Pixelbuddha Studio Licensing Terms

The Commercial License may appear in some account records, receipts, or older materials as the Standard Commercial License. These names refer to the same license tier unless Pixelbuddha states otherwise.

Updated August 4, 2026

Detailed License Terms

Feature	Personal Use	Commercial Use	Extended Commercial Use
Attribution	Required	Not Required	Not Required
Client Work	❌	✅	✅
Web & Social Views	❌	Unlimited	Unlimited
TV, Cinema & Streaming	❌	❌	Unlimited
Physical Copies	Personal Only	5,000 Limit	Unlimited
Print on Demand (POD)	❌	❌	Allowed
Font Usage	Desktop Only	Desktop, Including Logos, Book/Album Covers, and Static Website Graphics	Live Webfont and Hosted Website-Editor Embedding; Apps, Games, eBooks, and Documents
Artwork Created with Brushes & Tools	Personal Only	Unlimited	Unlimited
License Validity	Perpetual	Perpetual	Perpetual

Personal License

Usage: Personal projects, student work, testing.
Attribution: Required.
Fonts: Desktop use only to create images.
Restrictions: No client work. No use in products for sale.

Commercial License

Commercial Use: Yes. Client work is allowed.
Attribution: Not required.
Digital Reach: Unlimited online views.
Includes: YouTube, social media, including organic content and paid ads, and website traffic.
Excludes: Broadcast TV, cinema, streaming services, and digital billboards.
Physical Prints: Up to 5,000 copies, including packaging, flyers, and books.
Fonts — Desktop Use: Create static images or vector outlines, including logos, headers, book covers, advertisements, and website graphics.
Font Restriction: You cannot use the Font as live or selectable website text, self-host it through CSS @font-face, upload it to a website builder, content management system, e-commerce platform, or hosting service, or embed it into software or electronic publications. Website, website-editor, app, game, and electronic-publication embedding requires an Extended Commercial License.
Merchandise and POD: Not allowed where the Asset is the main selling point.

Extended Commercial License

Authorized Use: All rights included in the Commercial License, plus the expanded rights below.
Attribution: Not required.
Seats: Covers up to 5 users who directly access the source Asset files within a single organization. Client and collaborator access limited to a licensed Website Project, without direct access to the Font file, is governed by the Font Usage — Embedding terms below and does not add seats.
Digital Reach: Unlimited, including broadcast TV, cinema, digital billboards, and OTT streaming services.
Physical End Products: Unlimited physical reproductions.
Merchandise and Print on Demand: Permitted. You may use the Asset as the primary value of a product for sale, including t-shirts, mugs, posters, and products offered through POD platforms.
Font Embedding — Websites and Website Editors: You may use the Font as a live webfont in one website project owned or controlled by you or one client. You may self-host it or upload it to a hosted website editor, content management system, e-commerce platform, or hosting service solely to design, publish, and operate that website.
Website Project Scope: The licensed website includes its related subdomains, localized versions, staging and preview environments, and later updates or redesigns that remain part of substantially the same website. Unlimited visitors and pageviews are permitted.
Client Delivery and Editing: The client and authorized collaborators may edit text within the licensed website project. The website may be transferred to the client, and the Font may remain installed within that project. They may not download, extract, install, distribute, or reuse the Font outside that website project.
Additional Website Projects: Each unrelated website or client website project requires a separate valid Extended Commercial License or recorded Extended-license download.
Font Embedding — Apps and Games: You may embed the Font Software into mobile applications, including iOS and Android apps, desktop software, or video games, provided that it is used to display text within the licensed application or game and is not made available as a standalone font or creative tool.
Font Embedding — Electronic Publications: You may securely embed the Font into electronic publications, including ePub, Kindle, and PDF files, for commercial distribution, provided that it cannot be extracted for independent use.

Master License Agreement

This License Agreement (the “Agreement”) governs the terms by which Pixelbuddha Studio grants you (the “Licensee”) the right to use digital assets, including graphics, fonts, templates, and add-ons (the “Assets”), downloaded from pixelbuddha.net. The digital files comprising a font Asset — including OTF, TTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 files — are referred to as the “Font Software.”

By downloading an Asset, you agree to be bound by the terms of the specific license tier — Personal, Commercial, or Extended Commercial — held by your account at the time of download.

