Playtype Foundry is dedicated to creating fonts that have something to say. We caught up with Jonas Hecksher and Jeppe Pendrup at their studio in Copenhagen for a glimpse into their process and what guides a typeface project.
About us
Monotype brings brands to life through type and technology that consumers engage with every day. The company's rich legacy includes a library that can be traced back hundreds of years, featuring famed typefaces like Helvetica, Futura, Times New Roman and more. Monotype also provides a first-of-its-kind service that makes fonts more accessible for creative professionals to discover, license, and use in our increasingly digital world. We work with the biggest global brands, and with individual creatives, offering a wide set of solutions that make it easier for them to do what they do best: design beautiful brand experiences.
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http://www.monotype.com
External link for Monotype
- Industry
- Design Services
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Woburn, MA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1887
- Specialties
- Typeface design, eText fonts, Web fonts, Fonts for embedding, Custom typeface design, Fonts for ISVs, Fonts for OEMs, Font management software, Text imaging solutions for printers, Visual marketing, branding, and typography
Locations
Employees at Monotype
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Neeraj Gulati
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Luis Machado
Manager, LatAm Sales at Monotype | Marketing sales leader with broad international experience | ex-Salesforce, ex-WPP
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Márcio Reis
Marketing & Technology business leader. Martech, growth and digital marketing specialist. Hands-on, full-stack marketeer.
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Yujie Chen
Seasoned leader with a proven track record in building teams, creating products and driving growth
Updates
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Happening today at Adobe MAX! Join us at the Creative Park for a workshop on typographic sticker design using Monotype Fonts with Jess Goldsmith, founder of Women of Type — at 2:30pm. 💖
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"What's still at the heart of [type] is human skill and human decision-making." At Pencil to Pixel with SEA last month, Dan Rhatigan and Doug Wilson reflect on how honoring type's past helps us design its future.
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We’re off to Adobe MAX next week, where we're hosting a full lineup of type-focused experiences. Don’t miss our breakout session: 🎤 What’s new, what’s next: How creatives can shape the future with fonts, with Sara Soskolne & Charles Nix. Then, stop by our booth at the Creative Park for a series of mini-sessions with our experts: 💫 Pride Amsterdam: The design language of a movement with Graham Sturt. 🎨 Hands-on typographic sticker design with Jess Goldsmith. 🔠 Gotham’s new looks: evolving an iconic typeface for the Obama Foundation with Sara Soskolne. 🚀 Creative ops: The secret ingredient to creative success with Kristin Ratzlaff. ⚖️ A crash course in legal font licensing with Carl Unger. 📝 Bye-bye, busywork: How to stop wasting your creatives’ time with Jay Loo. See exact timing on the Adobe MAX mobile app — and see you soon.
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"What can you do to create a sense of connection between a human being and a place?" Joy Nazzari is the founder of DNCO, an agency that’s created branding for neighborhoods in London, New York, and Vancouver, and the city of San Francisco. This week on the podcast, Joy and host Marie Boulanger talk about Joy's perspective on design leadership, the power of discomfort, and how to connect people to places in meaningful ways. Tune in here: https://mntype.co/4hkfoUa
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It's October. Do you know where your holiday campaign plans are? 👀 For creatives and brands, the holidays are a playground - a chance to mix timeless customs with reinvention. That’s why Tom Foley and Emilios T. curated a collection of festive fonts: some tried-and-true classics guaranteed to resonate, and a few surprising “Christmas crackers” for those looking to stand out. See the full Holiday Font collection: https://mntype.co/46HZEXy
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"When I think about the fonts available to brands and creators, I think about possibility. About the stories that become available to tell when the right font options are easy to find, and the wrong fonts don’t stand in the way." Mary Catherine Pflug on how fonts tell our stories, for people and brands alike — via Transform magazine: https://mntype.co/3J4KZwA
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Boomers, Gen Z, and everyone in between — can we talk? In Bill Connolly’s latest for Rolling Stone Culture Council, we examine how design and technology are changing how we connect across generations, and where empathy is needed to bridge the gap. Full article here: https://mntype.co/3Wc9WJk
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Monotype reposted this
In 1917, Charlie Chaplin built his villa in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. Nearby, he built a film studio at the southeast corner of La Brea Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Later, Hanna-Barbera took that studio over and, after that, the Jim Henson Company would claim the property as the home of Henson’s workshop, welcoming the world through a gate crowned with Kermit the Frog (dressed - this is worth a Google - as Chaplin). Today, Chaplin’s original villa space is home to République—a bustling bakery and James Beard Award-winning restaurant. Down the street are LACMA, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, remarkable galleries and more. (As far as neighborhoods go in Los Angeles, Miracle Mile is easily one of our favorites.) On Monday, October 27, it will be our home for a special edition of Coffeehaus, presented with our partners at Monotype and Adobe. This gathering will bring together voices working at the edges of Los Angeles culture and creativity—from those defining its style, to those chronicling its street art, to others shaping its future through technology and media. As always, there will be good pastries, strong coffee and - because it’s late afternoon - wine. For those in town to attend Adobe MAX, our hope is that this can be a fitting beginning to the conference. For those who won’t be, we hope it will simply be a good way to start the week. Either way, we’d love to see you there. You can RSVP, here: https://luma.com/knfaj567
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Cadson Demak means “very well selected” in Thai — which perfectly captures the foundry's philosophy: always choosing the best possible solution to meet a client’s needs. In this episode of Foundry Stories, we traveled to Bangkok to visit Cadson Demak, a foundry whose work shapes everyday life across Thailand. From restaurant menus to glossy magazines, their typefaces are woven into the fabric of Thai visual culture.