculated at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation valid on the payment day, but should not be less than the exchange rate set by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the invoicing day.
It is not allowed to pay the License fee just for one part of the Products specified in the Offer or the Online Order or just for one part of the mentioned ways of using the Products.
Upon issuing of the Invoice, the Font Software is sent to the User’s e-mail address within seven days from the date of full payment of the license fee.
When placing an Online Order, upon its payment, the User is provided a link to download the Font Software and an electronic copy of the License, which is available in the User’s Personal Account on the Licensor’s website or can be sent to the User by e-mail.
Font as an artwork is included in the Font Software so an instance of the Font as an artwork is not sent separately. From the moment of sending the Font Software by e-mail or providing a link to download the Font Software, the Licensor’s obligation to deliver an instance of the Font as an artwork and as a software shall be deemed fulfilled.
You can buy a license for another person, but you yourself cannot use the font on this basis. You will have to provide the detailed information about the person for whom you are purchasing the license and will be held responsible of that person.
The right to use the Products may be acquired for the benefit of a third party (the User), but paid for by you (the Payer). The Payer does not acquire the right to use the Products even if the User does not exercise such right. All Limiting Conditions of the License regarding the User shall also apply to the said Payer, based on the meaning of these Conditions and in relation to the right to use acquisition in favor of a third party.
When acquiring the right to use the Products for the User, the Payer’s obligations include making sure the User has read and completely understood the terms and conditions of this License and consents to it. Until obtaining such consent the User shall not be entitled to use the Products.
The Payer must specify the User when placing the Online Order or in the Invoice, and provide his full details. If the User is a legal entity, the following must be specified: exact and complete name; address; e-mail; telephone number; legal entity registration number in the register of the corresponding state. For an individual, the following should be specified: full name, first name and middle name (if there are any), date of birth, address; e-mail address; telephone number. Similar information about the Payer is to be provided.
If the Online Order or the Invoice does not provide all the identification and contact details listed above, the User is not considered to have acquired the right to use the Products. Similar consequences arise if the data or part of it is invalid.
In case of insufficient fields in the Online Order form (including when making a purchase through a Distributor), the Payer indicates the User as follows: “Payer for the User”, for example: “John Smith (person details) for ‘LLC Papaya’ (person details)”.
The Font Software is sent to the contact e-mail address specified in the Invoice. If the Payer provides his own address to receive the Font Software, it is obliged to forward the e-mail to the User and delete existing copy of the Font Software, including from the mail server.
The Payer assumes responsibility (surety) to the Licensor for the User's compliance with the License terms and conditions, including if the User violates the exclusive right and uses the Products in ways or to the extent not stipulated by the License. Liability of the Payer is joint. This obligation of the Payer is valid for the duration of the License and three subsequent years.
The Licensor grants the User the right to use the Font and the Font Software without specifying the names of the authors and copyright holders, when such specification is difficult or technically impossible.
In other cases, as well as when the output data or copyright holders of other objects are specified, the indication of the copyright holder of the Font and/or the Font Software is considered necessary.
If the User indicates the name of the right holder, such indication is made in the following way: “Font name ©contrastfoundry”, for example: “CoFo Robert ©contrastfoundry”.
The User gives the Licensor permission to use works created by the User with the use of the Font or the Font Software as examples of using the Font (font in use) to the extent justified by such purpose for the Licensor’s own portfolio, exhibitions, performances etc. Such permission shall be deemed to have been given from the moment the User has created the relevant work.
The Licensor assures that they have all necessary rights and authorities to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font and the Font Software are provided “as is” without any express or implied obligation on the part of the Licensor, including commercial warranties and guarantees of suitability for any particular use. In no event will the Licensor be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use or inability to use the Font and Font Software, or the provision or failure to provide support services related to the use of the Font and Font Software.
The Licensor’s liability in all cases is limited to the real damage, provided that the sum does not exceed 5000 (Five thousand) Rubles.
The applicable law is the law of the Russian Federation. The right of the Russian Federation shall apply both to this License (the License Agreement) and to the turnover of the corresponding copies of the Font (the Font Glyphs) and the Font Software.
In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation font Products are protected as an artwork and as a software. Therefore, the appropriate permission must be obtained from both the person using the Font Software and the person using the design of the Font (the Font Glyphs). Each Glyph in the Font is subject to independent protection.
The User agrees to the above scope of protection of font works even if in the jurisdiction of the User legal protection is provided only to Font Software. The User understands that in case of unauthorized use of the Font design by third parties registered in the above jurisdictions, claims may be made against the said parties, including those related to export of their respective copies or availability of images via Internet, regardless of the location of the server.
