I'm considering getting into the scrapper for hire business. I'm making a wedding book that I would make anyway (it's a gift for a friend), but I am ordering another copy of it as a sample book for the business. Since it is a sample, I want everything to be representative of what I can do for the customer, including fonts.
Where should I begin on this? What kind of fonts can I use? Should I just buy a few commericial fonts & get it over with? On free fonts that are not labeled for personal use & do not have a terms of use, can I use those? What about fonts that came with other programs on my computer?
Thanks in advance for your help.

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Juliana



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Hi Juliana-
I would not use a free font for commercial use unless you clearly understand that it can be used for commercial use.

There are a lot of clones floating around that don't even have the <company name> filled out on the actual font file- I would steer clear of those!

It definitely is more difficult to find free script fonts that can be used for commercial use- probably because they take a LOT more time to design- LOL!

I am not sure about the fonts that come with computer programs- the terms of use are usually quite vague- so it wouldn't hurt to write to them to ask.

It definitely would be a good idea to buy a few fonts. I know many people think that $10- $20 is expensive, but it's really not- considering you get to use it over and over and over. The $2 scrapbooking fonts are usually just for personal use- some allow you to pay more for a commercial license.

Here are some gorgeous bestselling script fonts that average $12-20:
http://www.myfonts.com/browse/keyword/script/

Here are some very fancy script fonts by ES Typography that are "...free for all use and distribution..." according to the font files (no read-me files are included)
http://freefonts.fateback.com/es_typography/

HTH

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~Laurie Garza~

Laurie,
Thanks so much for your reply. I am going to look into those fonts.
I did a little more research after I wrote this question, and have subscribed for a week to clipart.com. There are fonts available, and some shapes & cliparts that I might see myself using later. Now I just have to try to download as much as I can in this one week!
These are supposed to be royalty-free, so I assume that I can use them for this purpose. (From reading the terms of use for the subscription, that's the conclusion I came to).
Thanks for your help!

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Juliana



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