Tag: Font licensing

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HM International: Clearly comprehensive

HM International is a leading provider of content management services for corporate clients in the financial and capital markets. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the company offers a diverse range of services, including financial disclosure and compliance solutions, language services, and media placement, along with customised marketing and creative solutions, such as website  design, social media, and digital marketing services. 

The Commercial Printer: The hero with a thousand typefaces.

In the commercial printing world, nothing is more frustrating or less welcome than waste – wasted time, wasted materials, and wasted effort. Prepress systems can help streamline the process, but certain issues often slip through the cracks. And since one of the most common reasons for unwanted reprinting across prepress systems is faulty, incompatible or missing font files, we’re offering the following best practices.

Behind the Font: Font Licensing, demystified (Part 3 of 3).

In part 3 of Behind the Font, our Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Phil Carey-Bergren, and host, Carl Unger, discuss the implications of breaching font licenses, the significance of copyright, and what to do if you accidentally breach a contract or misuse a font license. Tune in now.

Behind the Font: Font Licensing, demystified (Part 2 of 3).

In part 2 of Behind the Font, our Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Phil Carey-Bergren, and host, Carl Unger, dissect the main parts of a font license and walk us through some common font licensing use cases you might see at work. Tune in now.

Behind the Font: Font Licensing, demystified (Part 1 of 3).

In the first-ever edition of our new podcast miniseries series Behind the Font, we dive in to the often murky and mysterious waters of font licensing. In part one, we get a crash course in recent font history to understand how licenses have evolved and why this matters to today’s brands, designers, and agencies. Tune in now.

Australia’s Hulsbosch empowered by Monotype.

For the past forty years, Sydney-based strategic branding and design agency Hulsbosch has been delivering excellence for some of Australia’s leading consumer brands. Read on to learn how Monotype Fonts has streamlined creative work for Hulsbosch.

3D and Beyond: Monotype Fonts at Territory Studio.

Territory Studio is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of creativity. Driven by a passion for creative innovation, Territory’s San Francisco-based location is busy creating dazzling design work that is showcased across film, games, automotive, and digital products.

What is a font license agreement?

Without a doubt, it is always best practice to read every word of any contract before signing. Yet, life is short and leaving legal reading to the legal team is understandably tempting. But End User License Agreements (EULAs) are actually very straight forward, particularly if you are looking out for certain terms.

5 tips for facing a challenging font licensing gap.

There’s something empowering about being a problem-solver. In the case of fonts, that often means being the one to resolve font license gaps. Everyone at your organization uses fonts, after all, and you have the chance to say, “I got this. I’ll make sure our creatives have the right tools so they can design with confidence.”

Font licensing principles unpacked.

What is the difference between a typeface, a font, a font file, a font license, and a EULA? Does a font license cover one or multiple fonts? What informs a font license strategy? What’s the easiest way to resolve a font license gap—before or after it arises? From fundamental principles to pre-purchase considerations, this guide aims to help you confidently speak the language of fonts.

5 common font management issues Monotype Fonts will help you fix.

Let’s look at some common font issues you might have already come across, and how Monotype Fonts can help you resolve them.

The cloud has changed the way companies license fonts. Here’s why you might need to make a change, too.

The way we work, including how we use and share fonts, has changed dramatically in the past couple of decades.

Choosing the right type for your project.

As a disclaimer: There are no big secrets here, no giant revelations from my 20 years of design and type experience, but it may be helpful to see how someone else goes about the process of narrowing down their font options. Once you start giving focused thought and deliberate time to choosing fonts, your choices will get better. 

 

GPU text rendering techniques.

Text rendering is an important component in the design of modern graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and digital media. With the increasing demand for high-quality graphics, animation and real-time rendering, the use of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for text rendering has become a popular solution.

Adapt to the latest trends and ways of working with Monotype Fonts. Here’s how.

Get inspired, stay adaptable, and deliver on-trend work with time-saving tools within Monotype Fonts.

8 reasons why you should pay for fonts.

Paid fonts are superior to free fonts in a variety of ways (and no, we’re not just saying that because we sell fonts). Learn what separates a premium font from a free font from experts at Monotype. 

 

How a Monotype Fonts subscription takes agencies to the next level.

From a supercharged creative team to account managers, a Monotype Fonts subscription empowers every role in an agency.