The place of conclusion of the license agreement as a result of acceptance of the offer shall be deemed to be in the Russian Federation, Moscow.
Contractual jurisdiction has been established at the location of the Licensor’s legal representative indicated below. Disputes related to entering into, execution, termination or otherwise arising out of the License (the concluded license agreement), as well as disputes related to the use of the Products by the User (or by the Payer) outside the License shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Moscow City Commercial Court / Moscow City Simonovsky District Court / magistrate of the Moscow City Danilovsky District Court No. 247, depending on whether a dispute is subject to the jurisdiction of the arbitration court, the Moscow City District Court or magistrate.
The interpretation of the License must take into account that all uses of the Products not expressly permitted by the License are prohibited.
When interpreting the License, it must be taken into account that the Licensor independently determines the scope of use of the Product provided by each type of license. The fact that other copyright holders hold licenses with the same name with a different scope of permitted use shall not be taken into account when interpreting this License. The User understands that a larger permitted scope of use of the Products may be presented to him only for a larger license fee. The license fee set by the Offer or the Online Order includes only the scope of the Products use limited by this License.
The User states that the use of the Products is carried out in the framework of professional or business activities not related to personal or family needs of the User.
The User may not transfer the Font Software to third parties, unless expressly provided for otherwise by the corresponding type of License. Nor may the User transfer the Font Software together with hardware or other software.
The User may not assign or otherwise transfer the right to use the Font or the Font Software obtained from the Licensor either separately or together with the License Agreement (the License). Such transaction will be considered null and void. The User shall not be entitled to issue sublicenses unless otherwise expressly provided by the corresponding type of the License.
Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the right of similar use of the Font Software and vice versa. The right to use the specified Font Styles does not give the right to use other Styles of the same Font.
The User shall not be entitled to process the Font Software, change its character composition, as well as to reconstruct or otherwise affect the Font Software file.
The user may not create derivative Font Products (Font, Font Software). The User shall not be entitled to process individual Font Glyphs, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the respective type.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in composite works.
The User adheres to the version (edition) of the License which was published on the website of the copyright holder at the moment of User adhering to the License.
If there is any discrepancy between the text of the License in the Russian language and its translation into other languages, the Russian version of the License shall prevail.
If the User plans to use the Products in ways not provided for by the License, the User must enter into a separate license agreement with the Licensor (purchase an additional license). The use of the Products in ways not stipulated by the License or beyond the limits stipulated by the License is a violation of the exclusive right to the Products.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in complex objects, unless expressly stated otherwise in the corresponding License.
The User must ensure that the Font Software and an existing copy of the Font Software are protected against illegal copying or unauthorized network access by the License.
The User shall not be entitled to create products in which the form of the product in whole or in part is determined by the form of one or more Font Glyphs (for example, an object in the form of a letter) or an element of such Font Glyph.
The User may not use the Licensed Products in respect of the following goods, services and advertising, even if the circulation of such products is permitted in the relevant jurisdiction: pornographic products; recreational substances; tobacco products; weapons.
With respect to the Font (as an artwork), it should be taken into account that each time the Font Glyphs are reproduced, a new copy of the Font as a design is created. Therefore, for each case of further reproduction or distribution of a copy of the Product, the person performing such actions shall have the appropriate permission of the Licensor, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the relevant type, or in case of exhaustion of the rights of the copyright holder in respect of a legally commissioned copy of the Product.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted only to the User specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other person using the Products (including individual Font Glyphs or texts made with the Font) requires a separate license from the Licensor, except in the cases expressly provided for by the License of the corresponding type.
The user can only be one legal entity or an individual. Multiple persons on the User’s part are not allowed. The right to use the Products may not be acquired by several persons at the same time, also by combining their contributions.
By agreeing to the License, the User confirms that they have been acquainted in advance with the composition of the Font Glyphs, other properties of the Font and the Font Software, and their suitability for the purposes of the licensed use.
The License (the license agreement) is considered to be concluded in the version that was published at contrastfoundry.com/license at the moment of acceptance (payment) of the Invoice or payment for the Online Order. If the Licensor changes the text of the License, the original version of the License shall continue to apply to the relations between the parties. An exception to this rule states that the Licensor may make specific changes to the current License and send the User a notification via e-mail. Failure to notify the Licensor of the User’s objection within thirty days from the date of sending the notice shall be considered as the User’s consent to the new version of the License (silence as a consent agreement). A clarifying change in the License shall be effective for the future and shall come into force upon notifying the User.
Notifications made by the Licensor via e-mail to the User’s e-mail address specified in the Invoice or the Online Order shall be deemed to be valid and legally binding adequate notifications. Such notices shall be deemed to have been delivered to the User on the day of sending the e-mail, regardless of the actual date of receipt.
