Innovation has dramatically reduced the friction we experience in our working lives, increasing our capacity for productivity and leaving more space for creative thinking. For creative industries and brands, this evolving shift reveals a vital need to create new workflows and structures to fit our new ways of working. With generative AI increasing our capacity to create and iterate creative assets at scale, creative infrastructure will quickly become a strategic imperative.
Generative AI tools drastically reduce the friction found in traditional design processes, removing manual check-in and review points, while also super-charging the amount of content being produced. While these increased efficiencies can give companies more time for experimentation and content personalization, they can also result in fragmented brand expression. How can enterprise brands take advantage of these new tools strategically while at the same time proactively safeguarding their brand integrity?
Scammers are constantly evolving their tactics. Keeping up with the risks can feel like an overwhelming task. From fonts used as code-delivery mechanisms, to corporate impersonation through believable brand font imitation, it’s essential to include font vulnerabilities and risks in your organizational action plan against threats. In Charles Nix’s latest piece with the Fast Company Executive Board, he takes a deeper look at how companies can prepare themselves.
Kristin Ratzlaff may not think of herself as traditionally creative — but her approach to problem-solving, team coaching, and customer strategy tells a different story. A former collegiate-athlete-turned-sales-leader, she loves complex challenges and brings an energetic, efficient mindset to her role at Monotype. From rebuilding a van for remote work in national parks, to rethinking how agencies use type, Kristin is always looking for better ways to get things done. Read on to learn more about Kristin.
Monotype Creative Type Director Spike Spondike spoke with Design Week to examine how women are actively reshaping the visual language of typography and design. It’s a thoughtful look at how design evolves when more voices are part of the conversation, and what that makes possible moving forward.
As AI accelerates content creation, enterprise brands face a growing challenge: how to remain unmistakably authentic at scale. Storytelling and voice are still essential to brand authenticity. But in today’s fast-paced content environment, visual signals — processed quickly and subconsciously — play an increasingly vital role. Among visual signals, typography is more than a decorative asset. Crucially, it builds trust, guiding how people perceive your brand’s credibility and the consistency of its messaging.
Monotype Imaging Inc. today announced a new collaboration with Frontify, the centralized brand-management platform that helps businesses effectively scale their brands. Customers can now leverage the Monotype Fonts platform directly within Frontify, ensuring brand consistency without needing to switch between platforms. With this integration, creative and marketing teams can more easily access, use, and manage brand typography effectively across every touchpoint.
In this recurring feature in our “Fonts Having a Moment” series, we’ll be exploring cities around the world through the dual lenses of culture and typography, guided by our friends at Monotype and some of our partner foundries. Join us on this exciting virtual journey! This time, get to know Torino, Italy with Paco González and Giuseppe Salerno from Resistenza Type.
Each Olympic Games introduces its own unique visual identity system, thoughtful designed to reflect the spirit of the host city while honoring the enduring legacy of the Olympics. The 2026 Winter Olympics, held from February 6-22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, provided its own take on translating place and culture for local and global audiences. Charles Nix recently spoke with Print Magazine to share his take on the past, present, and future of Olympic branding, and the role type plays in shaping identity on a global stage.
Extensis, a Monotype company, and Axle AI, a leader in on-premise media asset management and digital asset management software, today announced that Axle AI has acquired Extensis Portfolio®, a flexible, easy-to-use digital asset management system used by prominent companies and cultural institutions across the globe. The product will retain the Portfolio branding and software platform, and going forward will be developed, sold, and supported by a dedicated division of Axle AI, Portfolio DAM, LLC.