Frequently asked questions
If your question is not answered below, or you require additional support, please contact support@klim.co.nz.
Licensing
A font licence gives you the right to use a font in certain, specified ways. You do not own the font itself. The Font Licence specifies the terms and conditions of use and, once you finalise the purchase of the licence, is a legally binding contract between you and Klim Type Foundry.
The licensing fee is a one-off cost for ongoing use of the fonts, as per the terms of the licence you purchase. There are no recurring fees. Although you are required to upgrade your licence if your use of the fonts increases.
The fonts can be used worldwide and all licences have no expiry.
We offer font licences for desktop, web, app, advertising, broadcasting and OEM use on our website. We also have a range of other font licences available on request. Please see the information about all available font licensing on our font licences page.
It’s important that you read and understand the applicable font licence terms before making a purchase with us.
Please see the information about all available font licensing on our font licences page. This provides an overview of the most common ‘use cases’ with a match to the best font licence.
We offer font licences for desktop, web and app, advertising, broadcasting and OEM use via our website. We also have a range of other font licences available on request.
If your use case is not included please contact us at sales@klim.co.nz to discuss.
You can find an overview of all available font licensing on our font licences page, as well as specific web pages with the terms of our desktop, web, app, advertising, broadcasting, OEM and test licences.
You can use the site’s Menu to navigate to the font licences section of the site. You can also link to these licence pages via our ‘Buy’ web pages when purchasing any retail font (click on ‘Learn more’).
It is your responsibility to read and understand the font licences, so we recommend you do this before making a purchase.
Yes. All of our fonts are available as individual styles. The base price is $60 USD for the first font style. Each subsequent font style is added at a discounted rate.
You can also purchase a licence for font families. Purchasing font licences in bulk like this is cheaper than licensing each individual style. The cart reflects discounts as you add items to it.
Yes, we offer a range of other font licences to suit specific ‘use cases’ that don‘t fit within the terms of our standard licence agreements for desktop, web and app. Please see our font licences page for more information about these options.
We have various unlimited licensing options available for corporate use.
If your use case is not included please contact us at sales@klim.co.nz to discuss. In special circumstances we may be able to tailor a licence to your specific needs.
The parent company should purchase the font licence, which can then be shared across that parent company’s subsidiaries or divisions, as long as all parties comply with the font licence terms. It is important to note that the parent company will be responsible for ensuring its subsidiaries or divisions are compliant with the licence terms.
The font licence(s) must cover:
- the correct amount of users across all subsidiaries or divisions (desktop fonts)
- the correct number of monthly page views or monthly unique users for all websites that the fonts will be used on across all subsidiaries or divisions (web fonts)
- the correct number of active subscribers (for email marketing) and/or impressions (for dynamic web-based advertising), in addition to monthly page views or monthly unique users for all websites across all subsidiaries or divisions, if relevant to your business (web fonts)
- the correct number of monthly active users (MAUs) or total downloads for all applications (apps) that the fonts will be used on across all subsidiaries or divisions (app fonts).
- the correct number of monthly impressions, as per your media buy (advertising fonts).
- the correct production budget or audience size (broadcasting fonts).
- the correct number of devices that your company intends to produce (OEM fonts).
Please read the relevant font licence agreement before making a purchase.
Yes, but there are terms and conditions. Under the terms of our standard desktop font licence you can share the font files with any authorised people or parties outside of your organisation, including clients, contractors, freelance employees, vendors, partners, agencies, affiliates, suppliers or other associates for purposes related to your business. As the licence holder, you must ensure that all third parties are aware of and comply with the terms of the Desktop Font Licence. Your licence must cover all intended users within and outside of your company or organisation. If your use increases over time, you must upgrade your licence with us.
In scenarios where there is a client and design or similar creative agency working together, we recommend that the client purchases the desktop font licence , becoming the licence holder and end user. They can then share the fonts with their agency and other third parties for purposes associated with their business, brand and/or projects.
Although, if preferred, licences can still be purchased by a design or similar creative agency on a client’s behalf. Use the ‘Fonts are for someone else’ option on the Checkout page and enter their details.
