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Type Champions Award

Monotype is thrilled to introduce the inaugural recipients of the Type Champions Award, a new program that recognizes brands for their creative, innovative, and memorable use of typography in developing and maintaining their brand identities.

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2019 Type Champions.

Monotype is thrilled to introduce the inaugural recipients of the Type Champions Award, a new program that recognizes brands for their creative, innovative, and memorable use of typography in developing and maintaining their brand identities.

Monotype Teaser

We are proud to showcase the 2017 D&AD New Blood pencil winners, along with commentary from judges, Nadine Chahine and Malou Verlomme.

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D&AD New Blood 2017 shortlist.

We are proud to showcase the 2017 D&AD New Blood pencil winners, along with commentary from judges, Nadine Chahine and Malou Verlomme.

Web Fonts

With so many ways to build HTML5 ad campaigns, there’s a lot to figure out. Here’s some handy tips to help you use Monotype web fonts in any environment.

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Using web fonts in HTML5 ads.

With so many ways to build HTML5 ad campaigns, there’s a lot to figure out. Here’s some handy tips to help you use Monotype web fonts in any environment.

quirky

Sans serifs have long dominated the world of corporate branding, but some companies are going for a different look: Fun, funky serifs. What's behind the change?

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What’s behind the rise of ‘quirky’ serifs?

Sans serifs have long dominated the world of corporate branding, but some companies are going for a different look: Fun, funky serifs. What's behind the change?

Good Type, part 1: Good type respects its elders

This first installment of the Good Type series shows how traces of the same forms and styles emerge again and again as fonts are created or revived.

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Good type respects its elders.

This first installment of the Good Type series shows how traces of the same forms and styles emerge again and again as fonts are created or revived.

Neue Kabel

Neue Kabel brings back the liveliness of the original's strikingly quirky characters, while adding in the long-lost italics and missing glyphs needed for it to address a wide range of editorial and branding purposes.

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Neue Kabel: reshaping a lost classic.

Neue Kabel brings back the liveliness of the original's strikingly quirky characters, while adding in the long-lost italics and missing glyphs needed for it to address a wide range of editorial and branding purposes.

Placard

Placard Next is a reimagined version of a 1930s poster design, that takes all the original quirky details and refines them for digital use. Its condensed versions pack an instant typographic punch when used at large sizes, introducing some unusual flavor to posters, headlines and anywhere else designers need to make a statement.

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Meet Placard Next.

Placard Next is a reimagined version of a 1930s poster design, that takes all the original quirky details and refines them for digital use. Its condensed versions pack an instant typographic punch when used at large sizes, introducing some unusual flavor to posters, headlines and anywhere else designers need to make a statement.

You can love it or hate it, use it for nearly anything or refuse to use it at all. But however you feel about Helvetica, no one can deny its place in society.

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Right place, right time: The story of Helvetica.

You can love it or hate it, use it for nearly anything or refuse to use it at all. But however you feel about Helvetica, no one can deny its place in society.

Sap

Monotype’s Terrance Weinzierl helped software company SAP to develop a typeface for SAP Fiori, for which SAP won a Red Dot Award in 2015. It was important that the design of the typeface works well in text-based UI environments without compromising on personality. The new typeface, called 72, has won a 2017 Red Dot Award.

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Creating the typeface for SAP Fiori.

Monotype’s Terrance Weinzierl helped software company SAP to develop a typeface for SAP Fiori, for which SAP won a Red Dot Award in 2015. It was important that the design of the typeface works well in text-based UI environments without compromising on personality. The new typeface, called 72, has won a 2017 Red Dot Award.