Terms of Use

About these terms

Bridge My Font (bridgemyfont.com) is a free tool that adds stencil bridges to fonts. It is run by Cameron Cox, who you can contact at support@bridgemyfont.com. By using the site you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use it.

What the site does, and what it doesn't

• The font engine runs inside your web browser. Your font is read, changed and saved on your own device. It is never uploaded to us, and we never receive, see, store or share your fonts or the fonts you make.
• You choose which font to convert, and the conversion happens on your device at your request. We don't supply, sell or distribute fonts (apart from the sample font in our showcase, which is provided under its own licence).

Your fonts are your responsibility

Adding stencil bridges changes a font, so it makes a modified version of it. Before you convert a font you must make sure you are allowed to do that. In particular:

• Only convert a font if you made it, its licence allows you to modify it, or its owner has given you permission. Many free fonts allow changes (for example under the SIL Open Font License or the Apache License). Many paid fonts don't, even when they allow commercial use.
• The converted font is still covered by the original font's copyright and licence. We don't change the licence or give you any extra rights. You must follow the licence's conditions when you use or share the converted font. For example, the SIL Open Font License requires a modified font to stay under the same licence, keep its copyright notice, and not use any Reserved Font Name.
• The converted font keeps the original copyright, trademark and licence notices, and gains a note saying it was modified with Bridge My Font. Don't remove them.
• Font names can be trademarks of their owners. The converted font's name (the original name plus “Stencil”, or a name you choose) doesn't mean the font's maker made or approved it.

To help, the site refuses fonts whose maker has marked them as not to be modified, and asks you for a new name when a font's licence reserves its own. These checks can't find every restriction and aren't legal advice. If you're unsure what a licence allows, read it or ask the font's maker.

Using the site fairly

• Don't use the site to infringe anyone's copyright, trademarks or other rights.
• Don't try to disrupt, overload or break the site.
• Don't copy the site or its font engine to offer them as part of another service, except as the law or the open-source licences below allow.

Open-source software

The font engine is built with open-source software, listed with its licences on our open-source licences page. Nothing in these terms limits your rights under those licences. In particular, the engine uses the GEOS library under the GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1: you may modify GEOS, use your modified version with our engine, and reverse engineer our engine as far as needed to debug such modifications.

No guarantees

The site is free and provided “as is”. We work to make the results accurate, but we can't promise that every font will convert, that the results will suit your purpose, or that the site will always be available. Always check the converted font, and test-cut a sample before using it on anything valuable.

Liability

As far as the law allows, we aren't responsible for any loss or damage arising from using the site or the fonts you make with it. This includes wasted materials or time, loss of profit or business, and claims made because of a font you chose to convert or share. If we are found responsible for a loss, our total liability to you is limited to £100.

If you use the site for your business, you agree to cover any claim made against us that arises from your converting, using or sharing a font you weren't entitled to modify.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability that can't legally be limited or excluded, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. If you are a consumer, you have legal rights that these terms don't affect.

Changes

We may change or withdraw the site at any time. We may update these terms; the date above shows when they last changed, and the updated terms apply from then.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and disputes go to its courts. If you are a consumer living elsewhere in the United Kingdom, you may also bring proceedings in your own part of the UK.

Privacy

See our Privacy Policy for what the site collects (very little) and why. Font licences explained: SIL Open Font License FAQ.