Monotype Connect+ App is a desktop application that helps you discover, access, organize, and manage fonts from a single workspace.

By combining font management tools, project-based workflows, creative application integrations, and workspace access, the Monotype Connect+ app helps creative teams work more efficiently while keeping fonts available when and where they are needed.

Whether you're looking for the right font, collaborating on a project, or managing your company's font library, this app provides a centralized experience designed to support your creative workflow.

Why should I use the Monotype Connect+ App?

The app extends the Monotype Connect+ experience beyond the browser by connecting directly to your desktop and creative applications.

With Monotype Connect+ App, you can:

Access and manage fonts from a dedicated desktop application
Activate fonts directly within your device
Automatically activate fonts when opening creative documents
Organize work using projects
Manage imported and third-party fonts
Switch between multiple workspaces
Work with fonts even when internet connectivity is limited
Resolve font conflicts and maintain a clean font environment

By reducing manual font management and providing direct integration with creative tools, Monotype Connect+ App helps teams stay focused on creative work.

What can I do with Monotype Connect+?

Discover fonts

You can explore fonts available to your organization by:

Searching for fonts
Browsing font families and foundries
Exploring new releases and featured content
Finding fonts that fit your project needs

For more information, see Search and Discovery.

Activate and manage fonts

You can make the fonts available/unavailable on your device when you need them by:

Activating fonts
Deactivating fonts
Performing bulk actions
Managing local fonts
Accessing fonts offline

For more information, see:

Work across multiple workspaces

Organizations may have multiple workspaces for different teams, brands, or business units.

The Connect+ App makes it easy to move between workspaces without leaving the application. Workspace setup and font synchronization occur in the background so you can continue working while the selected workspace is being prepared.

For more information, see Switching workspaces.

Collaborate using projects

Projects help teams organize fonts around specific brands, campaigns, products, or initiatives.

Within a project, you can:

Access approved project fonts
Collaborate with project members
Maintain font consistency
Work from a shared typography foundation

For more information, see Overview of Projects.

Manage imported fonts

Connect+ app supports imported fonts, also known as Bring Your Own Fonts (BYOF) or third-party fonts.

Imported fonts can be managed alongside your Monotype fonts, providing greater visibility into your organization's complete font inventory.

For more information, see Imported fonts.

Use creative application integrations

Connect+ app integrates with supported creative applications to help streamline font workflows.

Depending on the application, integrations can help:

Detect missing fonts
Automatically activate fonts
Access approved project fonts
Reduce interruptions caused by unavailable fonts

For more information, see Plugins.

Resolve font conflicts

Connect+ helps identify and manage font conflicts that can occur when multiple versions of a font are installed.

The app can help manage:

Source conflicts
Format conflicts
Duplicate fonts
Version conflicts

For more information, see Font conflict management.