Under the terms of our standard web and app font licences, you may also share our web or app fonts with your developer(s) for purposes related to work on your website or app, but please read the specific terms and conditions related to this within the relevant licence agreements. See sub-clause 3i. of the Web or App Font Licence.
Please note that the purchasing for ‘someone else’ function on our website is designed as a convenience to allow design or similar creative agencies and web or app developers to purchase the fonts on their client’s behalf in order to use the fonts to develop brand artwork and assets for them. Under no circumstance should these creative agencies and/or developers resell or profit in any way from this font licence purchase.
Test fonts
Yes. Download them here. Our test font download includes all retail fonts in our catalogue.
Upgrades
You can upgrade your desktop, wep, app, advertising, broadcast or OEM font licence with us at any stage.
To upgrade your licence order, either:
- sign in to your Klim account and select ‘Upgrade order’ on the previous order you wish to upgrade
- or contact support@klim.co.nz to arrange your upgrade.
You can use the drop-down menus to view the licence tier options for each licence type on our retail font ‘Buy’ pages. All pricing and discounting is shown as you add items to the cart.
Upgrades only apply to licence purchases for fonts from the same font family.
Below is a list of the ways that you can ‘upgrade’ your font licence.
You can upgrade from:
- an individual style to add one or more styles (e.g. Calibre Regular to Calibre Regular, Medium & Bold)
- an individual style to the full family, or to a collection (e.g. National 2 family to National 2 Collection)
- a few font styles to the full family, or to a collection
- a family to a collection (e.g. Tiempos Text family to Tiempos collection, which includes all styles of Tiempos Text, Tiempos Headline and Tiempos Fine)
- your current ‘number of users’ to an increased number of users
- your current ‘page views’ to an increased tier of page views
- your current ‘unique users’ to an increased tier of unique users
- your current ‘MAUs’ or ‘downloads’ to an increased number of ‘MAUs’ or ‘downloads’.
- your current ‘monthly impressions’ to an increased number of monthly impressions.
- your current ‘production budget’ or ‘audience size’ to an increased ‘production budget’ or ‘audience size’.
- your current ‘number of devices’ to an increased number of devices.
- your current licence type or ‘format’ (e.g. desktop) to add the same fonts for another licence type/format, e.g. web, app, advertising, broadcasting or OEM licensing.
We’ll only charge you the difference between what you’ve already paid and the new, upgraded licence fee.
The below are ways that you cannot ‘upgrade’ your font licence with us:
- from one individual font style from a font family to add a font style from another family, (e.g. Calibre Regular to add Founders Grotesk Bold)
- from one font family or collection for one licence type, for example a desktop licence, to add another, different font family for another licence type, for example a web licence (e.g. Calibre family desktop fonts to add National 2 web fonts)
- from one font family to add another family from that collection (e.g. from Tiempos Text to add Tiempos Headline)
- from web fonts for one website to add web fonts for another completely separate website. (If you wish to use the fonts across multiple primary web domains you’ll need our Unlimited Web Font licence, contact us to discuss).
- from app fonts for one app to add app fonts for another completely separate app. (If you wish to use the fonts across multiple unique apps you’ll need our Unlimited App Font licence, contact us to discuss).
For all of the examples directly above you need to purchase a new font licence from our website, or from our team directly. There are no discounts or upgrades available for these.
Payment
We accept payments from Visa, MasterCard and American Express (AMEX) credit cards on our website. We do not accept PayPal or Bitcoin. We can prepare an invoice for international bank transfer. Please contact support@klim.co.nz to discuss. For any international credit card payments on our site you may be charged additional transaction fees by your card issuer. Klim has no control over these fees. For any international payments made by invoice and bank transfer you may also be charged international payment fees by your bank for the transaction. You must cover the cost of these fees. You are not permitted to deduct this fee amount from the Klim invoice total.
Please contact your card issuer directly to resolve any problem that has occurred with your credit card transaction. We do not authorise your card, your card issuer does. Klim Type Foundry uses Stripe to securely process credit card data. We can not see your private details or the reason why your purchase has been declined.
