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A: ‘Desktop’ fonts are what we call the TrueType, OpenType and PostScript fonts that you've been using on your computer for years. These are installed locally in your system's Fonts folder, and you use them in your word processor, design programs, etc. “Webfonts” are the same fonts encoded in different ways, which web developers can use to design a website using the fonts of their choice. Browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari) know how to download these fonts and use them to display web pages in the designer's desired choice of fonts.
At purchase time, you can decide whether you need one or the other, or both types of license. For example, if you will only be using a font on web sites, and don't need to use it in Word or Photoshop at all, you only need a webfont license.
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