Hi there, Is there a way to search the site for commercially allowed fonts only? IE to not return results that say "Free for Personal use only" Thanks.

You can search for commercial fonts by name at fonts.com or myfonts.com from DaFont, using this link: http://www.dafont.com/search.php?q=xxxx - replace the 'xxxx' in the search query with the name of the font you're looking for.

If you want to browse commercial fonts available on DaFont, you won't find any. A commercial font must be purchased before you can download it. Every font hosted by DaFont can be downloaded for free, and can be used for personal use, without charge. Some, but not all, of the fonts available at DaFont require a payment for non personal use. This payment would be made from the user to the designer; DaFont is not a party, in the payment process.

The major difference between sites like Dafont and myfonts is how payment for commercial use is made. Myfonts collects payments on behalf of the designers they represent. DaFont does not. The only people who pay money to Dafont are the advertisers, whose banners are displayed on each page, (unless you click the hide ads link). The designers whose work is hosted by DaFont don't pay to have their work showcased, and DaFont doesn't pay them to display their work. DaFont doesn't pay anyone, including the forum moderators, (except for the cost of hosting a website that uses huge amounts of upload bandwidth).

in one word: impossible

The question was 'commercially allowed'. Ergo, free.

"IE to not return results that say "Free for Personal use only" Thanks."

Yea I guess its like the opposite of a search result really. Or a search like: site:http://www.dafont.com NOT "Free for personal use only"

Thanks for infos. Do people make a living off font royalties much? It would be a cool way to spend your work time making fonts

AaronC, if you click on the New Fonts link, in the upper right hand section of the window, you'll see a link for more options. Click on that, and you can filter the results to show or hide fonts based on the license type, (ie: show only Free, or Public Domain, etc.).

Ah thanks thats the ticket.