In short, no. When you purchase more than one font style with us, it comes with a discount on the base price of $60 USD for each subsequent font you add to your order. For example, if you purchase National Regular as an individual style for our base licence (‘5 users’) you’ll pay $60 USD, whereas you can buy National Regular and National Bold it will cost $102 USD, a saving of $18 USD or 15%. For 3 styles of National (e.g. Regular, Bold and Medium) you would receive a saving of $36 USD or 20%, and so on. Our font families and collections are also already priced to include a bulk discount.
Font licence prices are also adjusted to include a discount as the licence tier quantity increases. For example, if you purchase the Calibre family desktop licence (for ‘5 users’) it would cost you $420 USD. If the number of users is increased by 5 to a total of 10, (the ‘10 users’ licence), you only pay an extra $210 USD (a total cost of $630 USD), so that’s a saving of approximately $210 USD or roughly a 25 percent discount.
There are combo discounts available for licence purchases across the desktop/web/app font format categories (or ‘licence types’) too. For example, if you purchase the Calibre family for desktop, there’s a package discount offered if you wish to purchase the Calibre family for web, and/or for app.
These package discounts only apply to purchases of the same fonts. That is, for the same font styles from one family (e.g. Calibre Regular and Bold for desktop and web), or the same family or collection (e.g. Tiempos Fine Family for web and app, or National 2 Collection for desktop and web). If you want to buy 3 styles from 3 different font families for desktop, web or app (e.g. Calibre Regular for desktop, National Bold for web and Tiempos Text Semibold for app), then the package discount does not apply. The same goes for different families or collections for different licence types (e.g. National 2 Family for desktop and Domaine Display for web).
If you ever upgrade your Font Licence we’ll only charge you the difference between what you’ve already paid and the upgrade fee.
We do not provide student or educational discounts, sorry.
We do offer special discounts for registered New Zealand charities. Please contact sales@klim.co.nz to inquire about this.
Ordering
Upon successful payment, you will get an immediate download with the required font files in a .zip folder.
The font file formats you’ll receive are as follows:
- Desktop, Broadcasting and OEM font files: OpenType Format (OTF), Variable Fonts in TrueType Format (TTF)
- Web font files: Web Open Font Format 2.0 (WOFF2)
- App font files: TrueType Format (TTF)
Note that our Advertising Font Licence does not include font files. You will need to purchase an additional Desktop Font Licence to receive font files.
You can also access your order and font download at any time via your Klim account. To do this, visit account and sign in using the email you used to make the purchase.
If you’ve accidentally purchased a licence for the wrong font weight/style or font format (e.g. desktop font instead of web) please contact support@klim.co.nz for assistance as soon as possible, and no later than 5 days after purchase.
My account
Your account is created automatically upon checkout after a successful purchase. If you haven’t purchased a font from klim.co.nz you will not yet have an account.
You will be able to access your font downloads and sales receipts from any previous orders anytime by signing in to your Klim account.
To access your Klim account, visit klim.co.nz/account/ and enter the email address you used to purchase the fonts. You will be sent an email for confirmation, which will then allow you to sign in to your account.
Refunds
Sorry, no. All font licensing sales are final.
Desktop fonts
Upon a successful payment, you will get an immediate download with the required font files in a .zip folder. The desktop font files are OpenType Format (OTF) and Variable Fonts are TrueType Format (TTF).
You can also access your order and font download at any time via your Klim account. To do this, visit account and sign in using the email you used to make the purchase.
The minimum or ‘base’ desktop font licence is technically up to ‘5 users’ (1-5) meaning anything less than 5 is captured within this price tier. The price tiers for the number of users are fixed and non-negotiable.
The price tiers for the number of users are fixed ranges (e.g. 1–5 users, 6–10 users, 11–20, and so forth), so you would need to purchase the licence that allows for the number of users who will be installing and using the fonts. For example, if you have 6 users you’ll need the desktop font licence for ‘10 users’. Each user can install the fonts on as many devices as required for their work with your company or organisation. It’s important that you understand the terms and conditions of the font licences, as you are responsible for ensuring that only the number of users you have paid for use the fonts.
No, they don’t need to be in the same physical location, but they must all be employed or authorised by you. Note that a ‘user’ can install the fonts on any device including, but not limited to: a desktop computer, a laptop, a tablet, or a mobile phone, that is required for their work with your company or organisation.
