Unicode Font License

In accordance with the Unicode Consortium’s Font Submission Policy, licensors may license fonts to the Consortium for use in the production of Unicode products and publications, as well as other operational uses, using the following Unicode Font License. There are other licenses that may be used under the Font Submission Policy (please see the Policy for further information), but if a licensor wishes to use the Unicode Font License set forth below, they should follow the instructions provided in the Font Submission Policy for cutting and pasting this license into the font license file to be submitted to the Consortium. No changes in the text are permitted - any changes will result in a rejection of the font license and accompanying font.



Unicode Font License

  1. Definitions:

    1. “Consortium” means Unicode, Inc. dba the Unicode Consortium.

    2. “Licensor” means the person or entity identified as Licensor in the font file submitted to the Consortium containing the Licensed Font(s).

    3. “Licensed Font(s)” means the fonts, font software, font data, typefaces, and/or glyph or character outlines included in the font file sent to the Consortium along with this Unicode Font License.

  2. Licensor, including its successors and assigns, hereby grants to the Consortium an irrevocable, no-charge, royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual license to study, use, copy, install, merge, embed, modify, and create derivative works of the Licensed Fonts for the following purposes and subject to the following restrictions:

    1. The license herein granted is for the purposes of production, publication, and distribution, in any and all tangible and digital formats, of (i) the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC 10646, including their code charts and all related reports, standards, drafts, and other documentation, and (ii) Consortium operational, fundraising, marketing, and promotional materials.

    2. The Consortium is permitted to install the Licensed Fonts on as many devices as necessary for the foregoing purposes, provided that the installed Licensed Fonts are used only by the Consortium’s officers, staff, contractors, and volunteers designated by the Consortium.

    3. Neither the font software and data in the Licensed Fonts, nor any modifications thereof, may be published or distributed in stand-alone data file form.

    4. Licensor represents and warrants that it is the author and/or valid owner of the Licensed Fonts and has complete authority to grant the foregoing licenses and permissions.

  3. Licensor retains full ownership of any intellectual property rights it has in the Licensed Fonts.