Documents signed by the Licensor by facsimile signature shall be considered to be signed by hand.
The User and the Payer give their consent for processing their personal data to the Licensor by agreeing to the License terms. Processing of personal data is carried out by the Licensor for the purposes of conclusion and execution of this license agreement, accounting of licenses and payments, monitoring the legality of the use of intellectual property and the scope of such use, processing of applications and requests, promotion of the Licensor’s intellectual property on the market through direct contacts via means of communication.
Consent is given to the processing of the following personal data: name, surname, middle name; e-mail addresses; contact phone numbers; gender; date of birth; address; information specified in the Online Order or the Invoice (domains of the Sites, pages in social media, etc.).e.), user data (information about the location; about the visited pages on the Licensor’s website; IP address; SID; MAC address, OS type and version, browser type and version, device type and its screen resolution, etc.); information about incoming payments; bank account details.
During the processing of personal data the following actions will be performed: collection; recording; systematization; accumulation; storage; update (refinement, modification); extraction; use; blocking; deletion; destruction. The User’s personal data will be processed for the duration of the License and the next five years.
The User (as well as the Payer) agrees to use cookies and similar technologies on the Licensor’s website, but has the right to renounce their use by changing the settings of the browser program.
The User (as well as the Payer) also gives its consent to the Licensor to receive occasional e-mails, e.g. creation of new font styles, new fonts releases or fonts updates; information on the ways of using fonts; on promotions of the Licensor and its partners and other similar messages. The User may refuse to receive such messages by sending an e-mail to the Licensor.
The purchased License may not be returned, the license agreement may not be renounced, and the Font Software may not be returned. The refund of money paid as a license fee is not allowed.
Termination of the License (the License Agreement) is possible only in a judicial procedure in cases directly established by law by the competent court specified in the License (contractual jurisdiction). Except for this rule, if the User violates the terms and conditions of the License or uses the Product in ways not provided for by the License, the License (the License Agreement) shall be terminated at the application of the Licensor in an out-of-court procedure by sending a corresponding notice by the Licensor to the e-mail address of the User two days prior to the date of termination of the License (the License Agreement), the license fee shall not be refunded in such case, and the User shall be obliged within two days from the date of receipt of such notice by the competent court (contractual jurisdiction).
The following are considered to be particularly gross violations of the License: use of a different style of the Font or another font by the Licensor; transfer of the Font Design or the Font Software to a third party, unless this is expressly provided for by the License of the relevant type; installation of the Font Software on more computers than stipulated by the License; uploading of the Font Software on a network and making it available to the public, unless this is expressly provided for by the License.
In case the paid license fee is refunded due to technical reasons or the rules of the corresponding payment or banking system, the License is not considered to be granted to the User, the acceptance of the offer is not considered to have occurred, and the use of the Products by the User is considered illegal. In case of such return, the expenses of the Licensor related to the receipt, processing and return of payment shall be deducted from the amount received. In such case the User shall immediately delete the Font Software.
The text of this License is a protected literary work that required from its author investment of creative effort. No other licensors may use the text of this License without the author’s permission.
Protection of intellectual property is provided by Vasily Rozhdestvin Law Office (Licensor’s legal representative), address: 8k5 Podolskoe Shosse, office 321, Moscow, 115093; telephone: +7 (495) 181-05-08; e-mail: [email protected]; website: https://рождествин.рф.
Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (LLC “CoFo”)
Primal State Registration Number 1187746405428
ANN 9729270516
KPP 772901001
8, sq. 76, Michurinsky Prospekt, Olimpiyskaya village, Moscow, Russia, 119602
Account number 40702810402620003365
at JSC Alfa-Bank
BIK 044525593
Intermediary account 30101810200000000593
e-mail: [email protected]
Social Media license
This license is required to use the font in images in popular social media accounts (with a total of more than 100,000 subscribers).
Version CoFo-SM.1.02
This license is required to use the font in images in popular social media accounts (with a total of more than 100,000 subscribers).
If something in the license is unclear or you are not sure about the type of license you need, please ask us by e-mail at [email protected].
This license (the “License”) is an agreement to which you fully and unreservedly adhere when paying your Invoice or Online Order. You are also deemed to have adhered to the License when you actually begin using the font as an artwork or as a software, which means that you agree to all the terms and conditions of the License and the Invoice or the Online Order.
Further, for the convenience of using the text of the License, you (as a natural person or a legal entity) are referred to as a “User” (or a “Payer” if the User and the Payer do not coincide in the same person).