No, they don’t need to be in the same physical place, but they must all be owned by you, or by someone you have authorised to use the fonts. Note that a ‘computer’ can include any device including, but not limited to: a desktop computer, a laptop, a tablet, or a mobile phone.
No, you can not use desktop fonts on the web. You’ll need to purchase a separate Web Font Licence which will provide you with the correct font file formats to use Klim fonts on the web. Desktop fonts can only be used online within static image files, e.g. as a .jpg. or .png.
Yes, you may provide the desktop font files to printers when required, but you both must comply with 3e. of the Desktop Font Licence agreement, as per below, and all other licence terms:
3e. Service Bureau/Printers
To reproduce a particular document, You may provide a copy of the specified Fonts to a commercial printer or service bureau. Afterwards, the printer or service bureau must destroy the copies of the Fonts from their devices and electronic storage, including email, and You agree to take reasonable steps to ensure this happens.
No, you cannot install our fonts on iPads, sorry. Apple officially allow installation of third-party fonts on iOS through specially developed apps. However, Klim does not have immediate plans to develop and support an iOS app for the installation of our fonts.
Yes, you are permitted to do this. You must first purchase a Desktop Font Licence for the font you wish to use. You may then convert a restricted set of letters to outlines and modify these for your logo, but you can not modify the full font file. All aspects of the Desktop Font Licence must be complied with.
Yes, you may change users within and outside of Your organisation over time. You must ensure that former users cease to use the fonts and delete the font files from their devices and electronic storage, including email.
Yes, the fonts can be installed for use within software subscription services, for example, Adobe’s Creative Cloud or similar. You can use our test fonts to check that the fonts work as you want them to before purchase.
Web fonts
Our Web Font Licence agreement specifies what a ‘domain’ is in 1f., as per below:
1f. The “Domain” is the host name of a Website’s home page. The Domain may be comprised of one unique second-level Domain name (as in “example” of https://www.example.com), multiple top-level Domains (as in .com, .org, .fr), and multiple sub-Domains (as in “shop” of shop.example.com, or “blog” of blog.example.com). Under this license You must own the Domain and control the content of the licensed Website.
In other words, it’s the central part of the domain name (e.g. blog.example.com) that matters most. If this part of the URL is different for two websites that your company operates then they count as two separate primary domains, which will require two distinct web font licences. This naming convention only applies to the company’s public-facing websites. For any internal website or intranet site, which must be directly related to and owned by your business, these naming conventions do not apply. Your licence must, however, cover the total number of average monthly unique users or page views across all of your sites. If your use increases over time you must upgrade your licence.
A page view is one request for the viewing of a page on your website. Font licensing is based on your average monthly page views (or monthly unique users if you prefer this metric). To calculate the average monthly page views for your website: measure the page views over the span of three consecutive months, i.e. add the totals together, then divide the total by three.
You can choose which of the two metrics you wish to use when licensing our web fonts. You cannot later switch from one metric to another so please choose carefully.
A unique user is an individual visitor to your website. Font licensing is based on your average monthly unique users (or page views if you prefer this metric). To calculate the average monthly unique users for your website: measure the unique users over the span of three consecutive months, i.e. add the totals together, then divide the total by three.
You can choose which of the two metrics you wish to use when licensing our web fonts. You cannot later switch from one metric to another so please choose carefully.
The minimum web font licence is up to ‘20,000 monthly page views’ or up to ‘5,000 monthly unique users’ meaning anything less than 20,000 page views or 5,000 unique users respectively is captured within this price tier. The price tiers for the number of page views and unique users are fixed and non-negotiable.
The price tiers for the number of page views and unique users are fixed ranges or tiers (e.g. 1 page view - up to 20,000 monthly page views, 20,001 up to 40,000 monthly page views, or 1 unique user - up to 5,000, 5,001-10,000, and so forth), so you would need to purchase a licence that allows for either the average monthly page views or average monthly unique users for the website you will be using the fonts on. These price tiers are fixed and non-negotiable. It’s important you understand the terms and conditions of the Web Font Licence, as you are responsible for ensuring you stay within the page views or unique users tier you have paid for.
