What should brands know about variable fonts?

Learn how variable fonts can help brands looking to distinguish themselves in the modern marketplace.

Part 2: from TrueType GX to Variable Fonts

Tom Rickner introduces Monotype’s first Variable font, available free on GitHub, and shares his research into potential use cases for variable fonts.

How web fonts help you build emails customers actually want.

As new marketing strategies come and go, email remains one of the most effective ways brands can reach their customers. Here’s how web fonts can help.

How to choose a font that works everywhere.

Whether you are looking for a new brand font or want to establish a consistent visual identity across the web, here’s how to choose a font that works everywhere.

Fonts behaving badly: Why you don’t always get the result you expect.

When you choose a font for your brand, you assume it will just work. But that’s not always the case, this fact can damage your brand’s visual identity.

Powering development in new markets for Royal Caribbean.

A custom version of Proxima Nova will streamline Royal Caribbean’s digital presence for clear and confident communication with Chinese customers.

Read our eBook: Five font factors to consider for the financial services sector.

Companies in the financial services sector must keep pace with shifts in consumer behavior and expectations. Our latest eBook outlines five ways fonts can help.

The State of AI in the creative industry: from Watson to WhatTheFont.

Creativity is often seen as a uniquely human quality that can’t be replicated by a machine, but AI may actually have a role to play in the creative process.

The perils of piecemeal font licensing.

Whether you’re a startup that recently hit the big time or a legacy brand with offices around the world, a messy font library can cause major headaches.

Read our ebook: 5 type trends for brands to consider in 2020

Trends in type design are often an indicator of broader shifts in brand strategy. Through conversations with designers and creative leaders, as well our Monotype Studio team, we have identified five trends for brands to consider as they build their visual identities in the next year and beyond.

eBook: Your type

From the cursive script taught in first grade to the bubble type that filled teenage diaries to the decorative name style that adorned your favorite band T-shirt, type has and always will be a fundamental part of our self-expression. In this eBook, you’ll learn more about the differences between choosing custom, modified, and library fonts, and how foundries and agencies can work together on your behalf.

How type helps you rebrand for the future.

Modern rebrands are about more than just updating your visual identity. See how fonts help rebranding companies meet their customers’ expanding expectations.

Read our eBook: Always read the fine print.

This ebook takes a look at the evolution of font design to illustrate why today’s brands need fonts optimized for the customer experience. The eBook gives examples of how new fonts are created (and old favorites are reimagined) to handle the demands of modern technology, so you can ensure the font you choose for your brand won’t let you down.

Read our eBook: The making of a modern brand

Maintaining good brand health and a strong visual identity is essential to developing trust with your customers. It also requires constant focus and a willingness to adapt and experiment on the fly. We’ve highlighted areas you can’t ignore if you want to deliver the experience consumers expect.

Variable Fonts 101.

Typography on the web has long been considered second to web page performance, leaving web designers unable to apply all but the most basic typographic principles to online content. Until now. With the recent emergence of the variable font format, designers can work with an entire font family as they do in print.

Good Type part 10: Good type can stretch.

Choosing a typeface to represent a brand’s voice isn’t an easy decision, and it becomes more complicated when companies have to factor in the future. Type offers brands an immense amount of value, but it needs to be able to stretch.

Good Type part 9: Good type has secrets.

Much like people, typefaces are multifaceted. They can be practical and straightforward, or they can be expressive and full of contrast, depending on how they’re used. Making the most of a typeface means knowing how to unlock its secrets.

How do you choose a typeface when you’re the world’s biggest font foundry?

Monotype’s brand refresh needed to achieve the same consistency of communication that it champions for its customers. But what’s the answer when you’re a type foundry with literally tens of thousands of fonts to choose from, and multiple products and services to design for?