Tiny reminders to stay home.
Typography is an important component of great design. And for designers, selecting the right type can be an enormous challenge with so many varying styles and weights to choose from. To help, pangrams are often used to quickly get an overview of what a particular font looks like in use.
TypeNotes issue no. three is available for download.
TypeNotes is a love letter to letterforms, a journal dedicated to typography and graphic design.
Fonts for games
Fonts in games have a subjective role, helping to convey the theme and atmosphere of a game while shaping expectations about its content. And there’s the more practical job of conveying information quickly, legibly, on any kind of screen and in multiple languages, so that no one gets left behind or in the lurch.
Monotype Fonts solves missing fonts frustration.
One of the most frustrating disruptions a designer encounters is when fonts are missing for a project.
What's Your Font Style? Quiz
Are you a studious serif font, a chameleon-like variable font, or something in between?
Take this short quiz to find out.
The right tone in difficult times.
Let’s look at how design and typography can help keep brand sentiment strong while sending a message that assures your customers you get what’s going on.
#CreativeMatters challenge recap.
Over the past several weeks, the creative community has stepped up, designing art that motivates, informs, and brings people together during an increasingly challenging time.
Why creativity matters during times of uncertainty.
See how designers have stepped up in creative ways to visualize messages of hope, community, and caring for all.
Fontsmith arrives in the Monotype library.
Fontsmith’s roster of typefaces, along with its years or experience and expertise, are part of the Monotype library and available for all Mosaic customers.
Font engineering and the importance of what you can't see.
Fonts are more than a pretty face. Underneath their polished surface is an intricate array of data and functionality that few people ever see. Yet this hidden world is integral to the reliability, performance and appearance of a font.
Monotype Acquires Fontsmith.
We’ve long admired the incredible work of Fontsmith Founder Jason Smith and his team of designers, and we’re proud to welcome them to the Monotype family.
The secrets and subtleties of handwriting fonts.
Out of all the thousands of fonts in the world, handwriting fonts are a category unto themselves. But even within that seemingly narrow niche, there is a range of styles that reflects the variations and subtle differences found in actual handwriting.
Typography terms and definitions.
From alternates to X-height, this list of typography terms and definitions covers just about everything you’d want to know about fonts and typography.
Brand Talks Connections London: Looking back to move forward
Our last Brand Talks event of the year focused on insights gained from the best in branding from 2019, and the emerging brand and design trends for 2020.
How to keep your brand aligned along an ever-evolving customer journey.
Modern brands are not static, stationary objects. Today’s brands need to be agile and adaptable, permanently poised to respond to shifts in consumer expectations, emerging technology, and opportunities in other regions and languages.
Brand Talks Paris 2019: Keeping up with change
On November 7, Monotype hosted our second Brand Talks in Paris to explore the ways brands are impacted by both social and economic changes and how they can evolve. A few years ago, brands did not have the same considerations, but they now must keep pace with major issues such as environmental concerns, changing societal expectations, and new ways of engaging with the audience.
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.
What should brands know about variable fonts?
Learn how variable fonts can help brands looking to distinguish themselves in the modern marketplace.