April 16 @ 11 AM EST.
Fonts in Practice: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Installation & Management
Learn how installation mistakes, format confusion, and poor font management lead to broken layouts, workflow friction, and brand risk, and how to avoid them.
Ever opened a file and seen layouts shift because of missing or substituted fonts?
Small installation mistakes can quickly lead to broken layouts, version conflicts, and last-minute production fixes. In fact, research shows that 41% of creative professionals spend up to 40% of their time on non-creative tasks, often caused by workflow inefficiencies and asset management challenges. (source)
Fonts in Practice is a live session designed to help creative professionals understand how installation choices, font formats, and version management impact real-world workflows.
This session will walk through the most common font-related mistakes and how to avoid them.
You’ll learn how fonts behave across platforms, what to check before and after installing fonts, and how better font management practices can improve collaboration and reduce risk.
This is not just a technical overview. It’s practical guidance designed to help creative teams work more efficiently and maintain consistent typography across projects.
We’ll conclude the session with live Q&A.
Presenters:
Terrance Weinzierl
Executive Creative Director
Terrance has more than 15 years of experience creating custom typefaces for Teck giants, global brands, video games, and automotive companies. His work bridges art and technology, helping teams solve visual and technical challenges through thoughtful typography. He has created original retail typefaces such as Monarda and Kairos Sans, inspired by his lettering practice. Terrance often describes himself as a librarian of type, helping people around the world choose and pair typefaces. He’s passionate about art, technology, and helping teams solve visual and technical problems through thoughtful typography.
Jay Loo
Director of Global Pre-Sales and Market Research
Working with Monotype for the last 14 years, Jay’s introduction to typography through graffiti imbued in him a passion for the creative and technological aspects of fonts. His knowledge and extensive training have made him the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all things Monotype Fonts, especially how various users consume fonts.