Do the Adobe licenses work for television use?

[aB_syn]

Interested in using Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed.

[Dov Isaacs · Accepted solution]

I am assuming that you are referring only to Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed fonts sourced directly from Adobe. Every font foundry/vendor has its own licensing requirements.

In the “not so good-old-days” of television, television use of a font meant strictly static use - i.e. rendering text to a raster for either live broadcast or video recording. The fonts themselves are not broadcast or stored in the video recording. Such usage is consistent with the licensing of fonts from Adobe with no further restrictions or licensing/royalty payments.

Where there is a problem is where you are attempting to use a font on television comparable to use of a “web font” where the font is downloaded to a set top box for dynamic use in creating variable messages and/or users responses to same as well as for interactive television. Such use is not allowed with Adobe's standard font licenses.

          - Dov

[aB_syn]

Thanks for the quick response. My use would be in secondary graphics for a television series, such as lowerthirds. Not for interactive television.

[Dov Isaacs]

My use would be in secondary graphics for a television series, such as lowerthirds. Not for interactive television.

Then you should be good to go with fonts sourced from Adobe.

          - Dov