Upgrad­ing to Glyphs 4

A license for Glyphs 4 costs USD/EUR 319. Keep in mind that the USD price is before, the EUR after taxes. If you have received a discount code, simply click on the Buy button and

Did you purchase your license for Glyphs 3 on or after 1 February 2026? Congratulations, you get to upgrade to Glyphs 4 for free! You should have received an e-mail with instructions and your unique upgrade code. Did you not get anything? Check your spam folder. Still nothing? Get in touch.

Did you purchase a license for Glyphs 3, Glyphs 2 or even Glyphs 1 in the past? You are eligible for an upgrade at a discount. Upgrade prices are USD/EUR 199 for Glyphs 2 and 3 users. You still get a 10% discount if you still had that Glyphs 1 license lying around. If you had purchased Glyphs 3, you should have received an e-mail with an upgrade code by now. If it is not even in your spam folder, please get in touch. Glyphs 1 and 2 users: please get in touch, and send us proof of purchase, or a copy of your license file.

Did you buy Glyphs Mini at one point? You can cross-upgrade to Glyphs 4 for USD/EUR 269. This is more or less the full price minus the price of Glyphs Mini. Nothing lost.

If you are a currently enrolled student, you get Glyphs 4 at half price, USD/EUR 159. Get in touch from your school e-mail, or send us a lo-res copy of your student ID. Make sure your attachment is under a megabyte.

If you are part of teaching staff, you can purchase a license for Glyphs 4 for USD/EUR 199. This is the same as the upgrade price, so if you have had Glyphs before and received your upgrade code in the mail, you are good. If you want to buy Glyphs at this discount and do not have a discount code yet, get in touch.

By the way, are you teaching a course, workshop or class, and want to use Glyphs? You can ask for a free time-limited license for your students. Drop Rainer a line, he will send you a workshop license.

If you are thinking of purchasing five licenses or more, you qualify for a volume discount.

Volume licensing for both upgrades and new licenses

If you are buying or upgrading 5 licenses or more, you get a discount of 10%. Full price is (319×0,9=) USD/EUR 287,10 instead of 319 per seat. Upgrading is (199×0,9=) USD/EUR 179,10 per seat.

If you are buying or upgrading 20 licenses or more, you get a discount of 20%. Full price is (319×0,8=) USD/EUR 255,20 instead of 319 per seat. Upgrading is (199×0,8=) USD/EUR 159,20 per seat.

Are you purchasing for a school? 

Then the price per seat is 33% of the full price, so (319×0,33 = ) USD/EUR 105,27 per seat. For 20 or more licenses, you get an extra 10% discount, so it is (319×0,33×0,9 =) USD/EUR  94,743 per seat. If you seek to buy 18 or 19 seats, you will still get a license for 20 seats, because it is the same price.

Site License (unlimited seats):

If you are looking to upgrade your site license, please get in touch.