A Licence gives you a specific right to use a typeface. It defines how and on which medium a font can be used.

Fonts are software, everybody who uses them needs to buy a Licence for it.

A Licence Holder is the licensee. It can be a person, an organisation or a company. Thanks to the purchased licence, this entity becomes a Licence Holder and can use the font. The license holder always remains the same and cannot be changed.

This depends on how you like to use the font.
There are three types of Licence in the shop.

Desktop-Licence:
install a typeface on a predetermined amount of computers and produce print products, logos, images or videos.

Web-Licence:
use a font at your website up to the monthly page views.

App-Licence:
embed a typeface into one application you build, such as IOS or Android apps

When you buy a Font, you are purchasing a particular right to use a typeface. The End User Licence Agreement (EULA) defines how. The EULA is a legally binding contract between you and Luzi Type.

Please find them right here:
→ EULA-Desktop
→ EULA-Web
→ EULA-App
→ EULA-Trial

Licences are perpetual and no subscriptions. This means you need to pay the licence fee once without ever need to renew.

No, you cannot share your Licence with clients or others.

The best solution is:
– you select licences in our → shop
– go to the checkout page
– at the checkout page click the button Save Cart as Link
– your selection (the cart) will be save as an URL to your clipboard
– you can share this URL with your client
– by using this URL your client will be redirected to the checkout page
– your selected licences (the cart) will be added automatically
– your client can now just fill in there details and make the purchase


It is also possible if you purchase the licence in our shop on behalf of your Client. You need to follow these instructions before buying:

- transfer the → licence agreement to your client
- your client needs to accept the → licence agreement
- select at the checkout page the option, This Licence is for: "my Client"
- put the name of your client in the Licence-Holder-field

These steps are important because your client will be a Licence Holder. To be a Licence Holder, your client has to agree to this contract.

Please note this Licences can only use your client. You cannot install or use the font on your computers or in your office. Luzi Type does not provide any cross-organisation Licence.

No, resales are not permitted to anybody, including your clients. Meaning you can charge your client for your design work, but not for the font itself.

You Can:	You Can Not:
install desktop-fonts on computers (regarding the amount of your purchase)	share, lend or sell desktop-fonts with your clients or others
use desktop-fonts on computers of your organisation	use desktop-fonts on computers which are not from your organisation
use desktop-fonts for logos and corporate identities	modify desktop-font-files (OTF) in a font-editor such as FontLab
convert desktop-fonts to outlines (e.g. in Illustrator) and change its shape	convert desktop-fonts in other any other font-formats
produce paper publications such as books, magazines and posters	use fonts online on websites e.g. with the @font-face method
use fonts on 3D objects such as shirts or pencils	embed fonts in applications such as IOS applications
create images of the desktop-fonts and use them online	use the font for in large-scale broadcasting
export PDF’s and pass them to others	change the License Holder (pass your Licence to others)
pass the desktop-fonts to a printer, they have to delete the font afterwards	use desktop-fonts on more computers than your invoices indicates

You can download the Desktop Licence Agreement (EULA-Desktop) → here.

Yes, you can pass fonts to a printer or service bureau. Afterwards, the printer or service bureau must delete the copies of the typefaces.

Please count the number of computers that will have direct or indirect access to the fonts.

A Licence is tied to an one single organisation or person (the Licence-Holder). It does not matter where the computers are located. As long the fonts are used on computers owned by the organisation. Please count the numbers of computers which have access to the font, that’s it.

It depends on the case. You can use Desktop-Fonts in videos or films in small-scale distribution up to 100 thousand daily views. This should cover most social media uses.

Broadcast Desktop-Fonts in large-scale via theatrical release film, television, or online with more than 100 thousand daily views, requires a broadcast-licence regarding the audience size. Feel free to contact us.

Sure, with your Desktop Licence you can design print products for your clients such as business cards or books. Your client requires an own license in case your client likes to use the fonts on there own computers.

Yes, with a Desktop Licence you can design Logos. The Logotype can be used and distributed as Outline-Paths (vectors) or as Pixel Images. There is no additional Licence required.

Yes, with a Desktop Licence you can design Product Packaging or any other three-dimensional Objects.

