Monotype Desktop App works in tandem with the Monotype Fonts web platform. It simplifies font management, eliminates the need to manually look for missing fonts, and provides a personalized experience to use Monotype Fonts.

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The Monotype Desktop App delivers your selected fonts to your workstation via syncing from the Monotype Fonts web portal. Fonts synced to Monotype Desktop App can be used in most applications on your workstation, streamlining the creative process and letting users focus their energy on the project at hand.

The Monotype Desktop App also casts fonts onto most major creative applications, minimizing the time creators waste searching for missing fonts and manually downloading and installing individual font files.

The major functions of the application are as follows:

Font syncing allows you to use the fonts from the Monotype Fonts platform by casting them into various creative programs on your workstation via the Monotype Desktop App.

Syncing fonts mean you can use them for prototyping without the risk of a negative impact on your licensing agreement. Downloading a font is counted as a desktop use of a font, meaning it counts as a font in production and has a direct impact on usage and the license. Syncing a font helps you avoid the risk of license breach.

Syncing tracks font use by individual user accounts, simplifying utilization tracking, security, and compliance. It’s the preferred method of accessing fonts from Monotype Fonts.

Certain users also have download capabilities, which allows them to download font files from the platform and install it on their workstations.

In terms of functionality, there’s very little difference between the two. Syncing provides equivalent access to fonts as downloading does. There are a few use cases where downloading would be required, such as for use on offline workstations where syncing is impossible or for developer use in programming environments.

You can sync a font by clicking the dropdown arrow on the Sync button. Click here for a step-by-step guide to syncing fonts.

To download and install font files, you can click on the Download options tab in the Sync & Download options dialog. Click here for a detailed guide on downloading and installing fonts.

There are two ways to download the Monotype Desktop App:

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To uninstall the desktop app, run the Uninstaller application. You can find the Uninstaller at the following paths on Mac and Windows:

After uninstalling, check for the presence of the following folders:

If files remain in these folders after uninstallation is complete, please restart your system and manually delete the remaining files.

The Monotype Desktop App has built-in plugins that can automatically detect missing fonts in your creative projects.

Once you open a design file, Monotype Desktop App automatically detects all the missing fonts, looks for them in Monotype’s library of 150,000+ fonts (or more if your team manages third-party fonts through Monotype Fonts), and casts them on to the creative application you’re working on. You will also get a prompt to install the font.

Without the Monotype Desktop App, finding missing fonts can take hours—users might have to search through hundreds of team assets and folders or send a couple of emails and wait for responses. The Monotype Desktop App automates the process, reducing it to a few clicks.

Note: Refer to this page to know more about the plugin support and management.​
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