Also note that if you also wish to use the web fonts for email marketing and/or dynamic web-based advertising as well you may. However, you must ensure that your web font licence covers the correct number of active subscribers (for email marketing) and/or impressions (for dynamic web-based advertising), in addition to the monthly page views or monthly unique users for your website. That is, the sum of your total average monthly page views or unique users, combined with your total monthly impressions (as per your media buy) and/or your total active subscribers (as per your email marketing database). If it does not, you need to upgrade your licence with us.
Yes, you can use the web fonts in your staging site, as long you comply with 3i. of our Web Font Licence agreement, as per below, and all other web font licence terms:
3i. Development Environment
You may use the Fonts in a secure development environment controlled by You. The secure development environment must be for work specifically related to the Domain specified on Your Sales Receipt. You may provide the Web Font files to your web developer for the purposes of styling text on Your Website, provided You ensure the web developer complies with 3d. of this Agreement and all other licence terms. At the conclusion of the web developer’s work for You, they must delete any font files in their possession from their devices and electronic storage, including email, and You agree to take reasonable steps to ensure this happens.
Upon a successful payment, you will get an immediate download with the required font files in a .zip folder. The web font files are: Web Open Font Format 2.0 (WOFF2).
You can also access your order and font download at any time via your Klim account. To do this, visit account and sign in using the email you used to make the purchase.
@font-face { font-family: 'FontFamily';
src: url('FontFamily-Regular.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
@font-face { font-family: 'FontFamily';
src: url('FontFamily-RegularItalic.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: normal;
font-style: italic;
}
.FontFamily { font-family: 'FontFamily';
}
.FontFamily-italic { font-family: 'FontFamily';
font-style: italic;
}
‘FontFamily’ is the Font Family name, for example ‘Calibre’ or ‘TiemposHeadline’.
No, under the terms of our Web Font Licence you’re not permitted to use web fonts on a desktop computer. Also, the web font files will not work on a desktop. You’ll need to purchase a separate Desktop Font Licence from Klim and download the correct font file formats for desktops.
Yes, you may provide the web font files to your web developer for the purposes of styling text on your website, but you both must comply with 3d. of the Web Font Licence agreement, as per below, and all other licence terms:
3d. Web Fonts File Protection
You agree to use reasonable measures to ensure the Web Fonts are available only for the process of styling text on Your website. At a minimum, and by way of illustration not limitation, reasonable measures include a.) preventing unlicensed third-party access, i.e. hotlinking and b.) not allowing direct download of the Web Fonts unrelated to the process of styling text for Your website.
Once the work on your website is complete, the web developer must delete any font files in their possession from their devices and electronic storage, including email.
Desktop and web fonts will very likely render differently across various screen environments. Operating systems, desktop apps and browsers often use different font rendering engines and techniques. For example, applications like Adobe InDesign will render fonts differently to Apple’s Pages, and FireFox will render them differently again. This is not something that can be readily addressed by the font itself.
We recommend that you download our test fonts to check that the fonts work as you would like them to on desktop and in web environments ahead of a font licence purchase.
We have discontinued support for EOT and WOFF as of July 2021. The WOFF2 format, which succeeds EOT and WOFF, has been supported by every major web browser since 2016.
Upon request we can still provide WOFF web font files for greater backward compatibility, however these files will not receive support. We are no longer able to provide EOT files.
No, Klim does not provide its fonts through any such web font services.
Web-based advertising
The answer to this question depends on how you’re using the fonts online.
If you hold a Desktop Font Licence you can use the fonts within a web banner, for instance, but only if the fonts are used in a static image within the banner, e.g as a .jpg or .png.
This use is covered under 3d. of our Desktop Font Licence Agreement (see below), specifically regarding ‘images for print and web’.
