Monotype Imaging Inc. announced today an exciting extension of its longstanding partnership with Adobe. Hundreds of the most popular, high-quality fonts from the Monotype library and select foundry partners are now integrated into Adobe Creative Cloud and available to subscribers around the world.

Phil Garnham, Executive Creative Director, and Marie Boulanger, Design Lead, sat down with DESIGNBOTE to discuss Monotype’s 2025 trends report, Re:Vision, Future Typographies.

“2024 has been another strong year for Monotype. As we reflect on the milestones of the past year and look ahead to 2025, I am excited by Monotype’s continued industry leadership and innovation. We see enormous opportunities in 2025 and are focused on continuing to provide advanced type and technology solutions for our customers harnessing the power of AI  to enhance human creativity.” - CEO Ninan Chacko

Tune in to hear Terrance Weinzierl, Creative Type Director at Monotype, on BBC Tech Life podcast as he dives into the fascinating history and design of the iconic Comic Sans font, celebrating its 30th anniversary. 

As celebrated in our most recent Type Trends Report, 2024 has seen the rise of the retro, from ’90s nostalgia and grunge to the return of the comforting, traditional serif.
 

Monotype Imaging Inc. has partnered with The Readability Consortium (TRC), a group of engineering, psychophysics, and design researchers dedicated to researching how to make text faster, easier, and more comfortable to read. With this exciting collaboration, Monotype will help amplify efforts in format readability work to investigate how fonts can have an impact on readability by increasing engagement and reducing reader fatigue. 

Recognizing the impact women have had on the type design industry, Typeroom delves into the journeys of four exceptional women at Monotype, exploring their challenges, triumphs, and visions for the future of type design.

“Spatial typography designed for augmented or virtual reality opens up a third dimension for type design”, says Phil Garnham, executive creative director at the type design company Monotype.

Akira Kobayashi, Creative Type Director at Monotype discusses the new era of global type design in an interview with Kim Tidwell at PRINT. Akira shares his thoughts on this new era after renown Japanese type foundry Fontworks joined the Monotype family earlier this month.

Can something embody both a legacy and the future? NYC Pride’s new brand identity does just that. Heritage of Pride’s brand identity, created in partnership between Lippincott and Monotype, features the Gotham® and Knockout® typefaces from NYC-based Hoefler&Co®., now part of the Monotype Library. 

Zetafonts presents the new issue of the Type Trends lookbook series, titled The Counterspaces (Typography in the Age of Black Swans).

“A presentation of work and the thoughts of some of the most interesting and innovative creators and thinkers in the typographic field and guides the reader in a hidden world of undefined and antagonistic areas in typographic design.”

Marie Boulanger, brand designer at Monotype, talks about her research project looking at how we connect emotionally with typography.

Terrance Weinzierl, creative director at Monotype, discusses how AI can transform the daily workflow of designers by providing fresh, informed inspiration in font pairings, and how it aids the speed and quality of font combinations while inspiring designers to be more creative.

“Perfection isn’t always the main goal. Teams should not shy away from imperfection and instead value the process of constant improvement. Doing so will enable companies to foster a culture of innovation and creativity.”

Thilo von Debschitz this year’s Red Dot Juror shines a spotlight on some of Monotype’s winning typefaces and what makes them standout. 

Charles Nix highlights the growing importance of typography in our daily lives, and the impact that font choice can have on accessibility and legibility, particularly when it comes to optical character recognition (OCR) technology.

Monotype has introduced an aerodynamic typography with their font Aeroko. A boxy and solid typeface geared toward high performance brands from sports to energy and transportation.

The National Portrait Gallery in London has revealed its new identity,  debuting a new monogram, logotype, typeface and sleek color palette, inspired by paint and materials in the building and archive, as well as the gallery’s own portrait collection.