Each valid download or re-download is a separate licensing event. The applicable license is determined by the plan active at the time of that event and is reflected in your account history.

Pixelbuddha may update this Agreement and its license policies from time to time. Unless Pixelbuddha expressly states otherwise, an updated version applies to licensing events occurring on or after its effective date and does not retroactively reduce rights granted through an earlier valid download or re-download. Pixelbuddha may expressly apply an update to earlier licenses when the update expands customer rights or clarifies the Agreement without materially reducing previously granted rights.

General License Rights

The following rights apply to all license tiers:

Non-Exclusive: You do not own the Asset. You receive the right to use it under this Agreement. Pixelbuddha and the original creator retain all copyrights.
Perpetual: You may use Assets you validly downloaded forever, even if your subscription ends. You cannot download new files after your membership access ends, but you keep the rights already granted for valid downloads.
Worldwide: You may use the Assets in any country.
Non-Transferable: You cannot sublicense, resell, or give away the source files to a third party, except for the limited technical hosting, processing, collaborator access, and client-project transfer expressly permitted by this Agreement.

License Tiers and Usage

A. Personal License

Authorized Use: Strictly for personal projects, educational purposes, or non-profit use.
Commercial Use: Prohibited. You may not use the Asset in any work where you are paid or where the end product is sold.
Attribution: Required. You must credit Pixelbuddha Studio, for example: “Designed by Pixelbuddha Studio.”
Fonts: Desktop installation is permitted on 1 device for personal documents and images only.

B. Commercial License

Authorized Use: Commercial projects, client work, advertising, and social media.
Attribution: Not required.
Seats: Covers 1 individual user.
Digital Reach: Unlimited views for websites, YouTube, social media, and online advertising. This does not include broadcast TV, cinema, or OTT streaming services, such as Netflix or Hulu.
Physical End Products: Up to 5,000 physical reproductions, including packaging, flyers, and magazines.
Merchandise and Print on Demand: Prohibited. You cannot use the Asset as the primary value of a product for sale, such as a t-shirt where the graphic is the main selling point.
Font Usage — Desktop: You may install the Font to create static images or vector outlines, including logos, headers, book covers, advertisements, print designs, and website graphics. Completed static images and outlined text may be displayed on websites.

You may not use the Font as live or selectable website text, self-host it through CSS @font-face, upload it to a website builder, content management system, e-commerce platform, or hosting service, or embed it into apps, games, editable documents, or electronic publications. Website, website-editor, app, game, and electronic-publication embedding requires an Extended Commercial License.

C. Extended Commercial License

Authorized Use: All rights included in the Commercial License, plus the expanded rights below.
Seats: Covers up to 5 users who directly access the source Asset files within a single organization. Client and collaborator access limited to a licensed Website Project, without direct access to the Font file, does not add seats.
Digital Reach: Unlimited. Includes broadcast TV, cinema, digital billboards, and OTT streaming services.
Physical End Products: Unlimited physical reproductions.
Merchandise and Print on Demand: Permitted. You may use the Asset as the primary value of a product for sale, including t-shirts, mugs, and posters, and on POD platforms such as Redbubble and Merch by Amazon.
Font Usage — Embedding:
- Website and Website-Editor Embedding: You may use the Font Software as a live webfont in one Website Project owned or controlled by you or one client. You may self-host the Font Software through CSS @font-face or upload it to a third-party website builder, content management system, e-commerce platform, or hosting service — including platforms such as Framer, Wix, Webflow, Squarespace, WordPress, or Shopify — solely to design, preview, stage, publish, and operate that Website Project.
- Website Project Scope: A Website Project includes one primary website together with its related subdomains, localized versions, staging and preview environments, and updates or redesigns that remain part of substantially the same website. Unlimited website visitors and pageviews are permitted.
- Website-Platform Processing: The website platform may store, process, optimize, convert, subset, and serve the Font Software only as technically necessary to create and operate the licensed Website Project. You should use supplied WOFF or WOFF2 files where available.
  
  The Font Software may be stored at the account or workspace level where this is technically required by the website platform. Such technical availability does not authorize its use in any other website or project.
- Client and Collaborator Access: You may give the client and authorized collaborators access to the Website Project and its website editor. They may create and edit website content using the Font within that Website Project.
  
