Monotype, Adobe Fonts and the ever-evolving font landscape.
Adobe’s move to get out of the business of fonts as a standalone offering might be good for creative professionals, but what about enterprise customers?
Right place, right time: The complicated legacy of Helvetica, one of the world’s most iconic typefaces.
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.
Fonts to fit your augmented and virtual reality designs.
Setting text in augmented and virtual reality presents new design challenges. Learn about six fonts that can enhance your AR/VR creations.
How to make clients care about fonts (and why you should try).
Sometimes clients just don’t care where their fonts come from. Here’s why their project (and your reputation) benefit from convincing them it matters.
What is a web font, anyway?
With HTML5 and web fonts becoming the industry standard for digital ads, it’s time to take a look at some web font FAQs.
D&AD New Blood Awards: using the power of typography to activate your cause.
D&AD announce the winners of their annual New Blood Awards. Typography category judges, Jamie Neely and Nadine Chahine, share their pick of the pencils.
Finding your type: How to pick the right font for your brand.
Finding the right brand font requires a deep understanding of who you are as a brand, and how you want to present that identity to the world.
The past, present and future of machine translation.
Julia Errens traces the course of machine-augmented translation, from Turing to Google Translate.
How fonts give voice to a destination.
How do fonts influence your perception of a city and its identity? See how the right choice can convey the image of a place is and what it aspires to become.
Enjoyable discomfort: The many points of view of Ambiguity.
Ambiguity, from Charles Nix, offers a chance to pause for thought, question the state of affairs, and indulge in a little bit of enjoyable discomfort.
How financial institutions can deliver a seamless experience to their customers.
Fonts play an important role in delivering a smooth experience to financial customers, and also help financial institutions keep up with evolving expectations.
Behind the font: Jessica McCarty of Magpie Paper Works.
Behind the Font highlights the people and process behind the fonts you love and use. This installment features Jessica McCarty, founder of Magpie Paper Works and Rare Bird Fonts.
Meet the 2019 Beatrice Warde Scholarship recipient: Blossom Liu.
Ever year, Monotype and the Type Director’s Club (TDC) award the Beatrice Warde Scholarship to a young woman entering the design industry. This year’s winner is Blossom Liu from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Behind the font: Carl Crossgrove of the Monotype Studio.
Behind the font highlights the people and process behind the fonts you love and use. This installment features Carl Crossgrove of the Monotype Studio.
Mobile or bust: Why forward-thinking retailers are prioritizing the mobile experience.
Retail customers are scattered across a wide range of touchpoints and react with them all interchangeably. However, they’re all linked through the mobile experience.
How financial institutions can build trust in an era of relentless scams.
In an industry where scams are commonplace and no brand is immune, trust is fragile. So, how can financial institutions build it, and build it to last?
Can fonts be sexy? Tell us in the 2019 Font Purchasing Habits Survey.
How much are designers willing to pay for high-quality fonts? Are variable fonts ready for showtime? These are among the mysteries this annual survey seeks to unravel.