Would like to use fonts for commercial use but DaFont says the fonts are "free for personal use". I cannot get a hold of the authors nor does DaFont give you a way to contact them. Do you think its okay to just use them and wait and see what happens? I don't think that suggesting to use a different font is useful. Why would they have the font on here in the first place if you are not supposed to use it?

I have a client waiting and would like to use 28 Days Later or Keetano ATL My Gangsta.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks!

Hey Dogzo,

Just because you can't reach the font's author doesn't make it legal haha and it would probably be unwise to just go ahead and "use" it, especially since your client may be the one taking the fall.

I did a little research on the author of 28 Days Later. Try this email address: JRZ [at] arcor [dot] de

His website went offline in 2007. Most or all of his fonts are based on movie typefaces (28 Days Later being the font for the film of the same title) so there are very likely legal issues regarding it's use for non-personal purposes.

As for the other font, I found nothing other than the email on his profile here on dafont. The font itself however looks like a mashup of various fonts. Perhaps you could find a bunch of fonts that ARE free for commercial use and do it yourself. A couple grunge brushes and voila! Better than the original font if you put some time into it!

My other suggestion for next time around would be: Don't pitch a font to a client without making sure you can at least buy it.

Best of luck!
Blake

Thank you for your response and the advice. I have definitely learned my lesson on checking on the usability first. I have been using DaFont for a couple of years and I guess I have been lucky with always being able to contact the author. With my bad luck this time I was able to find two fonts without being able to get a hold of the authors. I have already emailed the 28 Days Later author a couple of days ago but alas no response. =(

I'll try and talk my client into using another font.

Thanks again!

Best,
gaby