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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!
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Free alternativesArial is a proprietary typeface to which Monotype Imaging owns all rights, including software copyright and trademark rights (under U.S. copyright law, Monotype cannot legally copyright the shapes of the actual glyphs themselves). Its licensing terms prohibit derivative works and free redistribution.
Arial (sans-serif)Many consider Arial and members of the Arial font family the safest web fonts because they're available on all major operating systems.
First, make sure that the font you want to use is licensed for web use. Almost all free fonts can be used on a website and many premium fonts are available with a license that covers web usage. Next upload your chosen font to your server. You may wish to store it in a dedicated “fonts” directory but this is optional.
Reason. In revising Arial Narrow, Microsoft added new name fields for the "preferred" family and style, and introduced the behavior wherein all four Arial Narrow fonts are labeled as having the same style (e.g. "Narrow" instead of "Narrow Bold Italic").
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:
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According to this webpage, Arial Narrow is installed on 87.08% of all Windows machines and 91.01% of all Mac machines.
Example usage :
font-family: Arial Narrow, sans-serif;
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