3d. Authorised Use
Authorised uses of the Fonts include: the production of paper publications, for example, newspapers, pamphlets, books and magazines; print advertising; vinyl or printed signage; posters and billboards; logos and logotypes; corporate documents; newsletters and annual reports; as well as images for print, web and social media (static images only); embedding in ePub publications; product/merchandise packaging; marketing materials; outdoor advertising (OOH); digital screens and billboards ( non-interactive); presentations (e.g. Powerpoint); film and video (non-broadcast). You may use the Fonts to display static images within online and social media advertisements (e.g. web banners). You may use the Fonts for non-broadcast video content for Your own business website or Your own social media account(s). You are not entitled to use the Fonts for any form of video content for paid advertising (e.g. a commercial), whether on social media platforms, online channels, TV networks, streaming services or otherwise. You agree to indemnify Klim for any third party claim that arises as a result of any unauthorised use by You of the Fonts.
If you want to use our fonts dynamically within web banners, or in other similar online content, where you need to serve ‘live’ web fonts to the content, you will need to purchase a Web Font Licence. To calculate the web font licence required, you’d need to use the monthly ‘ad impressions’ (as per your media buy), in place of website ‘page views’ or ‘unique users’.
You must ensure that your web font licence with us covers the correct number of monthly impressions (for dynamic web-based advertising), in addition to the monthly page views or monthly unique users for your website. That is, the sum of your total average monthly page views or unique users, combined with your total monthly impressions (as per your media buy). If it does not, you need to upgrade your licence with us.
If you are purchasing a Web Font Licence for the sole purpose of dynamic web-based advertising you do not need to worry about the above sum calculation, but you would need to tie the licence to a web domain for the purposes of licensing records, e.g. your company website’s URL.
For an overview of all font licensing available see our font licences page.
If you want to use our fonts in email template communications for an external database (e.g. via Campaign Monitor or MailChimp), you will need to purchase a Web Font Licence. To calculate the web font licence required, you’d need to use the number of active email subscribers in your database, in place of website ‘page views’ or ‘unique users’.
You must ensure that your web font licence with us covers the correct number of active email subscribers, in addition to the monthly page views or monthly unique users for your website. That is, the sum of your total average monthly ‘page views’ or ‘unique users’, combined with your total active subscribers (as per your email database). If it does not, you need to upgrade your licence with us.
If you are purchasing a Web Font Licence for the sole purpose of email marketing, you do not need to worry about the above sum calculation, but you would need to tie your licence to a web domain for the purposes of licensing records, e.g. your company website’s URL.
Please note that while some email clients do now support use of fonts in this way, others still do not (e.g. Gmail), so in these instances the fonts may default to fallback fonts for the receiving person.
For an overview of all font licensing available see our font licences page.
It’s important that you understand the terms and conditions of the Web Font Licence as you are responsible for ensuring that you stay within the page views/unique users tier you have paid for. So yes, we do expect that you will keep track of this metric and upgrade to the next tier of font licensing as needed.
App fonts
No, under Klim’s Web Font Licence agreement you are not permitted to use or embed the web fonts into an app for mobile or any other platform. Also, the font files required for apps are different to those used on the web. You’ll need to purchase a separate App Font Licence agreement from Klim and download the correct font format files for app.
Upon a successful payment, you will get an immediate download with the required font files in a .zip folder. The app font files are TrueType Format (TTF).
You can also access your order and font download at any time via your Klim account. To do this, visit account and sign in using the email you used to make the purchase.
No, an app that works across several platforms (e.g. iOS, Windows, Android etc) is still considered to be one app under our App Font Licence. If you’re creating more than one app, you require a separate App Font Licence for each.
You can use our app fonts on an app for mobile, desktop or web. A single App Font Licence covers Applications that are functionally equivalent across multiple platforms and operating systems.
A MAU (monthly active user) is defined as an end user that accesses or views your application at least once per month. Downloads means the total number of downloads of your application by end users.
You can choose which of these two metrics you wish to use when licensing our app fonts. You cannot later switch from one metric to another so please choose carefully.
There are analytics tools that can help you to track MAUs for your app. If you’re unable to do this, then it’s best to use total downloads as the metric for your app font licensing instead. You are required to licence the fonts for your average volume of MAUs, which can be calculated by adding the total MAUs from three consecutive months and dividing by 3.
