Type resources for designers and brand owners

When you’re a designer, it’s thrilling to create a new brand or update an existing one. You get to be creative! Strategic! You get a chance to make your mark!

In addition to deciding on a color palette and imagery style, you get to choose foundational typefaces for your brand. But font selection should not be based on looks alone.

As your brand identity evolves, chances are you may be feeling some growing pains. You might be stretching as you search for the appropriate vision and brand identity for your evolving brand. We know firsthand that choosing the right fonts matters—font performance is crucial to delivering a positive customer experience, extending their connection to your brand.

It’s that time again. You’re at your desk, and it’s time to begin your new design project. First, you have to choose a font. To begin, you scroll through a list of fonts online and find yourself bombarded by the multitude of options. The number of fonts available is overwhelming. After several hours of researching, you finally find one type family you like, but you’re not sure how it will translate to mobile view. You jump to another option, but wonder if the font style will align with your target consumer.

Your customers see your brand through design and typography. Typography is your brand’s ambassador. It is your visual voice, speaking for you every hour of every day, everywhere your brand lives.

Today’s designers are faced with a multitude of new challenges when it comes to designing for a digital world. Customers expect constant communication, have short attention spans, and expect brands to keep up with emerging technology. Learn about the branding challenges to advance your digital strategy and forge ahead.

Designers who have encountered issues with low-res legibility or missing glyphs understand the value of high-quality typefaces sourced from established designers and foundries. However, many non-creatives don’t see the point in paying for fonts. How many creatives have heard the words “just get something free” at some point in their career?

When it comes to choosing a font to represent your brand can be a daunting task — especially when you’re trying to balance the needs of stakeholders and your customers. After all, the font you choose is one of the first things people see when they look at your brand. Here are key traits to look for when choosing a font library.

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.

The best way to ensure brand continuity across all customer touchpoints? The consistent use of fonts. But inconsistencies are surprisingly common. Use this guide to find and resolve them.

This year, like many of you, we were excited to be back at the Brand New conference in person for a 2-day meetup of some of the most influential voices in design and branding. Read on for 5 things we learned.

Amalia. The new custom typeface for Raiffeisen Bank’s brand evolution.

Positive. Inclusive. Fun. A fluid new identity for Pride Amsterdam.

A living logo for every parcel, person, and place: Monotype and Superunion help Hermes rebrand into Evri.

Monotype partnered with D8 to craft a fluid new identity for Pride Amsterdam, one of the biggest Pride celebrations in the world attracting thousands of visitors.

A bespoke modification of Helvetica Now for a medical tech company.

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. 

Evri is the new name and brand for Hermes, the UK’s largest dedicated parcel delivery company. The Monotype Studio design team led by Senior Creative Type Director Phil Garnham, worked closely with Superunion to create a living logotype powered by variable font technology to help the brand realize its mission of positive and reliable delivery experiences for everyone, everywhere.

M&M’S® has been bringing people around the world together for more than 80 years. This year, the iconic brand got a modern makeover, with a revamped purpose of creating a world where everyone feels they belong. Other changes include a fresh look and updated personalities for the famous M&M’S characters; a more inclusive and welcoming tone of voice; and a new, attention-grabbing typeface called All Together — a large, warm, playful, and conversational family.