Terms of Service

By commissioning work or using this website you agree to these terms. If you accept on behalf of an organisation, you confirm you are authorised to bind it. These terms are governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction].

We provide typeface construction, spacing and kerning engineering, variable font engineering, hinting, audits, and font toolchain development. We do not provide graphic design, brand identity, illustration, or marketing services. Each engagement is defined by a written statement of work listing deliverables, milestones, assumptions, and fees.

Work outside the agreed statement of work — additional glyph coverage, new scripts, extra axes, or added platforms — requires a written change order with revised fees and dates. We may pause a milestone until a change order is agreed.

You agree to supply source files, reference material, and written feedback within the review windows stated in the statement of work, and to name a single decision-maker for approvals. You confirm you hold the rights necessary for us to modify any font, drawing, or specification you send us. Delays in materials or approvals shift dependent dates.

Each milestone is delivered as a compiled build with proof sheets and a defect ledger. You have ten working days to accept or return a written defect list. A milestone is deemed accepted if no written response is received within that period. Defects attributable to our work are corrected at no charge.

Audits are fixed price. Construction and engineering work are invoiced per milestone. Invoices are payable within 30 days of issue unless the statement of work says otherwise. Late amounts may accrue interest at the maximum rate permitted in [Jurisdiction]. Fees are exclusive of taxes and duties, which you are responsible for.

You retain ownership of materials you supply. On receipt of full payment for a milestone, ownership of the glyph outlines, sources, and build configuration produced in that milestone transfers to you, except for our pre-existing tools, scripts, component libraries, and know-how, which remain ours and are licensed to you perpetually, non-exclusively, and royalty-free for use with the delivered fonts.

Where a typeface is licensed rather than transferred, the licence terms are stated in the statement of work before work begins.

Each party will keep the other's non-public information confidential and use it only to perform the engagement. This obligation survives termination for five years, or longer where required by the law of [Jurisdiction].

We will not publish or display work from an engagement without your written consent. Once consent is given, or once a typeface is publicly released, we may reference the project in our portfolio.

We warrant that services will be performed with reasonable skill and care by qualified personnel, and that delivered files will materially conform to the statement of work. Except as stated, deliverables are provided without further warranty, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, to the extent permitted in [Jurisdiction]. We do not warrant identical rendering on every past, present, or future operating system, browser, or embedded device.

To the extent permitted by the law of [Jurisdiction], neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential loss, including lost profits or lost data. Our total aggregate liability arising from an engagement is limited to the fees paid for the milestone giving rise to the claim.

Either party may terminate an engagement on 30 days' written notice, or immediately for material breach that remains uncured for 15 days after notice. On termination you pay for work completed and work in progress up to the termination date, and we deliver the in-progress sources for milestones paid in full.

The text, images, and code on this website are our property or licensed to us. You may not scrape, republish, or use them to train machine learning models without written permission.

These terms are governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction], and the courts of [Jurisdiction] have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute. The parties will attempt good-faith resolution by email or meeting before commencing proceedings.

Questions about these terms: jobs@nivalis.store.