Chaparral comes bundled with Adobe Creative Suites. For more details see:

http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/fonts-installed-by-adobes-creative-s...

There's free, and then there's free. Oh, and there's free, too. So, which kind of free? I'm guessing free from legal hassles when used in logo design.

My understanding, thoroughly inexpert as it is, is that you can use Chaparral to design logos for others as long as 1) they do not need the font to use the logo or 2) they have their own licence.

Thanks guys.

I understand that Chaparral Pro is bundled by Adobe and available via my creative cloud subscription, but does that mean I can use any of those fonts free of charge?
And yes, by "free" I mean for commercial use (in a logo, for example).

In the grander scheme, I'm wondering if there is some standard way to find out if a font is legally free to use for commercial purposes. I would check the licensing info of the particular foundry, but I can't seem to find anything about Adobe font licensing. In that case should I assume it's not free to use in a commercial logo because Adobe is selling it? Or would you recommend contacting Adobe?

megs

It is my understanding that the only way to know what you may do with a font is to find the end user agreement that came with it when it was licensed and read it carefully.

Concerning Adobe originals, here is a link that may be useful: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2818917

Thank you, Michael. That was very helpful.

Great. You are welcome.