The License was issued by the Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (hereinafter the “Licensor”). The Licensor guarantees that they have all the necessary rights to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font as an artwork (hereinafter referred to as the “Font”) is protected by copyright and consists of individual Glyphs of the Font (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Glyphs”), which can be used for various texts (hereinafter referred to as the “Texts”).
The User is granted a non-exclusive right to use only the Font Style that is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Style”), which does not give him the right to use other Font Styles. Each Font Style is an independent and complete work of authorship. The Font Style specified in the Invoice or the Online Order is referred to as the “Font” in the License.
The Font Software (hereinafter referred to as the “Font Software”, the “Font files”) is a protected computer program, that includes corresponding Font Style as well as the necessary software instructions. A copy of the Font Software is submitted to the User in the OTF, TTF and WOFF formats, unless otherwise specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
The Font and the Font Software are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Products” and each individually as the “Product”. Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the same right to use the Font Software, and vice versa.
The name of the type of license to be purchased, the name of the Font, the specific Font Style and the Font Software, as well as the other essential terms and additional restrictions of the License are specified in the Invoice or in the Online Order.
On the basis of the Invoice or the Online Order, the extent of the non-exclusive right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted in accordance with the relevant License (its name and version), subject to the restrictions specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other use of the Font and the Font Software not expressly stated in the Invoice or the Online Order is prohibited to the User. The Licensor offers several types of licenses, depending on the manner and scope of the use of the Products. The availability of this License to the User does not mean that the User is granted the right to use the Products in the ways provided by other types of licenses.
The right to use the Products is granted for a fee (a license fee). In case the Products are intended for non-commercial projects, the organizer of such project may request the Licensor to obtain a free license for a non-commercial use of the Products.
If the adherence to the License is made by means of the Invoice, all terms and conditions of the Offer not specified in the License shall be specified in such Invoice. Payment of the fee specified in the Invoice shall be deemed to be the full acceptance of the Offer and shall mean acceptance of the License terms and the Invoice. The License Agreement (the License) between the Licensor and the User shall be deemed entered into from the moment of the offer’s acceptance (the payment of the Invoice).
The Invoice must be paid within seven days (term for accepting the offer), unless otherwise specified in the Invoice itself. The Offer may be revoked by the Licensor at any time before or at the time of the Offer’s acceptance.
The User confirms that prior to adhering to the License, they fully read and completely understood the text of the License attached to the Invoice.
The Invoice is intended only for the person it’s addressed to (the offer recipient). The Offer shall not be paid for by any other person (acceptance by any other person), except for the User and/or the Payer, specified in the Offer.
If you adhere to the License by purchasing the license online on the website of the Licensor or its authorized representative (hereinafter the “Distributor”), the terms and conditions of such adherence to the License are called the “Online Order”, regardless of the actual name of the processed electronic documents and/or the content of the web pages displayed in the process of purchase. The online payment of the license fee is deemed as the acceptance of the offer (License and Online Order terms). The License Agreement (the License) is considered to be concluded between the Licensor and the User from the moment of acceptance of the offer (payment for the Online Order).
The User confirms that he has read and understood the License before adhering to the License and that the link to the text of the License was provided in the Online Order.
After the payment of the Online Order on the Licensor’s website, the text of the License in the relevant version, the Online Order and the link for downloading the Font Software are sent to the User through his “Personal Account” on the Licensor’s website. When purchasing online at the Distributor’s website, the contents of the materials to be sent to the User are determined by the Distributor itself.
The User is entitled to use the image of the Font Glyphs in their own accounts in social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, VK, YouTube) by posting raster images made with the Font and making them available to the public through their social media accounts.
The User is granted the right to use the Font by reproducing texts made with the Font Glyphs (captions, etc.) and to include them in short audiovisual works created by the User, but only in social networks and only in the User’s own accounts, subject to additional restrictions on the period of use.
User Accounts in social media must be directly and unambiguously attributed as belonging directly to the User. Font usage is not allowed in anonymous accounts managed by the User.
It’s not allowed to use the Font in third-party accounts. At the same time, the Licensor does not impose restrictions on the reproduction and making the Products public by other users of social media (reposting, cross-posting, etc.) in their own accounts in social media.
The User is not granted the right to use the Font in audiovisual works created by third parties or in their interests. In accordance with the License the User may use the Font (as defined by part 1 of article 1240 of the Civil Code of Russia) in short audiovisual works created explicitly by them for use in their own accounts in social networks. The User cannot confer this right to other persons.
If an audiovisual work used in the User’s own social media accounts is accompanied by opening or closing titles with the copyright mark of the User or another person, or has other output data, the User must also include the information about the copyright holder of the Font used in the audiovisual work in a way that this information is easily perceived by the viewer.
