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FontWarden

See what each font’s license data says before you sell with it

A font license audit for printables, ebooks, worksheets and apps. FontWarden reads what every installed font says about its own license (embedding permissions, copyright, license text) and marks each one Likely OK to embed, Restricted or Unknown, with the reasons. Pro checks the fonts inside PDFs and keeps your license notes. Not legal advice.

$24 Buy now Download free

Free to use without a key: every installed font and any font folder you add, with its embedding permissions, license fields and a verdict with the reasons.

Buy a license key to unlock Pro: check the fonts in PDFs, keep license notes and receipts per font, and export CSV or PDF audits.

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Version 1.0 · 2.9 MB disk image · Notarized by Apple

One-time $24 for the app with Pro: checking PDFs, license notes per font, and CSV or PDF audits. No subscription. One license key works on up to 3 of your Macs.

Download: The download (a signed, notarized .dmg) comes with your purchase in your Gumroad receipt, together with your license key. Updates install from inside the app.

Buy now opens Gumroad's checkout on this page; Gumroad is the seller and handles payment, sales tax and your receipt.

Installed fonts with their verdicts; a restricted font selected, showing its embedding bits and license fields

Features

  • Every installed font and any font folder you add (TTF, OTF, TTC, DFONT, WOFF and WOFF2)
  • The embedding permissions in each font: installable, restricted, preview and print, editable
  • Copyright, trademark, maker, designer, license text and URL from the font itself
  • Open licenses detected (SIL OFL, Apache, Ubuntu Font Licence, MIT, public domain and others), and whether a font came with macOS
  • Likely OK to embed, Restricted or Unknown, with the reasons; never “safe”
  • Check a Document: every font in a PDF, embedded or not, with its pages, matched to your installed fonts
  • License notes per font: license type, where you bought it, a link and the receipt file
  • CSV and PDF audits of a font list or a checked PDF
A checked PDF: four fonts, one restricted Apple system font, with where each is used
License notes for a font: license type, where it was bought, a receipt link and an attached license file
Check a Document: drop a PDF to see every font in it

Requirements

macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Apple silicon and Intel. Current version: 1.0.

Privacy

Fonts and documents are read on your Mac and never uploaded. Your license notes and attached files stay in your user Library. The only network requests are the license check with Gumroad and checking for updates.

FontWarden privacy policyHelp and support

Questions about your purchase or license key? Reply to your Gumroad receipt or contact us.