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Let’s look at some common font issues you might have already come across, and how Monotype Fonts can help you resolve them.
What’s new.
Monotype’s company desktop license empowers cloud access to brand fonts.
Long gone are the days of zipping up folders of font files and sharing them across your organization, or even messier, embedding fonts in documents in the cloud in hopes that the design remains intact. We recently announced an expanded set of licensing rights which allows all employees within an organization to access Commercial Production Fonts in their desktop environments.
Creative Characters S2 E8: Andrew Krivine and Michael Worthington.
This week we’re welcoming Andrew Krivine, author and punk rock collector, alongside Michael Worthington, faculty at CalArts and co-founder of Counterspace. The creative duo is here to tell the tale of how they co-created the largest exhibition of punk and new wave graphics ever shown on the West Coast.
Monotype x Limerick.
Over the past four years, we’ve been lucky to forge a reciprocal partnership with the Limerick School of Art & Design / TUS in Ireland. Both Creative Type Directors Tom Foley and Emilios Theofanous have now participated in workshops and modules at the leading fine art, design and creative media school. This year’s students were asked to write a message platform for one typeface and build a marketing plan and design assets to promote it in digital or print media.
Font resources for brands.
5 rebrands that used type to transform their sector.
Rebranding a business is not for the faint of heart. It’s an enormous operation that requires significant time and investment while offering the possibility of totally revitalizing a brand.
How to find a legible font.
Legibility is a crucial consideration when trying to choose a font for your project. Here’s how to find a legible font that will be easy on the eyes for your readers and customers.
The 4 most important considerations when choosing a font for website or app launches.
Launching a website or app? Your font choice is key to your success. Here’s how to assess the legibility, consistency, performance, and longevity of your font choice.
Inspiration.
Spark your creativity: Expert tips to keep you focused and inspired.
Find design inspiration in an age of information overload.
4 popular book cover design trends in 2023.
In this article, get a peek at recent and upcoming book releases in a variety of genres to get a sense of what typography styles are trending in publishing right now. This post is a guest piece from our friends at Reedsy, a website that connects authors with publishing professionals.
7 Typographic rebrands that worked wonders.
Today’s brands must keep up with a fast-paced digital world and navigate a “new normal” that’s still emerging from the worst of the pandemic. The last few years shifted everyone’s digital expectations, how brands operate, and in some cases, impacted their business models.
All resources.
Creative Characters S6 E1: Shaping Thai type and design with Cadson Demak.
This week, take a playful trip into Thai typography. From bold ideas to beautiful letterforms, hear how Cadson Demak has helped shape Thailand’s modern design scene.
Pros And Perils Of Personal Fonts In Team Projects.
Graphic designers glean inspiration and even comfort from their personal font collections. But when a designer brings their own fonts into a team environment, things get complicated.
Font Management Workflow: The Key to Creating Efficiencies and ROI for Creative Teams.
Font management workflow is the practice of implementing strategic font management practices into your larger creative workflow to increase efficiency and productivity. By “creative workflow,” we mean the routine processes that allow creative teams to produce and deliver a creative project: from ideation, feedback and revisions, and finalization to securing the necessary creative asset licenses and production, or going “live.”
Creative Characters S5 E22: Designing the future with Malcolm Garrett.
In this final episode of the season, legend Malcolm Garrett discusses his influential career, music branding for iconic bands, and thoughts on how AI is transforming design.
Color of the Year 2026 x Jensen Arabique
We’ve partnered with Pantone to give the first ever typographic expression for a Pantone Color of the Year, pairing Jensen Arabique with this year’s selection; PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer.
Creative Characters S5 E21: Tackling climate change with creativity, with Bruce Mau Design.
How can creativity drive real climate action? Tune in for an inspiring conversation on how bold design thinking can help tackle climate change and shape a more hopeful future.
Creative Characters S5 E20: The fun of finding fonts at Adobe MAX 2025.
Curious about what makes Adobe MAX 2025 a hub for creativity? Tune in now for an inside scoop on the event that draws thousands of creatives each year.
Foundry Stories: Blaze Type.
Founder Matthieu Salvaggio shares how Blaze Type grew from their (self-taught!) roots in Lyon, France in 2016 to being an established foundry whose fonts are used around the world.
Creative Characters S5 E19: Balancing expressiveness and readability with Cyla Costa.
This week, Cyla Costa shares how her cultural identity and global experiences influence her expressive designs, highlighting themes of inclusion, feminism, and individuality. Tune in now.