  You may transfer the completed Website Project to the client, and the Font may remain installed as part of that Website Project. The client does not need a separate Pixelbuddha license merely to operate, maintain, or edit the licensed Website Project.
  
  The client and collaborators do not receive a separate right to download, install, extract, distribute, sublicense, or reuse the Font Software outside the licensed Website Project. Editor-only access that does not permit direct access to the Font file does not count toward the Extended Commercial License seat limit.
- Font File Protection: The Font Software may not be intentionally offered as a standalone download, placed in a public font library or any shared library available to unrelated users or projects, stored in a public repository, hotlinked for use by unrelated websites, or used in an unrelated project.
  
  Ordinary technical delivery of the Font Software to a website visitor's browser for the purpose of displaying the licensed Website Project is permitted and is not considered prohibited distribution.
- Additional Website Projects: Each unrelated website or client Website Project requires a separate valid Extended Commercial License or recorded Extended-license download.
- App and Game Embedding: You may embed the Font Software into mobile applications, including iOS and Android apps, desktop software, or video games, provided that the Font is used only to display text within the licensed application or game and is not made available to end users as a standalone font or creative tool.
- E-Pub and Document Embedding: You may embed the Font into electronic publications, including ePub, Kindle, and PDF files, for commercial distribution, provided that the Font is securely embedded and cannot be extracted for independent use.

D. Brushes, Add-Ons, and Creative Tools

Certain Assets — including Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Affinity Designer, and Clip Studio brushes, as well as actions, effects, and layer styles (the “Tool Assets”) — function as instruments for creating new work rather than as finished graphics.

Original Output: Artwork, lettering, and designs you create using Tool Assets constitute your own original work. Under the Commercial and Extended Commercial tiers, this output is not subject to the physical-copy or print-on-demand limits of this Agreement, provided the output is a flattened or rendered work that does not permit extraction of the Tool Asset. Under the Personal tier, output remains restricted to personal, non-commercial use.
As-Is Output: Output whose primary value is an unmodified stamp, texture, or effect result applied without meaningful creative input is treated as use of the Asset itself and follows the standard tier limits, including the merchandise and POD restrictions.
No Derivative Tools: You may not extract, adapt, or reverse-engineer Tool Assets — including brush tips, shapes, grains, source textures, or settings files — to create, improve, or distribute competing brushes, effects, actions, presets, or similar products.

Prohibited Uses

The following restrictions apply to all license tiers:

No Generative AI Training: You may not use the Assets, in whole or in part, to train, test, validate, or fine-tune any artificial intelligence or machine-learning model, algorithm, or system. This includes neural networks, large language models, and generative adversarial networks.
No End-User Creation Services: You may not include the Assets in a SaaS product, API, logo maker, design editor, typesetting service, website builder, template system, merchandise customizer, or similar product where customers or other unrelated end users can select, manipulate, or use the Assets to create their own designs, documents, websites, merchandise, or other outputs.

This restriction does not prohibit using a third-party website builder, content management system, e-commerce platform, or hosting service as an authoring and hosting environment for a specific Website Project permitted under the Extended Commercial License. In such cases, access must remain limited to you, the client, and authorized collaborators working on that Website Project. The Font may not be made available to the website platform's general users, added to a public font library, or used in unrelated website projects.

Allowed when otherwise permitted by the applicable license tier: Using a Font or icon in the fixed UI or UX of a mobile game or accounting app; under the Extended Commercial License, uploading a Font to a private Framer, Wix, Webflow, or similar project to create and operate one licensed Website Project.

Prohibited: Creating a logo maker, t-shirt designer, Canva-like editor, public font library, or website-building service where unrelated users can select and use the Assets in their own projects.
Resale as Stock: You cannot resell, redistribute, or offer an Asset as a standalone file or as part of a bundle, template, or stock library.
Derivative Tool Products: You may not unpack, decompile, or reverse-engineer brush, action, or effect files to extract their component textures, tip shapes, or settings, whether to redistribute them or to build competing creative tools.
Trademarking: You cannot register a trademark, logo, or copyright claim that includes the Asset as a standalone element.
Illegal or Harmful Use: You cannot use the Asset in content that is pornographic, defamatory, hateful, or otherwise illegal.
Open-Source Font Conversion: You cannot modify a font file and release it as open source or public domain. This restriction does not apply to fonts already distributed under the Open Font License or as public-domain material.