It is prohibited to use these audiovisual works outside of the User’s accounts in social media. The following conditions among others provide for that. The Licensor's consent to use the Font in audiovisual works (complex objects) is given strictly for the period specified in this clause of the License. The beginning of the term is considered to be the moment when a post with an audiovisual work embedded in it is published in the User’s social media account. The duration of the period is one hour, after which the User is not entitled to use the Font in an audiovisual work in any way (reproduce, distribute, import, rent and display, report, make available to the public, etc.), which does not mean that the User is obligated to delete the post with the audiovisual work that has been lawfully reproduced and made available to the public.
The total number of subscribers of the User’s accounts in all social media cannot exceed 100,000 (one hundred thousand) subscribers. If the number of subscribers exceeds the specified amount, the User is considered to have lost the right to use the Font beginning from the month following the month in which the number of subscribers was exceeded. The User has the right to contact the Licensor to obtain a new license for a larger number of subscribers, or to stop using the Font. Reducing the total number of Users’ subscribers does not entail the renewal of the right to use the Font.
Upon termination of the right to use the Products, the User loses the right to use the Font in images and audiovisual works intended for social networks under this License. However, saving previously posted posts (previously left entries in social media using the Font) is not considered a violation of the exclusive right to the Font.
When evaluating the actual number of subscribers of the User’s accounts, the open information of the corresponding social network on the number of subscribers of the User is considered. The User may not use the Font in accounts where the number of subscribers is hidden or not publicly available. In case information on the number of subscribers of one of the User accounts is unavailable and therefore it is impossible to determine the total combined number of subscribers of the User, it shall be deemed that total number of subscribers exceeds License limits, and the User lost the right to use the Font.
The User is not granted the right to use the Font in their own social media (social media fully and partially owned by the User or managed by them).
This License is an “extension” of the separately purchased Desktop license, which is necessary for installing and using of the Font Software on a personal computer. Without purchasing a Desktop license, the User will not be able to reproduce the Font Glyphs as a bitmap image and will not be able to include the Font Marks in an audiovisual work.
In case any provision of the License regarding specific ways of using the Products seems unclear, the User may request the Licensor about the possibility of using the Products in a specific situation. The Licensor’s clarification will have legal force for the relevant situation in relation to the current version (edition) of the License. It is possible that upon change of the version of the License for the newly issued Licenses a new clarification by the Licensor will be required.
If there are any doubts related to the legality of any use of the Product, the User is obliged to ask the Licensor about the possibility of such use before starting it. In this case, the User may not begin using the Product unless the Licensor grants their consent.
It is especially emphasized that the following ways of using the Products are covered by independent types of licenses and the User may not use the Products in the following ways without purchasing independent licenses:
“Desktop License” is a license to install the Font Software on a personal computer, including limited ways to use the Font.
“Web License” is a license to display the text content of the site in Font-face via CSS @font-face instruction.
“Logotype License” is a license to use the Font as part of the recognizable means of individualization of a person, goods or services (including but not limited to logotypes, trademarks etc.), whether they are registered as means of individualization or are being used as such de facto, and to modify the individual Font Glyphs.
“Application License” is a license to use the Font and/or the Font Software with the mobile or computer application.
“E-publication License” is a license required to publish (make available to the public) files with the embedded subset of the Font Software, and to create and publish an e-book using the Font or the Font Software.
“Service License” is a license with the right to issue urgent limited sublicenses to third parties involved in the production of work for the User, for which it is necessary to install the Font Software on the personal computer of the contractor.
“Video License” is a license to use the Font for displaying captions and other texts in audiovisual works, as well as for applying the Font Glyphs to the background of video (electronic or paper), including press conferences.
A License (a license agreement) is deemed to have been concluded from the moment the license fee is paid via the Invoice or via online payment of the Online Order. The right to use the Font and/or the Font Software to the specified extent is granted to the User from the moment the license fee is paid in full. The moment of payment of the license fee in the Invoice is considered the moment of crediting the funds to the Licensor's account. In case the payment transaction is cancelled for any reason, the right to use the Font and/or the Font Software shall not be deemed granted.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software to the extent provided by the License is granted for the entire term of the exclusive right in respect of the Font and the Font Software, unless otherwise provided by the Offer or the Online Order. The right to use the Font and the Font Software shall terminate prematurely in the cases specified in the License.
The User understands that if they use the Font and/or the Font Software without a contract before they have received the relevant right to do so, such non-contractual use violates the exclusive right. In such case, the acquisition of the License does not release the User from liability for the earlier committed violation. The Parties have the right to conclude a separate agreement to settle the issues of the previously permitted use of the Font and/or the Font Software.
The License is valid worldwide unless otherwise stated in the Invoice or the Online Order.
