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Can I embed Arial Narrow in a web page for free using @font-face?

I want to embed Arial Narrow in a website using font-face, since I’m not sure how widespread it is.

I would like to know if I need to purchase it from a webshop, or I can do this for free?

Thanks!

Solution

  • DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer.

    I believe Arial Narrow is a variant of Arial, which is owned by Monotype Imaging.

    According to Wikipedia’s description of its licence, you can’t distribute the font, and I imagine using it in font-face counts as distribution, so you can’t use it with font-face for free.

    However, it looks like Monotype offer font-face licensing for Arial Narrow. See: