Type resources for designers and brand owners
Where digital and physical meet: The future of retail.
The idea of brick and mortar stores has been a hot topic lately. Are they dying? Thriving? Whatever you believe, they’re changing, with an eye toward digital.
Q&A: Dan Rhatigan talks fine tuning fonts.
Type designer Dan Rhatigan discusses the details of fine-tuning fonts and making the most of OpenType features.
The evolution of typography with variable fonts.
With the emergence of variable fonts, design no longer has to be traded for page speed. See how this new technology can transform how we think about web design.
In our on-demand era, creative asset licensing is more challenging than ever.
It’s safe to say that few people, if any, set out to commit copyright infringement. The reality is that most individuals and brands fully intend to pay.
Embrace Ambiguity.
Monotype introduces Ambiguity, a typeface designed to effectively express a range of attitudes and beliefs.
Introducing Johnston100.
Transport for London commissioned Monotype to remaster the 100-year-old Johnston typeface.
How fonts can help you win the technology race.
As technology raises the stakes for brands, fonts can either level you up or hold you back. A simple, well-organized font system is essential to making sure you can keep pace.
The challenging game of designing for sports.
The World Cup is back, and all eyes are zeroed in on the best football … jersey fonts? We examine the tall task of designing for the world of sport.
Fashion-forward fonts for H&M.
The H&M custom font family speaks stylishly across all brand communications— from large in-store graphics to smaller type for their website.
Creative freedom and digital flexibility for Hearst Magazines Digital Media.
Hearst Media has dozens of iconic titles. Learn how Monotype helped them evolve to meet the demands of a growing digital audience by offering more design flexibility and freedom.
More than 800 languages in a single typeface: creating Noto for Google.
A typeface five years in the making, Google Noto spans more than 100 writing systems, 800 languages, and hundreds of thousands of characters for users worldwide.
One typeface, 93 languages for Sony.
Monotype’s Akira Kobayashi worked closely with Sony’s Chief Art Director Hiroshige Fukuhara to create an original typeface ready for nearly 100 languages.
A bespoke handwriting typeface for Sir Quentin Blake.
Monotype worked with noted illustrator Sir Quentin Blake and his team to recreate his handwriting as a bespoke typeface.
Premier League: a brand identity that works hard, plays hard.
One of the best rebrands of 2016, the new Premier League identity features a typeface that performs confidently from screens and jerseys to TV and league tables.
A stackable typeface for Domino’s Pizza.
Monotype designer Terrance Weinzierl delivered a taste of modern Americana to Domino’s, with his modular, multi-weight Pizza Press typeface.
Type with heart for Southwest Airlines.
Monotype and Lippincott worked closely with Southwest Airlines to craft an authentic typographic voice that formed the center of a fresh new identity.
Just how neutral is Helvetica?
In many ways the idea that Helvetica is a ‘neutral’ typeface has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s not to say it isn’t, but the neutrality narrative is only half the story.
Inside Santander’s new custom font from Monotype.
Juan Erquicia, Group Brand Manager at Santander, discusses the hurdles his brand faced heading into its rebrand, and how a custom font from Monotype helped solve those challenges.