One can only use the Product for a fee. The amount of the Licensor’s license fee is specified in the Invoice or the Online Order.
If the right to use the Product (the license) is acquired on the basis of the Invoice, the License fee shall be paid within the period specified in the Invoice.
In case of acquisition of the right to use a Product (the license) on the basis of the Online Order, the payment of the License fee must be made simultaneously with the execution of the Online Order as long as it is technically possible to make online payment under the current license terms, but no later than on the day of execution of the Online Order.
If the amount of the license fee in the Invoice is set in foreign currency, but the payment itself is supposed to be made to the Licensor’s Ruble account, then the payment of the license fee to the Licensor’s account shall be calculated at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation valid on the payment day, but should not be less than the exchange rate set by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the invoicing day.
It is not allowed to pay the License fee just for one part of the Products specified in the Offer or the Online Order or just for one part of the mentioned ways of using the Products.
Upon issuing of the Invoice, the Font Software is sent to the User’s e-mail address within seven days from the date of full payment of the license fee.
When placing an Online Order, upon its payment, the User is provided a link to download the Font Software and an electronic copy of the License, which is available in the User’s Personal Account on the Licensor’s website or can be sent to the User by e-mail.
Font as an artwork is included in the Font Software so an instance of the Font as an artwork is not sent separately. From the moment of sending the Font Software by e-mail or providing a link to download the Font Software, the Licensor’s obligation to deliver an instance of the Font as an artwork and as a software shall be deemed fulfilled.
You can buy a license for another person, but you yourself cannot use the font on this basis. You will have to provide the detailed information about the person for whom you are purchasing the license and will be held responsible of that person.
The right to use the Products may be acquired for the benefit of a third party (the User), but paid for by you (the Payer). The Payer does not acquire the right to use the Products even if the User does not exercise such right. All Limiting Conditions of the License regarding the User shall also apply to the said Payer, based on the meaning of these Conditions and in relation to the right to use acquisition in favor of a third party.
When acquiring the right to use the Products for the User, the Payer’s obligations include making sure the User has read and completely understood the terms and conditions of this License and consents to it. Until obtaining such consent the User shall not be entitled to use the Products.
The Payer must specify the User when placing the Online Order or in the Invoice, and provide his full details. If the User is a legal entity, the following must be specified: exact and complete name; address; e-mail; telephone number; legal entity registration number in the register of the corresponding state. For an individual, the following should be specified: full name, first name and middle name (if there are any), date of birth, address; e-mail address; telephone number. Similar information about the Payer is to be provided.
If the Online Order or the Invoice does not provide all the identification and contact details listed above, the User is not considered to have acquired the right to use the Products. Similar consequences arise if the data or part of it is invalid.
In case of insufficient fields in the Online Order form (including when making a purchase through a Distributor), the Payer indicates the User as follows: “Payer for the User”, for example: “John Smith (person details) for ‘LLC Papaya’ (person details)”.
The Font Software is sent to the contact e-mail address specified in the Invoice. If the Payer provides his own address to receive the Font Software, it is obliged to forward the e-mail to the User and delete existing copy of the Font Software, including from the mail server.
The Payer assumes responsibility (surety) to the Licensor for the User’s compliance with the License terms and conditions, including if the User violates the exclusive right and uses the Products in ways or to the extent not stipulated by the License. Liability of the Payer is joint. This obligation of the Payer is valid for the duration of the License and three subsequent years.
The Licensor grants the User the right to use the Font and the Font Software without specifying the names of the authors and copyright holders, when such specification is difficult or technically impossible.
In other cases, as well as when the output data or copyright holders of other objects are specified, the indication of the copyright holder of the Font and/or the Font Software is considered necessary.
If the User indicates the name of the right holder, such indication is made in the following way: “Font name ©contrastfoundry”, for example: “CoFo Robert ©contrastfoundry”.
The User gives the Licensor permission to use works created by the User with the use of the Font or the Font Software as examples of using the Font (font in use) to the extent justified by such purpose for the Licensor’s own portfolio, exhibitions, performances etc. Such permission shall be deemed to have been given from the moment the User has created the relevant work.
The Licensor assures that they have all necessary rights and authorities to issue the License (conclusion of the License Agreement).
The Font and the Font Software are provided “as is” without any express or implied obligation on the part of the Licensor, including commercial warranties and guarantees of suitability for any particular use. In no event will the Licensor be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use or inability to use the Font and Font Software, or the provision or failure to provide support services related to the use of the Font and Font Software.
The Licensor’s liability in all cases is limited to the real damage, provided that the sum does not exceed 5000 (Five thousand) Rubles.