Yes, with a Desktop Licence you can design unlimited printed out-of-home (OOH) advertising such as poster and billboards.

You Can:	You Can Not:
embed web-font in your website for one domain (incl. sub-domains)	install and use web-fonts on personal computers
use fonts up to the purchased web-traffic of your site	convert or modify web-fonts in other font-formats
switch domains, as long the domain is from your organisation	use web-fonts on more than one domain
host fonts on your server and embed web-font with the @font-face method	share, lend or sell web-font with your clients or others
get help from a developer to embed the web-font at your website	embed the web-font files into a mobile application

You can download the Web Licence Agreement (EULA-Web) → here.

No, you can use one Web-Licence only for one domain (incl. Sub-Domains). You can switch domains as long they belong to your Organisation. Transfer of this Licence to a third party is not permitted.

One web licence can be used for various Subdomains united under one single domain. For example; www.Example.com is a domain, www.Shop.Example.com is a Subdomain.

A single Page View is one request for displaying a page of your Website. So the amount of monthly Page Views is every request made at your Website within one month.

Your client needs the Web Licence, since your client will use the web font on their website. You can purchase the Licence on behalf of your client. However, before buying you have to transfer the Licence Agreement to your client and she has to accept this Agreement.

This is a typical case; you are a designer who develops a website for your client (the licence holder of the web licence). You can use Web‑Fonts to develop your customers’ website in a non‑public environment controlled by your client.

Best would be on the client’s server or a private GitHub Repository. The Web‑Licence grants your customer (the licence holder) to have a third party (you the designer) to help to set up the Web‑Font at your customers website.

Generally, you can use the Web Fonts at all your business locations. Further, can you use Web Fonts in a non-public development environment controlled by your Organisation. For example at your server, or on a private github repository. You can grant access to others who develop your Website.

No, you do not have to own your own server to display your Web Fonts. As most do, you can rent a server space by a third party (website-host).

Generally, you can use the Web Fonts at all your business locations. Further, can you use Web Fonts in a non-public development environment controlled by your Organisation. For example at your server, or on a private github repository. You can grant access to others who develop your Website.

Web-Licences are purchase regarding how much monthly page views your website has. 20k monthly page views are 20 thousand monthly requests for seeing a website. The ‘k’ stands for (kilo) Thousand, the ‘m’ stands for Million.

Please contact us for upgrading your Web-Licence. We only charge the additional cost to get you up to the next page view level.

We made a blog entry about this, you can find it → here.

You Can:	You Can Not:
embed app-fonts in one application such as Android or IOS app	convert or modify app-fonts in other font-formats
publish your application for different devices or operating systems	install the fonts on computers and generating output e.g. in Adobe Illustrator
get help from a developer to embed the app-font in your application	use app-fonts online on websites e.g. with the @font-face method
	change the License Holder (pass your Licence to others)
	share, lend or sell fonts with your clients or others

You can download the App Licence Agreement (EULA-App) → here.

Generally, you can use the App Fonts at all your business locations. Further, can you use App Fonts in a non-public development environment controlled by your Organisation. For example at a private github repository. You can grant access to others who develop your app.

One App-Licence covers one single Application. Meaning an Application that is functionally equal across multiple mobile operating systems.

Yes, you can download them at the trials page.

Trial versions have a limited character set, included is:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
, . - 1234567890

Furthermore, contains this version the full spacing and kerning.

Trail versions are made to decide if a font is the right choice for a project. They are free and available with no registration.

Due to this, we have to limit the amount of characters. We can not provide a complete version for testing. To be fair towards everyone, we do not make any exceptions to this rule.

We try to display our fonts as clear as possible, this includes:
- Trial Fonts, with limited Caracter-Set
- Online Font Tester, with complete Caracter-Set and all OpenType Features
- Specimens, with an overview of the Caracter-Set
- detailed Font Samples
- real Uses from customers

Trial versions are made for testing inside your office or university. You cannot use Trial-Fonts in any final files for any commercial or public project. This includes also displaying work publicly for example on portfolio websites. If you want to use the font in any other way, except testing in your organisation, you have to buy a full version.

Please find more information in our EULA Trial-Font.

