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Written by Supriya Bisht
Updated this week

2026

March 9, 2026

Monotype Fonts

New: View assets using a specific font family or style

We’ve added a new way to view the assets (like font lists, web projects, or digital ads) where fonts are used across your work.

You can now view all assets that use a specific font family or font style directly from its detail page. This improvement helps you understand font usage at a glance and reduces time spent searching through asset libraries.

What’s New

  • A new Assets tab is now available on Font Family and Font Style pages.

  • You can view all assets that use the selected font family or style.

  • Assets list updates automatically when fonts are added or removed using the details page.

  • A clear empty state appears if no assets use the font yet.

User Roles and Permissions

  • Company Admins and Limited Admins
    Can view all shared company assets that use the selected font family or style, including folders.

  • Division Admins and regular users
    Can view only the assets that they have permission to access.

Why It Matters

This feature helps you:

  • Quickly identify the assets where fonts are used

  • Improve visibility into font usage across your organization

  • Save time when auditing assets or preparing for projects

Enhancement: AI Search now supports Imported Fonts inventory

We’ve expanded AI Search to allow natural language searching across your Imported fonts, in addition to the Monotype Fonts inventory. This enhancement aligns with Monotype Fonts’ inventory aware AI Search capabilities described in recent product communications.

This update helps teams search their proprietary font assets and Monotype Fonts’ inventory in one place, improving consistency and speeding up font discovery.

What’s New

  • Inventory scope selector
    Choose All your inventory (both Monotype fonts and Imported fonts) or Imported fonts directly from the AI Search interface.

  • Company‑level Imported Fonts
    Imported fonts remain company‑specific, matching your existing inventory assignment model.

  • Request access for restricted Imported Fonts

    Some Imported fonts in your company’s inventory are available only to certain users or teams.

    When AI Search returns one of these restricted fonts, a Request access option now appears on the font card.

    Users without access can request permission directly from the result card, and the request is routed to the appropriate company admin for approval.

  • Smarter Results
    AI Search now delivers recommendations based on the selected scope while maintaining the natural‑language intelligence.

Enhancement: Family‑level production font marking

Admins can now mark or unmark entire font families for production directly from Browse and My Library, eliminating style‑by‑style actions and ensuring all styles appear in Font licensing section with full production details.

February 18, 2026

Monotype Fonts

New: AI Search

We are pleased to introduce a new AI driven search capability in Monotype Fonts that transforms how you discover and explore fonts. With natural language understanding and intelligent font recommendations, AI Search enables more intuitive, efficient, and creative font discovery across the Monotype Fonts library.

Find fonts faster with natural language search. Describe what you need (like genre, mood, use case, aesthetics, or industry) and get tailored recommendations from the Monotype Fonts library.

What’s Included

  • Natural language search

  • Context aware recommendations

  • Chat‑based refinements

  • Insights explaining why fonts are recommended

  • Support for multiple prompt types (style, mood, use case, multilingual, and more)

Get Started with AI Search

Monotype Desktop App (2025)

Date

Version

Category

Update Summary

Dec 17

v7.7.0

New, UX, Performance

  • Font conflict detection & resolution (detects duplicated PSNames, keeps one active, lists deactivated fonts)

  • License management added to app (Admins: mark/unmark Production Fonts; Creatives: submit Requests for Production)

  • Background app updates with restart prompt only when ready

  • Reduced installer size by ~55–60% for faster downloads

Oct 29

v7.6.3

Integration

Adobe CC 2026 support:

  • One‑click activation for Illustrator®, InCopy®, Photoshop® (CC 2023–2026)

  • One‑click + auto‑activation for InDesign® (CC 2023–2026)

Sept 16

v7.6.2

Enhancement

  • Quality-of-life improvements

  • Bug fixes

Aug 21

v7.6.1

Localization

Added Japanese language support (switch via app settings)

Apr 16

v7.6.0

New, UX, Accessibility

  • Font metadata view (version, foundry, designer, PSName, languages, material number, description)

  • Pagination: Synced Fonts displays 15 families per page

  • Conflict labels for same‑PSName fonts from inventory

  • Additional improvements: performance, AA-compliant UI, refined filters

Mar 12

v7.5.0

Enhancement

  • Quality-of-life improvements

  • Bug fixes

Monotype Fonts Web Platform (2025)

Date

Feature

Category

Update Summary

Oct 30

Leaving Soon (Delisted Fonts)

Discovery, Library

  • Added Leaving Soon button on Dashboard

  • Dedicated page listing fonts nearing delisting

  • Color badges: Red (<30 days), Yellow (>30 days)

  • Hover shows delisting date + similar fonts link

  • Info also shown on family pages

  • Helps maintain continuity by replacing fonts early

Sept 4

Admin Approval Workflow (Imported Fonts)

Admin, Access

  • New Requests page to approve/deny imported font access

  • Includes filters, details, style-level controls, and status tracking

  • Replaces email‑only workflow

  • Team-aware notifications (fallback rules based on team hierarchy)

  • Prevents duplicate approvals, improves efficiency, supports future automation

Sept 4

Do Not Share Assets Permission

Admin

New permission added to roles to prevent sharing of font lists, folders, and web projects

Jun 20

Remote Unsync

Admin

  • Admins can unsync all fonts for a user via Manage > Users

  • Helps remove outdated/unauthorized fonts

  • Supports license compliance

  • Useful for deactivated/inactive users
    ⚠️ Action cannot be undone

Jun 20

Search: Font Metadata

Search

• Metadata (style aliases, PSName, material number) now searchable
• Appears in: search results, Quick View, family pages
• Tooltip reveals metadata details
• Helps refine search and compare inventory/imported fonts

May 29

Unsync All (Font Lists)

Workflow

• One-click Unsync all for font lists (My Library)
• Eliminates manual unsyncing
• Simplifies re-syncing and delta workflows

May 15

Font Card Simplification

UX

• Updated card layout for improved clarity
• On-hover actions: Pairs, Similar, Add To, Favorite, View Family, Sync
• Better feature visibility, lower cognitive load
• Improves navigation and discoverability

Apr 7

Embed Code (QOL)

Performance

• Lightweight JS & CSS implementation
• Tracks page views without affecting site speed

Mar 20

Style Linking Upgrade

Web Standards

• Standardized CSS mapping across platforms: family, weight, style, stretch
• Applies when duplicating or creating new web assets
• Improves consistency, responsiveness, and workflow efficiency

Mar 20

Team to Team-Admin Mapping

Admin

• Only relevant team admins receive imported font notifications
• Supports multiple teams per user
• Uploading admin always notified

Mar 20

Enhanced Search: New Tags + Dingbats Filter

Search

• Added new AI-powered tags: Fashion, Wavy, Funky
• Added new style filter: Dingbats
• Enhances natural-language search

Feb 4

Brazilian Portuguese Localization

Localization

• Full localization of Web UI, Desktop App, Help Center, learning resources, chat support, notifications

Jan 22

Glyph Filtering

Search

• Find families supporting custom glyph sets
• Enter glyphs in Typetester → Enable Glyph Filtering
• Added infinite scroll for uninterrupted browsing

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