I saw this font on a shirt online. I know the instructions say "no commercial use"; however, I would like to purchase this design to use on shirts in my small Etsy shop. Likely no more than 25 would be sold. I should add that this would be used for embroidery. Is it possible for me to do this without purchasing a $2500 for a commercial license? Thank you.

Maybe I am misunderstanding something. A desktop license is $25 -- where are you getting $2500?

In any case, if you have licensing questions, you need to contact the font creator and ask them.

I read a commercial license is $2,500. A desktop license is $25, but it says for personal use only.
I did send an email. Thank you.

You can buy from original author https://creatypestudio.co/halimun/, I think $25 would be suffice but you should reach out to him directly.