No, we cannot provide a full version for testing. To be fair towards everyone, we do not make any exceptions to this rule.

We try to display our fonts as clear as possible, this includes:
- Trial Fonts, with limited Caracter-Set
- Online Font Tester, with complete Caracter-Set and all OpenType Features
- Specimens, with an overview of the Caracter-Set
- detailed Font Samples
- real Uses from customers

- Desktop-Fonts: OTF
- Desktop-Variable-Fonts: TTF
- Web-Fonts: WOFF and WOFF2
- Web-Variable-Fonts: WOFF and WOFF2
- App-Fonts: OTF

It depends, feel free to send us a request via mail.

Mac OSX:
To install a font on OSX, you can use the app Font Book. This Application is installed on Apple computers by default. Launch Font Book from your Applications folder. Double click your downloaded zip file (for unzipping the folder). Drag your downloaded font-files (.OTF) on the icon of Font Book. A new window will appear, click the button install, volá.

Windows:
To activate a font on Windows, go to the following folder on your computer: Local Disk (C:) / Windows / Fonts. Right-click the downloaded .zip file and select (Extract All), so you unzip the folder. Now drag the font files (.OTF) into the Fonts folder, that’s it.

Please restart your computer, if fonts not show up in menus of applications.

Yes, have a look at the last page in our specimens. You can find them in the subpages of each font.

Some of our fonts have different versions of letters (e.g the g-like-lowercase-y or an uppercase-Z with stroke). You can use these Alternate Glyphs via the OpenType Feature Stylistic Set.

In Adobe InDesign you can find the Stylistic Sets Options as following:
Menu: Caracter (Panel) / Options Menu / OpenType / Stylistic Sets / Set 1
In Adobe Illustrator you can find the Stylistic Sets Options as following:
Menu Type / OpenType (Panel) / the a-a-button

Various other programs support Stylistic Sets. Best you have a look in the user manual of your program and look out for Stylistic Set or OpenType Features.

Yes, our fonts support Microsoft Office, including the use of italic- and bold-button (style linking).

Please note that Word or Powerpoint on Windows will not display italic in the drop-down font menu. This is normal behaviour since styles are linked. You can access italics via italic-button. In Microsoft Office Kerning is turned off by default, we recommend to switch Kerning on manually.

You cannot embed fonts in MS Office documents (e.g. PowerPoint) and share them with others. This is because fonts are licenced to a single organisation (Licence Holder). Sharing fonts with other parties are not possible.

All our typefaces* have the standard Latin +100. Please note; that the Latin +100 standard does not include Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew or Greek.

Among the following languages are supported:


Please have a look at the last page in our specimens for further details.
*(Except the symbol archive Assembly and Livorno)

Our fonts can be used for more than 100 languages; we call this standard (Latin +100). Please note; that the Latin +100 standard does not include Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew or Greek. Please see the previous tab for a complete list.

Let’s talk about it, please send us a mail.

Luzi Type gives only discounts to student projects and public universities (Classroom-Licences). To be fair towards everyone, we cannot make any exceptions to this rule.

Please note that we have already by default a volume discount in our shop. Prices are adjusted to include a discount when the quantity increases.

For example, if you buy Lynstone Bold as an individual weight, you’ll pay 76 CHF. When you purchase Lynstone Family (considers of 10 weights) you pay 277 CHF. You get a volume discount of 63 percent.

We also have discounts when purchasing larger quantities.
Let’s make an example for a Web-Licence:
Lynstone Bold 20-thousand monthly views costs 76 CHF.
Lynstone Bold 2-million monthly views costs 608 CHF.
2-million is 100 times 20-thousand (100 × 76 CHF = 7600 CHF).
You get a volume discount of 92 percent.

For a project, with a small budget, you might consider buying single font weights.

Yes, we have a function at the checkout page:
– select the wanted licences in our → shop
– then go to the checkout page
– at the checkout page click the button Save Cart as Link
– your selection (the cart) will be save as an URL to your clipboard
– you can share this URL with your client
– by using this URL your client will be redirected to the checkout page
– your selected licences (the cart) will be added automatically
– your client can now just fill in there details and make the purchase

Fonts consider of different font weights (for example Light, Regular and Bold). When you buy the Font Family, you purchase all font weights of that family. Every font has a particular subpage, on this page you can find all info of the font. Or in the shop are all available Font weights listed.

