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webfont — Legal Notices ​

This document covers copyright and licensing for fonts you process, disclaimers about using the webfont software, community attribution guidelines, and third-party open-source components bundled with or used by this project.

It does not replace the MIT License for the webfont source code. If anything here conflicts with LICENSE, LICENSE governs the software itself.

This is not legal advice. When in doubt about a font or icon license, consult the rights holder or qualified counsel.

1. webfont software license ​

The webfont program (source code, CLI, and npm package) is licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2016–present itgalaxy.

You may use, copy, modify, and distribute the software under the terms of LICENSE, provided the copyright and permission notice are preserved in copies or substantial portions.

2. Disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability ​

THE WEBFONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

You are solely responsible for how you use webfont, what files you pass into it, and what you do with the output.

3. Fonts and icons you provide (user content) ​

webfont is a technical tool. It does not:

  • grant any copyright, trademark, or distribution rights in fonts or icons;
  • change the license terms of input or output files;
  • verify that you have permission to use, modify, decompress, convert, or redistribute any font or SVG;
  • remove or replace copyright or license metadata embedded in font files (name tables, etc.).

3.1 SVG icon input ​

If you build a font from .svg icons, you must have the right to use those artworks (your own work, licensed stock, client assets with permission, open-source icons under compatible terms, etc.).

Generated font files may be subject to the same restrictions as the source icons and to any third-party notices you embed via options such as metadata / copyright.

3.3 TTF to webfont encoding ​

If you encode one or more .ttf files to eot, woff, or woff2, you are re-wrapping font data you already hold. That operation:

  • does not make a restricted or commercial font free to use or share;
  • does not bypass foundry EULAs or redistribution terms;
  • preserves copyright/metadata embedded in the source TTF;
  • does not merge multiple weights into one file — each input yields separate outputs.

Only process fonts you are authorized to convert and redistribute under their license.

3.4 WOFF / WOFF2 decompression ​

If you decompress one or more .woff or .woff2 files (from disk or from an http(s) URL) to .ttf or .otf, you are extracting the SFNT payload inside each container. That operation:

  • does not make a restricted or commercial font free to use or share;
  • does not bypass foundry EULAs, app terms of service, CDN hotlinking policies, or site download terms;
  • may produce files that are easier to reuse than the original webfonts — compliance with the original font license remains your obligation;
  • does not merge multiple weights into one font file — each input yields a separate output.

Only process fonts you are authorized to use and download under their license. For remote URLs, you must also have permission to fetch and store those bytes.

3.5 Redistribution of output ​

Publishing, shipping, or sublicensing fonts produced or extracted with webfont (in apps, websites, PDFs, design assets, npm packages, etc.) is your responsibility. The MIT license on webfont does not apply to those font files.

4. Community attribution guidelines ​

These guidelines help the community use and reference webfont fairly. They are social expectations, not additional legal terms beyond LICENSE.

4.1 Using webfont in your project ​

  • No attribution required for normal use (install via npm, run in CI, internal tooling) under the MIT License.
  • Appreciated when webfont is a visible part of a product, tutorial, or open-source repo: mention webfont and link to the repository or npm package.

4.2 Tutorials, posts, and courses ​

When documenting a workflow that centers on webfont, please:

  • name the tool (webfont) and link to the official repo or npm page;
  • distinguish webfont the software (MIT) from fonts you demonstrate (which may be proprietary);
  • avoid implying endorsement by itgalaxy unless you have written permission.

4.3 Forks, wrappers, and hosted services ​

If you redistribute webfont code, ship a fork, or offer a hosted “font converter” built on webfont:

  • comply with the MIT License (retain copyright and permission notice);
  • do not use the itgalaxy name, logo, or webfont branding to suggest official affiliation without permission;
  • provide your own terms and privacy policy for user-uploaded fonts; make clear that users must have rights to their files.

4.4 Citing underlying libraries ​

webfont builds on several open-source font libraries (see Section 5). If you publish academic work, a detailed case study, or compliance documentation that discusses how conversion is implemented, consider citing those libraries alongside webfont.

5. Third-party open-source dependencies ​

webfont depends on the following runtime npm packages (direct dependencies). Versions follow package.json / package-lock.json at release time.

PackageTypical licenseRole in webfont
cosmiconfigMITConfiguration file discovery
deepmergeMITOption merging
fontverterBSD-3-ClauseWOFF/WOFF2 → SFNT decompression
globbyMITInput file globbing
meowMITCLI argument parsing
nunjucksBSD-2-ClauseCSS / SCSS / Styl templates
p-limitMITConcurrency limiting
resolve-fromMITModule resolution
svgoMITOptional SVG optimization (optimizeSvg)
svg2ttfMITSVG font → TTF
svgicons2svgfontMITSVG icons → SVG font
ttf2eotMITTTF → EOT
ttf2woffMITTTF → WOFF
wawoff2MITTTF ↔ WOFF2 compression
xml2jsMITSVG XML parsing

Transitive dependencies (and their licenses) are recorded in package-lock.json. For a full license report after install, you can run:

shell
npx license-checker --production --direct

(Third-party tool; not maintained by this project.)

BSD-licensed components ​

fontverter (BSD-3-Clause) and nunjucks (BSD-2-Clause) are subject to their own copyright notices and license terms. Redistributions of webfont that include source or substantial portions of those dependencies should preserve their respective notices as required by those licenses.

6. Test fixtures and examples ​

Font and SVG files under src/fixtures/ are intended for automated tests and documentation examples only. They are not a grant of rights to use those assets outside this repository. Do not assume fixture fonts or icons are redistributable for your own products.

7. Keeping this document current ​

Update NOTICE.md in the same pull request when you:

  • add or remove runtime dependencies that affect licensing or attribution;
  • change user-facing behavior around font decompression or output formats in ways that affect legal expectations;
  • publish new community guidelines for attribution or acceptable use.

See also FEATURES.md (product capabilities) and CONTRIBUTING.md (documentation expectations).

8. Questions and reports ​

For font licensing questions about your input files, contact the font foundry, vendor, or rights holder — maintainers cannot advise on third-party font EULAs.

Released under the MIT License.

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