You can source stock images from the following web libraries:
Getty Images
Dreamstime
OzImages
Shutterstock
Foto Search
aapone
The above websites offer thousands of photos, illustrations, audio and video files, flash and vector images that can be used for personal use or graphic design purposes, they come with a set of terms and conditions and different licencing for different purposes.
You can source font from the following font foundries:
Linotype
Emigre
FontFont
The Font Bureau
ITC Fonts
They offer a range of fonts, and font families that can be bought for the use of graphic design purposes, advertising purposes, and personal use. They also come with a set of terms and conditions, and licensing for different purposes.
How can you get these images and fonts? Terms and Conditions included.
IMAGES
I chose three different stock images, from three different websites - to show the differences in prices, licencing and how you go about acquiring these images from different photo libraries. 1. iStockphoto
iStockphoto works with a pay-as-you-go credit system. There's are two categories in which you can buy these credits, and the amount that your buying relates to them.
These include; "Small One Off Projects" and "Large or Ongoing Projects.
The price of credits ranges, the smallest amount that can be bought is 6 credits, which costs $11.00, works out to be $1.81 per credit. The largest amount is 1000 credits, for $1531.50, which works out to be $1.51 per credit. If that's not enough, larger amounts are available but they are considerably dearer.
The costs of these files is dependant on the size of the image, and the type of image. For example, an extra small basic photo, would cost 1 credit. Where as a extra small basic illustration would cost 3.
Licences are also available, which have there own set of conditions and regulations for how many times the product can be reused and how long you have ownership of the product.
2. Getty Images
Getty Images has a specific price for each image, in different sizes and resolutions, its more of an online shop that iStockphoto and images can be added to a cart and then purchased all at once.
The price increases with the size and resolution of the images, and they are all in RGB mode. All images can be used for commercial use.
All the rights to the images stay with Getty Images, but they are licenced to be used by customers, but can not be used in any reproduced materials within, out outside of the company/person who has bought the image.
3. Shutterstock
Shutterstock has two types of licences available to customers. The standard license, which allows the image purchased to be used for most commercial uses and some merchandising uses. And the enhanced license, which allows unlimited merchandising uses as well as commerical uses.
When using Shutterstock you can either buy your images individually or buy a bundle deal, where you have a year to make as many purchases as stated in the deal, and you have a year to make these purchases.
All three of these websites offer downloads to their images, that can be payed by credit card or paypal. They also have search engines built into the website with keywords to their images, which makes finding exactly what your looking for a lot easier.
FONTS
When looking for typefaces that suit a certain project, or a typeface you may have seen, liked, and then photographed. Websites such as IdentiFont and What The Font, help you in finding them.
Font foundry's offer all different types of fonts that are available for purchase with licencing to state how many times, and for what, these fonts can be used.
Emigre, lists the different styles and type designers - so you can search for the typeface your looking for. The font shown above is called "Mason" and was described as a Greek styled font. This could potentially be used in the logo. To buy this particular font would cost $125 dollars and included in that family is Mason Serif Regular, and Mason Serif Bold. The website also offers the design features of the specific type face.
It works the same as a stock image library, in the way that the fonts are downloadable and you pay by either pay pal or credit card. By downloading these fonts, you are binding yourself to a legal agreement, as mentioned in the terms and conditions.
The way the licencing works (for Emigre in particular, other font foundry's would have there own guidelines with similarities to this one) is that a basic licence covers you to have 1 location for the font (for example a design studio) with up to five devices in that location that are able to use it (for example, a mac computer). The fonts can not be modified or changed in any way shape or form, embedding the fonts into digital images will incur another charge, and Emigre must be mentioned in the production credits.
Bibliography
http://www.emigre.com/EULOptions.php
http://www.shutterstock.com/licensing.mhtml
http://www.istockphoto.com/help/licenses
http://www.gettyimages.com.au/Corporate/LicenseInfo.aspx