Luzi Type fonts are available exclusively at Luzi-Type.ch.

Please send us a mail; we are glad to provide offers on request.

The minimum quantity for a Desktop-Licence is 3 computers. That means you can use the Licence up to three computers. Less than 3 is captured within this price bracket. The price brackets for the number of computers are fixed and cannot be changed.

Luzi Type offers on request Licence for Broadcasting, Classroom-Licences and Corporate-Licences (full Buy-Out). Please send us a mail.

No, there are no recurring fees or subscription. All Licences are valid without temporal limitation.

Yes, we use the most up-to-date technology for our webshop. The complete website is SSL TLS 1.2 encrypted and all payments are processed only and directly on the secure servers of Stripe. We not store any credit card information at any moment.

Accepted are Visa, MasterCard, Maestro and American Express; worldwide.

Payments in our shop are processed by Stripe, who in turn works together with your credit card company. We do not know the reason why a specific card is refused. Best you call your credit card company and ask them to green light your purchase in our shop. Purchases in our shop will be appear as „Luzi Type Fonts” at your credit card statements.

We offer also to pay via PayPal. PayPal accepts all following credit cards; Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.

- Please use this Link.
- You will be redirected to our shop
- The Cart will be emptied and the word PAYPAL appears in the Cart
- Now please add the licence to cart
- Then click the CHEKOUT button and fill out your details at the Checkout page

After you you click the PURCHASE button, you will be redirected to the PayPal website.

Yes, we offer to pay via bank transfer using IBAN. Please note, fonts can be delivered only after we receive the full payment at our bank account. This takes until four business days after sending the payment.

- Please use this Link.
- You will be redirected to our shop
- The Cart will be emptied and the word BANK TRANSFER appears in the Cart
- Now please add the licence to cart
- Then click the CHEKOUT button and fill out your details at the Checkout page

After you you click the PURCHASE button you will receive an Email with instructions how to make the Bank Transfer.

Yes, we offer to pay via PayPal. PayPal accepts all following credit cards; Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.

- Please use this Link.
- You will be redirected to our shop
- The Cart will be emptied and the word PAYPAL appears in the Cart
- Now please add the licence to cart
- Then click the CHEKOUT button and fill out your details at the Checkout page

After you you click the PURCHASE button you will be redirected to the PayPal website.

All prices on our site are in Swiss Francs.

No, prices are exclusive taxes. If you're in Switzerland, 7.7% VAT* will be added at the checkout page. Outside of Switzerland will be no tax added.

*(Mehrwertsteuer, Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée, Imposta sul valore aggiunto).

It depends where you located. No, if you are outside of Switzerland. Yes, when you're in Switzerland, 7.7% VAT* will be added at the checkout page.

*(Mehrwertsteuer, Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée, Imposta sul valore aggiunto).

Directly after the payment is processed, you will receive Purchase Receipt via email. On the Receipt are the Download Links plus Invoices. In case of delay, have a look at your spam folder. Please contact us, if your order is not received in one hour.

Or log in at your account in the shop: luzi-type.ch/shop/account.

Download Links on Purchase Receipt can be used maximum ten times. Please contact us we are glad to resend you a new Purchase Receipt with new Download Links.

Please try the links in another browser. Rarely depending on the browser-setting, links can get blocked by browsers.

This is common: your project expands, and you need a bigger Licence than purchased. You can upgrade your Licence at any moment.

You can upgrade from:
- single font weight(s) to full family (e.g. Cádiz Light to Cádiz Family)
- Desktop; your current amount of computers to an increased amount of computers
- Web; your current number of monthly page views to an increased number of page views

We charge only the extra cost (the new Licences - your purchased Licences = the upgrade price). Please contact us for more information.

Following does NOT qualify as an upgrade:
- from Web-Licence to Desktop- or App-Licence
- from one font weight to add different weight
- from a family to single weights
- from one font family to another family (e.g. Messina Sans to Messina Sans Mono)

Yes, after making the payment in our shop you will receive Purchase Receipt via email. On this email Purchase Receipt you will find a download link to your PDF invoice.  Or you download your PDF invoice via your account.

