News Summary:
On September 17, 2026, Monotype highlighted Sara Soskolne's leadership in designing the Gotham® Variable font family, building on her prior work creating bespoke styles of the Gotham® Condensed font family for the newly opened Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Soskolne joined Monotype following its acquisition of Hoefler&Co, where she had served as senior designer for several iconic font families. Earlier, on September 15, 2026, Monotype expanded its partnership with Kittl, allowing teams licensing fonts through Monotype Connect or Monotype Fonts to use their managed font inventory directly within the Kittl editor, maintaining editability and supporting brand consistency. This follows Monotype's collaboration with Penguin Random House for "ProtoType. A Typographic Toolkit," an event announced on September 10, 2026, scheduled for October 20, 2026, at Barcelona Design Week, focusing on typography in editorial design and custom lettering. Monotype also continued its "Fonts Having a Moment" series, publishing a feature on September 9, 2026, exploring Siem Reap, Cambodia, through culture and typography. Separately, The Boston Globe's September 8, 2026, print edition profiled Pat Lightizer, celebrating her 53-year career at Monotype, which began with Compugraphic Corporation at age 18.
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