It’s important that you understand the terms and conditions of the App Font Licence as you are responsible for ensuring that you stay within the MAUs/Downloads tier you have paid for. So yes, we do expect that you will keep track of this metric and upgrade to the next tier of font licensing as needed.
As the app’s creator you can access data on the number of downloads of your app within your hosting platform. You are required to licence the fonts for the total downloads since you released your app.
The minimum app font licence is technically up to ‘2,500 MAUs’ or up to ‘2,500 downloads’ (i.e. 1–2,500) meaning that anything less than 2,500 is captured within this price tier. These price tiers are fixed and non-negotiable.
No, there are no download or distribution limitations within our App Font Licence.
Yes, you may provide the app font files to your app developer for the purposes of styling text within your app, but you both must comply with 3c. App Font Licence agreement, as per below, and all other licence terms:
3c. Font File Protection
You agree to use reasonable measures to protect the Fonts from access and use by unlicensed or unauthorised third parties. If You discover or are made aware of any unauthorised access and/or use by an unlicensed or unauthorised third party, You agree to notify Klim as soon as is reasonable.
Once the work on your application is complete, the app developer must delete any font files in their possession from their devices and electronic storage, including email.
Advertising fonts
Yes, there is an Advertising Font Licence available if you wish to use the fonts within a TVC/promotional video/short film intended for use in paid advertising placements online, on social media channels and/or via TV networks.
Note that you do need to own a Desktop Font Licence for the fonts you want to use before obtaining an Advertising Font Licence, or purchase one at the same time. You will not receive separate font downloads when you purchase this licence. For all of your advertising content needs, you can use the font files received with your purchase of a Desktop Font Licence.
There is no limit to the use of the fonts - you can use them in unlimited advertisements and campaigns, you just need to work within the licence tier that you’ve purchased. The licence tier is based upon your monthly Impressions, as per your media buy. If your use increases over time, you must purchase a licence upgrade for the increased monthly impression amount. Note that the top licence tier (40M+ monthly Impressions) is effectively an unlimited Advertising Font Licence for your company.
Advertising does not include any use of the font in videos prepared for your own website, social media account, YouTube channel or similar. Nor does it include the use of the fonts within a static image web banners, e.g as a .jpg or .png file. These uses are covered by our Desktop Font Licence. For dynamic web-based advertising see this FAQ.
Broadcast fonts
Yes, there is a Broadcasting Font Licence available if you intend to use the fonts:
- within a TV show/series, film/movie or other similar broadcast media
- across your broadcasting network
Broadcast use is defined as any visual transmission of non-fiction or entertainment content via television, internet, film or other visual media. Our broadcasting licence covers the use of our fonts within the broadcast media itself, as well as all related marketing communications used to promote that content.
You can choose the metric you wish to licence for - either Production Budget or Audience Size, depending on which best suits your needs. There is no upper limit to the use of the fonts - you can use them in unlimited films or tv shows and related marketing communication outputs (e.g. trailers, posters, billboards, etc), you just need to work within the limit of the licence tier that you’ve purchased. That is, as long as the total money spent on all content does not exceed your Production Budget tier, or the total audience reached does not exceed your Audience Size tier.
You must choose one metric and you can’t change this over time. You can, however, upgrade your licence to a higher tier at any time. Note that the top licence tier (40M+ Audience Size or $50M+ Production Budget) is effectively an unlimited Broadcasting Font Licence for your company. For more information please read the full licence terms.
If the scope of this new Broadcasting Font Licence still does not cover your specific font licensing needs, then our Enterprise Font Licence Agreement may be a better fit for your company or organisation. Please contact Sonja at sales@klim.co.nz to discuss this type of licence.
No, it does not. You can use the fonts within your video or film content for these purposes if you hold a desktop font licence with Klim.
You are only required to licence for Advertising if your videos or films are used as advertising commercials intended for use in paid advertising placements across online, social media channels and/or TV networks.
OEM fonts
Yes, our OEM Font Licence is intended for people or companies who want to use the fonts within an operating system for a hardware device they are producing. An Original Equipment Manufacturer or ‘OEM’ is defined as any entity that produces parts that are used in a final product that is owned, marketed or branded by that company or another entity. The licensing metric is the ‘number of devices’ that your company intends to produce. You can upgrade your licence tier at any time if the number of devices you produce increases. Contact Sonja at sales@klim.co.nz if you wish to upgrade.
