Monotype's CEO on why type matters for global brands

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Monotype's CEO on why type matters for global brands

Ninan Chacko was on vacation in Turin, Italy, when he stopped to snap a photo of a street sign. In the picture, all you can see is the name: Via Roma. But for Chacko, the CEO of Monotype, the world’s largest type seller, the classic letters told the whole story. The sharp angle of the point of the v, the elegantly cupped serifs of the i, the soft curve of the r: It was clear that, on this street, you would find a high-end shopping experience. “It instantly conveyed elegance to me,” he recalls. Read the full article here Action Plan: To the Letter - Alumni - Harvard Business School (hbs.edu)

There is a big difference, for instance, in how consumers rate typefaces for reinforcing feelings of trust. I don’t know any brand in the world that doesn’t want to be earning trust.

Ninan Chacko