One license.

25. June 2026

The CAPE Standard License

For years, the different licensing models in our industry have driven us a bit crazy. Stefan and I still remember the mid-90s, when there was exactly one license type: Desktop. The only thing that changed was the number of workstations you bought it for. Once you owned it, you could use it for as many clients as you wanted. Simple as that. We still call it the 90s license, half as a joke.

Today it's a different story. You need to specify CPUs, workstations, employees, web views, the number of apps, and more. Half the time you don't even know these numbers yet. Some companies even put webfonts on a subscription – so you keep paying, month after month, just to keep using a font you already bought once. And honestly, a lot of it doesn't make much sense to us – or to the people buying our fonts.

Why we kept it simple

We love the idea of buying a font once and using it for every client we work with. So that's what we built. You buy a typeface from us, and you can use it for as many clients and projects as you like. The only rule: you can't hand the font file itself to your clients. If they want to use it on their own machines, they need their own license. That's it. No tiers, no fine print, no guessing games. If you’re a bigger company and want to share the fonts with people who work for you, just choose the matching number of people who will have access to it.

We respect why other foundries split things into desktop, web, and app licenses – there are real business reasons behind that. Yes, yes. It's just not how we want to run things. We're not doing it because it's industry standard practice, and we're not chasing every last bit of revenue either.

Yes, we know this isn’t the smartest business move

You pay the price of a regular family license and you can use it everywhere, on any number of projects, for any number of clients. No caps. We know that probably leaves money on the table. We really don't mind.

What matters more to us is that it's simple and that the people who buy our fonts are happy with what they got. That's the kind of license we wish we got when we buy fonts from other foundries. So if nobody else offers it, fine – we'll do it ourselves.

So, shop with us and have fun (again)!

The Cape Standard License. All included.