Frequently Asked Questions

• What is the difference between freeware, shareware, and commercial fonts?
• What’s licensing? Can’t I just buy the font?
• What’s commercial use?
• What’s personal use?
• How are fonts delivered?
• How long does it take to get my fonts delivered?
• Can these fonts be used for Mac?
• Can I get my original fonts shown and sold on DingbatFonts.com?
• Do you make custom dingbat fonts?
• Can you help me make my web (or other) graphics with your fonts?

What is the difference between freeware, shareware, and commercial fonts?
The difference in the fonts is how they are licensed for use.
Freeware fonts are free to use, as long as you follow the font maker’s restrictions.
Shareware is free to test out, then if you plan to use it, you pay the appropriate license fee for either personal or commercial use. Commercial fonts are fonts that you prepay, and these can be used for personal and commercial use.
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What’s licensing? Can’t I just buy the font?
Paying a license fee and downloading a font seems like buying the font, but really it’s not. You are granted a license to use the font for a specific purpose, and you download the font so that you can use it according to the license.
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What’s “commercial use”?
Commercial use is defined as but not limited to any of the following:
* Any use in which money changes hands;
* If fonts are utilized for a graphic/desktop publishing or PDF project for a client or company;
* If fonts or graphics are used directly by a company, organization, or business.
If in doubt, contact us to get clarification.
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What’s personal use?
At DingbatFonts.com personal use is defined as any use not defined as commercial. For instance, if you use our fonts to create graphics for your own home page that doesn’t sell anything would be considered personal use. Again, if in doubt, contact us to get clarification.
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Can these fonts be used for Mac?
At this time, all fonts are TrueType for PC.  We are seeking someone who can convert the fonts to Mac format. Contact us if you’re interested; we’ll be happy to make a trade.
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How are fonts delivered?
Fonts/licenses are delivered to you via an email with special links to download zip files for those you ordered. Those  links are good for 12 hours after you purchase.  Be sure to enter your email address properly at checkout so you can receive your links to download your fonts.
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How long does it take to get my fonts delivered?
You will receive the links to download your fonts/licenses in an email within approximately 1 hour from time of payment. Be sure to whitelist fonts(at) rahcreative [dot] com so that you can receive your links properly.
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I didn’t get my email with the link(s) to the font(s) I paid for. Help!
First: Check your spam box.  Sometimes emails fall into the spam box and can be found there.
Second: Contact us about the problem. We’ll find a way to get your fonts to you as quickly as possible, though please note that we generally are not available on weekends and holidays.
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Can I get my original fonts shown and sold on this site?
If you wish to suggest that your original fonts be shown and sold here, contact us to let us know. We’ll be glad to discuss it with you.
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Do you make custom dingbat fonts?
At this time we are not, though we have in the past. We’ll announce it here at the site when we are offering them again.
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Can you help me make my web (or other) graphics with your fonts?
Unfortunately we can only assist in graphics creation at our regular hourly rate, prepaid, minimum one hour. Maybe if we get rich we’ll reconsider this, but holding one’s breath is not recommended.
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