The applicable law is the law of the Russian Federation. The right of the Russian Federation shall apply both to this License (the License Agreement) and to the turnover of the corresponding copies of the Font (the Font Glyphs) and the Font Software.
In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation font Products are protected as an artwork and as a software. Therefore, the appropriate permission must be obtained from both the person using the Font Software and the person using the design of the Font (the Font Glyphs). Each Glyph in the Font is subject to independent protection.
The User agrees to the above scope of protection of font works even if in the jurisdiction of the User legal protection is provided only to Font Software. The User understands that in case of unauthorized use of the Font design by third parties registered in the above jurisdictions, claims may be made against the said parties, including those related to export of their respective copies or availability of images via Internet, regardless of the location of the server.
The place of conclusion of the license agreement as a result of acceptance of the offer shall be deemed to be in the Russian Federation, Moscow.
Contractual jurisdiction has been established at the location of the Licensor’s legal representative indicated below. Disputes related to entering into, execution, termination or otherwise arising out of the License (the concluded license agreement), as well as disputes related to the use of the Products by the User (or by the Payer) outside the License shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Moscow City Commercial Court / Moscow City Simonovsky District Court / magistrate of the Moscow City Danilovsky District Court No. 247, depending on whether a dispute is subject to the jurisdiction of the arbitration court, the Moscow City District Court or magistrate.
The interpretation of the License must take into account that all uses of the Products not expressly permitted by the License are prohibited.
When interpreting the License, it must be taken into account that the Licensor independently determines the scope of use of the Product provided by each type of license. The fact that other copyright holders hold licenses with the same name with a different scope of permitted use shall not be taken into account when interpreting this License. The User understands that a larger permitted scope of use of the Products may be presented to him only for a larger license fee. The license fee set by the Offer or the Online Order includes only the scope of the Products use limited by this License.
The User states that the use of the Products is carried out in the framework of professional or business activities not related to personal or family needs of the User.
The User may not transfer the Font Software to third parties, unless expressly provided for otherwise by the corresponding type of License. Nor may the User transfer the Font Software together with hardware or other software.
The User may not assign or otherwise transfer the right to use the Font or the Font Software obtained from the Licensor either separately or together with the License Agreement (the License). Such transaction will be considered null and void. The User shall not be entitled to issue sublicenses unless otherwise expressly provided by the corresponding type of the License.
Granting the right to use the Font in any way does not imply granting the right of similar use of the Font Software and vice versa. The right to use the specified Font Styles does not give the right to use other Styles of the same Font.
The User shall not be entitled to process the Font Software, change its character composition, as well as to reconstruct or otherwise affect the Font Software file.
The user may not create derivative Font Products (Font, Font Software). The User shall not be entitled to process individual Font Glyphs, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the respective type.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in composite works.
The User adheres to the version (edition) of the License which was published on the website of the copyright holder at the moment of User adhering to the License.
If there is any discrepancy between the text of the License in the Russian language and its translation into other languages, the Russian version of the License shall prevail.
If the User plans to use the Products in ways not provided for by the License, the User must enter into a separate license agreement with the Licensor (purchase an additional license). The use of the Products in ways not stipulated by the License or beyond the limits stipulated by the License is a violation of the exclusive right to the Products.
The User may not use the Font or the Font Software in complex objects, unless expressly stated otherwise in the corresponding License.
The User must ensure that the Font Software and an existing copy of the Font Software are protected against illegal copying or unauthorized network access by the License.
The User shall not be entitled to create products in which the form of the product in whole or in part is determined by the form of one or more Font Glyphs (for example, an object in the form of a letter) or an element of such Font Glyph.
The User may not use the Licensed Products in respect of the following goods, services and advertising, even if the circulation of such products is permitted in the relevant jurisdiction: pornographic products; recreational substances; tobacco products; weapons.
With respect to the Font (as an artwork), it should be taken into account that each time the Font Glyphs are reproduced, a new copy of the Font as a design is created. Therefore, for each case of further reproduction or distribution of a copy of the Product, the person performing such actions shall have the appropriate permission of the Licensor, unless otherwise expressly provided by the License of the relevant type, or in case of exhaustion of the rights of the copyright holder in respect of a legally commissioned copy of the Product.
The right to use the Font and the Font Software is granted only to the User specified in the Invoice or the Online Order. Any other person using the Products (including individual Font Glyphs or texts made with the Font) requires a separate license from the Licensor, except in the cases expressly provided for by the License of the corresponding type.
The user can only be one legal entity or an individual. Multiple persons on the User’s part are not allowed. The right to use the Products may not be acquired by several persons at the same time, also by combining their contributions.
By agreeing to the License, the User confirms that they have been acquainted in advance with the composition of the Font Glyphs, other properties of the Font and the Font Software, and their suitability for the purposes of the licensed use.
