Need clarification about purchasing a font/license for cover of my ebook

I am having a graphic designer make a book cover for my ebook, and she's using an Adobe font in PhotoShop. Do I, as the book author, have to purchase the font/license, in order to use the font on my ebook cover?

She is allowed to sell her work using the products she owns.

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