Type resources for designers and brand owners
Crafting connection and authenticity: Insights from Brand Talks Köln.
We recently had the pleasure of hosting Brand Talks in Cologne. It was our first ever aufenthalt in the carnival-capital, and it was a great success! We enjoyed a captivating afternoon, hearing from some of the industry’s finest, talking about what they do best. Monotype’s Creative Type Director,Sina Otto set the stage with a powerful opening.
The Commercial Printer: The hero with a thousand typefaces.
In the commercial printing world, nothing is more frustrating or less welcome than waste – wasted time, wasted materials, and wasted effort. Prepress systems can help streamline the process, but certain issues often slip through the cracks. And since one of the most common reasons for unwanted reprinting across prepress systems is faulty, incompatible or missing font files, we’re offering the following best practices.
How custom variable fonts supercharged Boehringer’s global rebrand by Interbrand.
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM, has been transforming the lives of animals and humans around the world for over a century.
September webinar: How to tell your brand story with type.
There comes a time in every organization’s life when a makeover becomes essential.
September webinar: Font licensing made easy.
Whether you’re a team of one or sit in a large organization, font licensing can be complicated and overwhelming.
Making the Leap: Pearlfisher Partners with Monotype.
Over the last year or so, Pearlfisher became a Monotype agency partner, and doing so has made life a lot easier for the Realization team. Read on to learn how Monotype Fonts has streamlined organizing font files and tracking licensing information for Pearlfisher.
Crafting soundscapes: the art and intuition behind Hugh Miller’s award-winning album cover design.
We recently spoke with London designer and Art Director Hugh Miller about the project that landed him the Freda Sack award, the highest accolade from the International Society of Typographic Designers. Read on to learn more about his thoughtful work.
Meet the 2024 Beatrice Warde Scholarship recipient: Gabriela Parra Sánchez.
Get to know Gabriela Parra Sánchez, the 2024 Beatrice Warde Scholarship recipient, an artist and illustrator in formation at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar. Read on for an interview with the promising young designer.
Meet the 2024 Adé Hogue Scholarship recipient: Patrick Guanaz.
Get to know Patrick Guanaz, the 2024 Adé Hogue Scholarship recipient and a senior at Centro Universitário Senac in São Paulo, Brazil. Read on for an interview with the promising young designer.
August 22nd Webinar: Font licensing made easy.
Whether you’re a team of one or sit in a large organization, font licensing can be complicated and overwhelming.
Webinar: How to tell your brand story with type.
There comes a time in every organization’s life when a makeover becomes essential.
Highlights from Monotype at ADC Hamburg.
From June 4th to 7th, 2024, the creative industry gathered in the port of Hamburg for the ADC Festival 2024. A who’s who of German and global design, and an event we certainly weren’t going to miss! We had the pleasure not only of attending, but also speaking and hosting partnered activations with Merchery. Here’s the low-down on what we got up to at the festival:
Creative Characters S5 E3: From Biden to Harris: rebranding at lightning speed with Shar Biggers.
Ready to dive into the world of political design? Tune in to hear Shar Biggers’ wild ride designing for high-stakes presidential campaigns, from working on Hillary’s 2016 run to the rollercoaster of the Biden-Harris rebrand.
Creative Characters S5 E2: Re:Vision 2025: Shaping the future through design.
Type is a mirror on culture — the themes of “now” create the visual cultures of tomorrow. Tune in to explore the themes in Re:Vision, a transformative approach to our annual trends report, and discover how type shapes the world around us.
Creative Characters S5 E1: Nerding out on 3D type and creativity with Taekyeom Lee.
Join us for a delightful chat with Taekyeom Lee, the graphic designer and educator who takes typography off the page and into the third dimension. Tune in now.
Creative Characters S4 E20: You’re going to need a passport: Simon Waterfall on sharpening and expanding your design practice.
Join us for our final episode of 2024, where host Bill Connolly catches up with Creative Director Simon Waterfall. The two discuss Simon’s storied career, and where luck has brought him to today.
Creative Characters S4 E19: Cat How on building a branding agency that stands out.
In this episode, host Tom Foley chats with Cat about building an ethical branding agency, tackling big projects, and having fun at work. Tune in now.
Creative Characters S4 E18: Kelli Anderson on the art and power of papercraft.
Doug Wilson catches up with Kelli Anderson about her forthcoming typography pop-up book, her passion for teaching design with tactile objects, and her love of all things paper. Tune in now.