The License (the license agreement) is considered to be concluded in the version that was published at contrastfoundry.com/license at the moment of acceptance (payment) of the Invoice or payment for the Online Order. If the Licensor changes the text of the License, the original version of the License shall continue to apply to the relations between the parties. An exception to this rule states that the Licensor may make specific changes to the current License and send the User a notification via e-mail. Failure to notify the Licensor of the User’s objection within thirty days from the date of sending the notice shall be considered as the User’s consent to the new version of the License (silence as a consent agreement). A clarifying change in the License shall be effective for the future and shall come into force upon notifying the User.
Notifications made by the Licensor via e-mail to the User’s e-mail address specified in the Invoice or the Online Order shall be deemed to be valid and legally binding adequate notifications. Such notices shall be deemed to have been delivered to the User on the day of sending the e-mail, regardless of the actual date of receipt.
Documents signed by the Licensor by facsimile signature shall be considered to be signed by hand.
The User and the Payer give their consent for processing their personal data to the Licensor by agreeing to the License terms. Processing of personal data is carried out by the Licensor for the purposes of conclusion and execution of this license agreement, accounting of licenses and payments, monitoring the legality of the use of intellectual property and the scope of such use, processing of applications and requests, promotion of the Licensor’s intellectual property on the market through direct contacts via means of communication.
Consent is given to the processing of the following personal data: name, surname, middle name; e-mail addresses; contact phone numbers; gender; date of birth; address; information specified in the Online Order or the Invoice (domains of the Sites, pages in social media, etc.).e.), user data (information about the location; about the visited pages on the Licensor's website; IP address; SID; MAC address, OS type and version, browser type and version, device type and its screen resolution, etc.); information about incoming payments; bank account details.
During the processing of personal data the following actions will be performed: collection; recording; systematization; accumulation; storage; update (refinement, modification); extraction; use; blocking; deletion; destruction. The User’s personal data will be processed for the duration of the License and the next five years.
The User (as well as the Payer) agrees to use cookies and similar technologies on the Licensor’s website, but has the right to renounce their use by changing the settings of the browser program.
The User (as well as the Payer) also gives its consent to the Licensor to receive occasional e-mails, e.g. creation of new font styles, new fonts releases or fonts updates; information on the ways of using fonts; on promotions of the Licensor and its partners and other similar messages. The User may refuse to receive such messages by sending an e-mail to the Licensor.
The purchased License may not be returned, the license agreement may not be renounced, and the Font Software may not be returned. The refund of money paid as a license fee is not allowed.
Termination of the License (the License Agreement) is possible only in a judicial procedure in cases directly established by law by the competent court specified in the License (contractual jurisdiction). Except for this rule, if the User violates the terms and conditions of the License or uses the Product in ways not provided for by the License, the License (the License Agreement) shall be terminated at the application of the Licensor in an out-of-court procedure by sending a corresponding notice by the Licensor to the e-mail address of the User two days prior to the date of termination of the License (the License Agreement), the license fee shall not be refunded in such case, and the User shall be obliged within two days from the date of receipt of such notice by the competent court (contractual jurisdiction).
The following are considered to be particularly gross violations of the License: use of a different style of the Font or another font by the Licensor; transfer of the Font Design or the Font Software to a third party, unless this is expressly provided for by the License of the relevant type; installation of the Font Software on more computers than stipulated by the License; uploading of the Font Software on a network and making it available to the public, unless this is expressly provided for by the License.
In case the paid license fee is refunded due to technical reasons or the rules of the corresponding payment or banking system, the License is not considered to be granted to the User, the acceptance of the offer is not considered to have occurred, and the use of the Products by the User is considered illegal. In case of such return, the expenses of the Licensor related to the receipt, processing and return of payment shall be deducted from the amount received. In such case the User shall immediately delete the Font Software.
The text of this License is a protected literary work that required from its author investment of creative effort. No other licensors may use the text of this License without the author’s permission.
Protection of intellectual property is provided by Vasily Rozhdestvin Law Office (Licensor’s legal representative), address: 8k5 Podolskoe Shosse, office 321, Moscow, 115093; telephone: +7 (495) 181-05-08; e-mail: [email protected]; website: https://рождествин.рф.
Limited Liability Company “Contrast Foundry” (LLC “CoFo”)
Primal State Registration Number 1187746405428
ANN 9729270516
KPP 772901001
8, sq. 76, Michurinsky Prospekt, Olimpiyskaya village, Moscow, Russia, 119602
Account number 40702810402620003365
at JSC Alfa-Bank
BIK 044525593
Intermediary account 30101810200000000593
e-mail: [email protected]
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