The invoice includes following of your details:
- Purchaser Name
- Purchaser Email
- Licence Holder Name
- VAT Number (this is optional)
- Licence Holder Address

In case you need any additional information on the invoice, we are happy to apply them afterwards. Please note, the Licence Holder can not be changed afterwards. Feel free to contact us, in case you need further information on your invoice.

Yes, fonts are updated now and then. If you like to receive an update, feel free to send us a mail. We are glad to send you an updated version for free.

In case you bought a complete family, and we added more font weights you can upgrade for the extra cost.

All font purchases are final. Unfortunately can Fonts not be returned, so we cannot refund.

Our Swiss VAT registry number (for value-added tax in Switzerland) is CHE-196.638.500 MWST. Please note, only sales inside of Switzerland do include 7.9% MWST (VAT).

It depends, if you already downloaded the font, it cannot be exchanged. A purchase is final when a font is downloaded with the link from the purchase receipt.

When purchasing, we automatically create an account for you. So please log in to your account: luzi-type.ch/shop/account.

In your account, you can download your purchased font-files directly.

When purchasing, we automatically create an account for you. Please log in with this Link.

Your Email address is the Username. For first use you have to set a new Password. If you lost your Password, there is a simple reset function.

Your account gives you direct access to your purchases and invoices. Further, can you change your contact information.

The Username is always the Email Address you used for the purchase.

You can set a new Password; or reset your Password if you lost it. Please use this Link.

Please use your Email Address which you used for purchasing. Afterwards, you will receive a link to create a new Password via email.

No, when purchasing we automatically create an account for you. You can set a password afterwards with this Link.

If you are a returning customer, please log in first with this Link.

If you experience a problem please make first a restart of your computer and printer.

We are glad to hear from you, send us a mail with as much information as possible about the problem including operating system, type-management-tool, software and printers. Plese let us know; what are you trying to achieve and how does the font fail to operate?

As more information we have as faster can we resolve a problem.

Yes, the warranty period is 60 days after the receiving of the goods. During that period we try everything possible to solve problems. We will refund the purchase price if this is insufficient for you. This only applies if it is a technical problem. For more details have a look at the EULA.

A Variable Font can display multiple weights in one Font.
Following typefaces are available as a variable font:

– Buenos Aires
– Cádiz
– Lynstone
– Messina Sans
– Messina Sans Condensed
– Messina Sans Mono
– Messina Serif
– Messina Modern
– Nantes
– Recife Complete
– Recife Display
– Recife Text
– Spezia Complete
– Spezia Condensed
– Spezia Narrow
– Spezia Normal
– Spezia Wide
– Spezia Extended
– Spezia Monospace Complete
– Spezia Monospace Mono
– Spezia Monospace SemiMono
– Spezia Serif Complete
– Spezia Serif Normal
– Spezia Serif Narrow
– Spezia Serif Condensed
– Termoli
– Yport

Variable font versions are only included in family packages, please see the documentation at the sub-pages of each individual typeface.

All single font weights come with no Variable Font Version.

Variable Fonts are split in two separate font-files: Upright and Italic. This is due to achieve the best interpolation result.

Currently Variable Fonts are supported by: OSX 10.5+ / iOS 3.2+ / Windows 10+ / Android 5+.

A Variable Font is not a new font-format. It is an extension of the OpenType Format (TrueType flavour, TTF) so you can install it like every typeface at your computer. Please see: → How to install fonts on my computer?

At the moment Variable Fonts are supported by Adobe InDesign 2020, Illustrator CC 2019 and Photoshop CC 2019. Every font comes with a Standard Version in single font weights (as Desktop-, Web- or App-Font). This ensures the compatibility in all possible uses.

Web browsers good in displaying variable fonts; within Design Applications, there can be some bugs and rendring issiues. However, for example Adobe is keen to update there software.

We have provided a special version for InDesign 2020. This because the Variable Fonts support of InDesign 2020 was not perfect.

With the InDesign version 15.1.2 you can use the normal Variable Fonts version. Our special InDesign version is no longer available, since it is no longer needed.