Vertical metrics
There are three factors that determine where a font sits in a text bounding box.
First, the design of the font itself. Every font family has different proportions and therefore different values for: x-height, descenders, ascenders, caps and accents. Those proportions make the font sit different for every font family. There are no standards or rules for font proportions, each font is different.
Second, fonts have 3 sets of internal vertical metrics values (hhea, OS/2, usWin). These values tell operating systems, apps and browsers where the font should set. Each OS, app and browser uses different values, and different interpretations. This is largely beyond our control. There is no perfect combination of these values that ensure exact consistency across all platforms.
Third, we set our vertical metrics to avoid issues like accent clipping, which is one of the main problems for web/app fonts. We use the biggest vertical metric values possible for the entire family to ensure all the fonts sit together on the baseline and parts of letters are not cut off.
At this stage, it is not possible to get web font files with the metadata for “vertical metrics” tweaked to achieve visual centering, as they are already optimised for the majority of platforms and use-cases.
Resellers
In short, no. Please see the terms of our font licence agreements, specifically Clause 1d. of the Desktop, Web, App, Advertising, Broadcasting and OEM Font Licences, which explicitly prohibit this.
We prefer to work directly with all of our business customers. We offer a full invoicing service for customers who wish to incorporate purchase orders (POs) and make payment by bank transfer. We can also work in local currencies if desired. Our support team can answer questions and guide customers step-by-step to allow for an easy purchasing process. Once the purchase is complete, all font orders are set up in our online system for easy access to the fonts, sales receipts and order history.
Please note that the purchasing for ‘someone else’ function at checkout is designed as a convenience to allow design or similar creative agencies and web or app developers to purchase the fonts on their client’s behalf in order to use the fonts to develop brand artwork and assets for them. Under no circumstance should these agencies and/or developers profit in any way from this font licence purchase. The font licensing should always be owned by the client as the end user.
Students
We’re a small foundry and do not have the capacity to take on interns, sorry.
Yes. Download them here.
To read about a particular typeface go to the Information section of any retail font page. Also visit our blog to read articles about recent and past projects as well as our collaborations.
Custom fonts
Contact sales@klim.co.nz with your request.
As a rule, no. These fonts were created as one-offs for clients. However, some custom fonts have a limited ‘exclusivity’ period. Once this period expires, Klim may make the fonts available for purchase through a retail font licence via klim.co.nz.
No, under our standard font licensing terms we do not allow people to modify our retail fonts, nor contract third parties to do so.
The terms of our unlimited font licensing allows for modifications in some instances. Contact sales@klim.co.nz to discuss.
Font design information
You can read blog posts written by Klim’s director and lead type designer, Kris Sowersby, in our Blog section here. These posts explain each retail typeface’s design and development. There’s also articles about Klim’s custom typeface commission projects.
Fonts in use
Visit our site’s in use section for lots of examples of Klim fonts being used by international brands, institutions and businesses of all sizes.
We love seeing what people do with our fonts! Please send examples of your work to inuse@klim.co.nz
Klim Goods
Klim no longer sells physical goods, focusing instead solely on its typeface catalogue.
News
When making a purchase on Klim or Klim Goods you can sign up to receive emails from us as you check out.
If you’re not making a purchase but want to receive Klim emails you can subscribe on our site. To do this, see the Menu in the site’s top nav, click on Newsletter and enter your details.
You can also follow Klim Type Foundry (@klimtypefoundry) on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest.
Media
There’s a series of interviews with Klim Type Foundry’s director and lead typeface designer, Kris Sowersby, on our blog. Please contact media@klim.co.nz if you wish to interview Kris Sowersby or have any questions about Klim Type Foundry and our work.
Language support
Our standard Klim retail fonts do not support Greek and Cyrillic. Although we can arrange for language support for these languages by commission and on a case-by-case basis. Contact sales@klim.co.nz to find out more.
To find out what languages are supported, look for the information panel and ‘Supported Languages’ at the bottom of each font page in the retail fonts section.