I recently had a client that was looking for a font, because theirs had become corrupt. We do not know why but he had upgraded to a newer macintosh. The fonts would not load so he sent them to me. I was also unable to use the fonts.
I was thinking since this is a print shop, we receive fonts all the time for print jobs. I sent an email to my graphic designer friends since I was just going to need the fonts to print the job. I actually had one person reply to me that he had the font I was looking for.
In the meantime another client emailed me and said it was illegal to share fonts. Being a print shop and only using the fonts for the printed job, I assume that it was okay. I am not really sure how that applies to a printing company. Most of the fonts are thrown out once used for that job. I wasn't trying to do anything illegal, especially when it comes to the company I work for.
I was wondering if anyone has any information about "borrowing a font" that is just what we did. I like to help out my clients as much as possible for the prepress part, or just educating them with the experience and knowledge I have gained over the years. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and Have a great Day!