Usage Limitations and Fair Use Policy

To ensure the sustainability of the service and protect contributors, Pixelbuddha enforces the following technical limitations:

No Automated Scraping: You agree not to use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, script, or other automated means or interface not provided by Pixelbuddha to access the services or extract data or Assets.
Fair-Use Download Cap: Paid memberships may offer “unlimited” access to the library, but this is intended for normal human productivity. Pixelbuddha monitors download activity to prevent account sharing and automated downloading.
Review Trigger: Downloading more than 50 Assets within a 24-hour period is considered abnormal behavior and may trigger a manual review of your account or a temporary suspension of download rights.
Legitimate High-Volume Workflows: If your workflow legitimately requires high-volume downloading, contact Pixelbuddha Support so the account can be reviewed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What license applies to premium resources?

The license depends on the plan active at the time you download the resource.

Resources downloaded under Plus are licensed under the Standard Commercial License. Resources downloaded under Pro are licensed under the Extended Commercial License.

The license is tied to the recorded download event in your account history. If the same item is later re-downloaded under a different eligible plan, the later download may grant different rights for that item in accordance with the Terms.

What happens if I upgrade from Plus to Pro?

Upgrading your membership does not automatically change the license for items you already downloaded under Plus. Those downloads remain under the Standard Commercial License unless you re-download the same item while Pro is active.

If you re-download that item under Pro, the new download is recorded in your account history and grants the Extended Commercial License for that item from the date of the Pro re-download.

How do I manage my membership?

You can manage your membership from your account page at any time. Depending on your plan and account status, you may be able to upgrade, downgrade, reactivate, or cancel your membership there.

Changes to your plan take effect according to your current billing cycle and the applicable Pixelbuddha Membership Terms.

What happens to my access if I cancel?

If you cancel a recurring membership, your access remains active until the end of your current billing period. After that, access to new premium downloads ends.

Canceling your membership does not revoke the rights already granted for resources you validly downloaded while your plan was active. You may continue using those resources under the license granted at the time of download or re-download, as reflected in your account history.

Can I keep using resources I downloaded before my membership ended?

Yes. If you downloaded a resource while your membership was active, you may continue using it under the license granted for that recorded download event.

For example, an item downloaded under Plus remains licensed under the Standard Commercial License. If the same item was later re-downloaded under Pro, the later recorded download grants the Extended Commercial License for that item from the date of the re-download.

Can I sell artwork made with Pixelbuddha brushes?

Yes. Artwork you paint or design with brushes and Tool Assets is your own work. Under the Commercial and Extended Commercial tiers, you may sell it without copy limits, including prints and merchandise, as long as the product is your flattened artwork and does not include the brush files or extractable parts of them.

Reselling unmodified stamps or textures as clip art, stock, or stickers follows the standard Asset limits instead.

Can I upload a font to Framer, Wix, or another website editor?

Yes, under the Extended Commercial License. You may upload supplied webfont files to Framer, Wix, Webflow, Squarespace, WordPress, Shopify, or a similar hosted platform and use the Font as live website text in one Website Project owned or controlled by you or one client. You may also self-host the Font through CSS @font-face.

The client and authorized collaborators may access the website editor and edit text within that licensed Website Project. The completed website may be transferred to the client, and the Font may remain installed within it. They may not download, extract, install, distribute, or reuse the Font outside the licensed Website Project.

This permission does not allow the Font to be added to a public font library, logo maker, general-purpose design editor, typesetting service, or website-building product where unrelated end users can select it for their own projects. Each unrelated website or client Website Project requires a separate valid Extended Commercial License or recorded Extended-license download.

How does billing work?

Recurring memberships renew automatically at the end of each billing cycle unless canceled before the next renewal date. Lifetime memberships and one-time purchases do not renew automatically.

You are responsible for canceling before renewal if you do not want the next charge to be processed. In some cases, your payment provider may require separate cancellation steps.

What is your refund and cancellation policy?

Refund requests are reviewed individually under the Refund Policy. Recurring memberships may be canceled before the next renewal date. Cancellation stops future renewal charges but does not revoke rights already validly granted through prior recorded download or re-download events.

How can I contact support?

If you have questions about billing, membership access, download history, or license records, contact Pixelbuddha Support:

Email: info@pixelbuddha.net