We provide a sample Html File which shows our recommendations (also included in the trials). We have also made a web type guide at our → blog.

Yes, since it is a new technique, we may have to update the fonts from time to time. We are keen to see our Variable Font running smoothly in all major design applications especially in Adobe Applications.

You have found the perfect setting of width and weight for your project. Now you like to have this setting as a single font file. Unfortunately, we can not export single font weights since this would be too time consuming, sorry.

This depends on the family, here a list for Spezia:
- Spezia Complete Upright: 97 KB
- Spezia Complete Italic: 130 KB
- Spezia Condensed Upright: 48 KB
- Spezia Condensed Italic: 52 KB
- Spezia Narrow Upright: 47 KB
- Spezia Narrow Italic: 51 KB
- Spezia Normal Upright: 47 KB
- Spezia Normal Italic: 50 KB
- Spezia Wide Upright: 48 KB
- Spezia Wide Italic: 50 KB
- Spezia Extended Upright: 48 KB
- Spezia Extended Italic: 51 KB
- Spezia Monospace Complete: 79 KB
- Spezia Monospace Mono: 48 KB
- Spezia Monospace SemiMono: 53 KB

This a list for Spezia Serif:
- Spezia Serif Complete Upright: 172 KB
- Spezia Serif Complete Italic: 153 KB
- Spezia Serif Normal Upright: 91 KB
- Spezia Serif Normal Italic: 100 KB
- Spezia Serif Narrow Upright: 92 KB
- Spezia Serif Narrow Italic: 101 KB
- Spezia Serif Condensed Upright: 88 KB
- Spezia Serif Condensed Italic: 98 KB

You can convert fonts into paths or pixels and create outline artworks, e.g. in Adobe Illustrator. Modify and or converting the font-file itself (e.g. the OTF) in any way is not allowed.

We can provide modification and personalisation of fonts, depending on the case. Please note customising fonts can be a detail-rich task which needs quite a bit of time and work. Since we are a small studio, long-term scheduling is crucial. Let’s discuss, feel free to send us a request.

Yes, we design custom typefaces depending on the case. Feel free to contact us with an overview of the task along with the timetable. Please keep in mind that type design is a long process – good planning crucial.

This depends on the case and the scope of the project. Let put it this way; designing fonts is a detail-rich task which needs quite a bit of time and work. Since we are a small studio, long-term scheduling is crucial.

Yes, we provide further in-depth typographic consulting for editorial and branding needs.

We try to answer all your questions. Sometimes it is difficult since we are busy designing fonts. Please keep the questions specific and brief. Probably it is more purposeful for you and more fun for us.

Yes, feel free to use all our trial fonts for student projects. Please note that Trial-Fonts cannot be used for any commercial or public project. This includes also displaying work publicly for example on your portfolio websites. If you like to use the font in public, you can buy our Student-Licence (see next tab).

Yes, we support student projects with a 50% discount. This Education-Licence can be used in public projects (such as exhibitions, year book’s etc.). The font cannot be used for commercial purpose.

If you want to use the fonts outside of the education context or in commercial projects, you can upgrade to a Standard Licence at any time, (for the extra cost). Feel free to send us a mail.

No, we do not provide free full versions for student projects. To be fair towards everyone, we cannot make any exceptions to this rule.

If you are a student, you can purchase an Education-Licence. Or also an option is using our trial fonts in your course. Please note that Trial-Fonts cannot be used for any commercial or public project. This includes also displaying work publicly for example on your portfolio websites.

Yes, you can contact us in German, English and Spanish.

We use Spezia Normal on our website. The (g-like) lowercase-y is an alternate Glyph and can be used via OpenType Feature Stylistic-Set-1.

Yes, we have a Newsletter, you can subscribe here.

Best you send a mail at mail, emails are responded from Monday to Friday within 24 hours.

Luzi Type does take data privacy seriously. Because of this, we collect only information necessary for running our service. You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you. Further can you ask us that we change your personal information, or completely delete your information (when no contractual association remains).

We are NOT using services on our website such as Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Bing or Digital Advertising Alliance’s. For more information, see our Privacy Terms.