Type resources for designers and brand owners
Monotype Fonts solves missing fonts frustration.
One of the most frustrating disruptions a designer encounters is when fonts are missing for a project.
What's Your Font Style? Quiz
Are you a studious serif font, a chameleon-like variable font, or something in between?
Take this short quiz to find out.
The right tone in difficult times.
Let’s look at how design and typography can help keep brand sentiment strong while sending a message that assures your customers you get what’s going on.
#CreativeMatters challenge recap.
Over the past several weeks, the creative community has stepped up, designing art that motivates, informs, and brings people together during an increasingly challenging time.
New custom type family for MotoGP™.
MotoGP™ is the top division of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. It’s the oldest motorsports championship (racing since 1949) and visits a total of 16 countries across four continents every season.
Why creativity matters during times of uncertainty.
See how designers have stepped up in creative ways to visualize messages of hope, community, and caring for all.
A distinct custom font (with wings) for Duolingo.
See how we helped Duolingo find its voice (and its wings) with a custom brand font.
Fontsmith arrives in the Monotype library.
Fontsmith’s roster of typefaces, along with its years or experience and expertise, are part of the Monotype library and available for all Mosaic customers.
Greater digital and global reach for Orange.
As it grew and expanded into new regions, Orange found that its font capabilities were not keeping up. Support for new languages was inconsistent, different teams were using different licenses and fonts, and there was concern about degrading brand recognition and license infringement.
Dubai Font: a future-facing typeface for the city and its people.
The city of Dubai partnered with Microsoft and Monotype to create a typeface that reflects Dubai’s energetic nature in both Latin and Arabic.
Creating a consistent identity for an iconic banking group.
Partnering with Interbrand and Monotype, Santander redesigned its brand to become more modern, more digital and more in tune with a new generation of consumers.
Font engineering and the importance of what you can't see.
Fonts are more than a pretty face. Underneath their polished surface is an intricate array of data and functionality that few people ever see. Yet this hidden world is integral to the reliability, performance and appearance of a font.
Monotype Acquires Fontsmith.
We’ve long admired the incredible work of Fontsmith Founder Jason Smith and his team of designers, and we’re proud to welcome them to the Monotype family.
The secrets and subtleties of handwriting fonts.
Out of all the thousands of fonts in the world, handwriting fonts are a category unto themselves. But even within that seemingly narrow niche, there is a range of styles that reflects the variations and subtle differences found in actual handwriting.
Typography terms and definitions.
From alternates to X-height, this list of typography terms and definitions covers just about everything you’d want to know about fonts and typography.
Veto Sans and the art and craft of Marco Ganz
“Typeface design is not an art. It’s a craft,” says Marco Ganz, the designer of Veto Sans. “People are familiar with letters. Letters have a purpose. Art has no purpose beyond making people think or wonder.”
Brand Talks Connections London: Looking back to move forward
Our last Brand Talks event of the year focused on insights gained from the best in branding from 2019, and the emerging brand and design trends for 2020.
How to keep your brand aligned along an ever-evolving customer journey.
Modern brands are not static, stationary objects. Today’s brands need to be agile and adaptable, permanently poised to respond to shifts in consumer expectations, emerging technology, and opportunities in other regions and languages.