Have you had a "forum saves my thesis" moment? The community is waiting.

Software forums often devolve into graveyards of unanswered questions. The Lumerical Forum, however, has evolved into something rare: a genuinely warm, high-signal-to-noise community.

The Lumerical Forum: A Cornerstone for the Nanophotonics Community

Find snippets to sweep parameters, export data to MATLAB/Python, or automate layout generation. 3. Staying Current with "Innovation Space"

A user posts: "FDTD simulation of a 3D OLED structure crashes my server." The forum response: "Check your 'mesh order' setting. You likely have dielectric constants spanning three orders of magnitude. Use the 'Conformal mesh 1' refinement and reduce your mesh step in the emission layer only." The user learns about Conformal Mesh technology specific to thin-film stacks, a detail buried on page 400 of the manual.

Font Licenses Explained

Desktop License

The licensed font can appear in unlimited commercial and personal projects including, but not limited to, physical end products, social media, broadcast, packaging, and paid ads.

Can be used for

  • Web app and website usage Only in rasterized form
  • Games Only in rasterized form
  • Design or Print-on-Demand applications Only the Licensee may use the font to create a completed end product

Cannot be used for

  • Embedding fonts files Must always be used in rasterized form

Webfont License

The licensed font can appear in multiple websites owned or controlled by the Licensee. Pageview limit agreed upon at checkout. lumerical forum

Can be used for

  • Web app and website usage Only displayed in the Licensee’s website(s), within the agreed upon pageview limit.
  • Embedding fonts Only within the Licensee’s website(s) and agreed upon pageview limit

Cannot be used for

  • Games
  • Design or Print-on-Demand applications
  • Desktop use

App License

The licensed font can appear in one application. Have you had a "forum saves my thesis" moment

Can be used for

  • Games Font can be embedded, but not extractable
  • Embedding Fonts Font can be embedded in desktop apps, games, and mobile apps but cannot be extractable.

Cannot be used for

  • Web app and website usage
  • Design or Print-on-Demand applications

E-pub License

The licensed font can appear in one title. The Lumerical Forum, however, has evolved into something

Can be used for

  • Embedding Fonts Font can be embedded in epubs, but cannot be extractable

Cannot be used for

  • Web app and website usage
  • Games
  • Design or Print-on-Demand applications