{"id":25780,"date":"2026-08-05T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kittlb-26937.roald-dfw.servebolt.cloud\/?p=25780"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:15:07","slug":"monotype-connect-fonts-in-kittl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kittl.com\/blogs\/monotype-connect-fonts-in-kittl\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use your Monotype Connect fonts in Kittl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one&#8217;s special for us. Your team&#8217;s fonts live in Monotype Connect, the font management platform from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monotype.com\/products\/monotype-connect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monotype<\/a>, the company behind classics like Helvetica&reg;, Avenir&reg;, and Gotham&reg;. Connect is where businesses organize and govern their licensed type. And with the new app, that library now works directly in Kittl. This guide gets your fonts into the editor and shows what to do with them once they&#8217;re in.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kittlb-26937.roald-dfw.servebolt.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/monotype-connect-editor-scaled.png\" alt=\"The Kittl editor with the Monotype Connect panel next to a design\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you need<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Monotype Connect subscription, with the Connect desktop app installed and logged in. The Kittl app reads your library through it, so it needs to be running.<\/li>\n<li>A Kittl account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) Add the app to Kittl<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open a design in Kittl, click Apps in the left sidebar, and add Monotype Connect. The app opens as a panel next to your canvas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kittlb-26937.roald-dfw.servebolt.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/monotype-connect-apps-directory-scaled.png\" alt=\"The Kittl Apps menu with Monotype Connect in Featured Apps\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) Connect your library<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Connect desktop app running, your libraries load automatically. If the panel says &#8220;Connect isn&#8217;t running&#8221;, start the desktop app and you&#8217;re in. That&#8217;s the whole setup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New to Kittl itself? Here&#8217;s the whole editor in ten minutes:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn Kittl In 10 Minutes! Beginner Basics\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xADe293vjU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kittlb-26937.roald-dfw.servebolt.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/monotype-connect-library-light.png\" alt=\"The Monotype Connect panel with a loaded font library in Kittl\" style=\"width:460px\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) Add your first typeface<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open the Libraries view in the panel to browse everything that&#8217;s connected: team libraries, personal libraries, and subscription fonts, with search and filters. Select some text in your design, pick a font, and apply it in one click.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4) See every font in your design at a glance<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Switch to the &#8220;In this design&#8221; tab. It lists exactly which fonts your text layers use, updating as you work: no hunting through layers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kittlb-26937.roald-dfw.servebolt.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/monotype-connect-in-this-design.png\" alt=\"The In this design tab listing the fonts used in the design\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5) Replace a font everywhere<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the feature to lean on. Hit &#8220;Replace&#8221; next to any font in that list: the panel flips back to your library and asks you to pick a replacement. Choose one, confirm with &#8220;Replace everywhere&#8221;, and every text layer using the old font switches at once.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kittlb-26937.roald-dfw.servebolt.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/monotype-connect-replace-cooper-black.png\" alt=\"Replacing a font across the whole design with Monotype Connect in Kittl\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6) Put them to work<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Getting the fonts in is the setup. This is what they came for:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Text effects and transformations.<\/strong> Kittl&#8217;s text tools were built for exactly this: warp, arch, flag, and decorate your type. Your licensed fonts work with every effect, and everything stays editable at all times: swap the font or rewrite the text, and your effects stay exactly as you built them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iterate with replace-everywhere.<\/strong> Build the design once, then cycle your licensed alternatives through it. Because the swap hits every text layer at once, comparing directions costs seconds, not rebuilds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remix with AI.<\/strong> Set your type, then bring in Kittl&#8217;s AI: generate scenes and imagery around your text, or restyle it into custom artwork. And with Kittl Flows, that treatment becomes a repeatable pipeline you can run every future design through.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lock it into your Brand.<\/strong> Save your licensed fonts to your Brand in Kittl and they become the default starting point for your whole team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here are the text effects and transformations in action:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 3 Text Effects And Transformations You Should Know!\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B8j1NqKJm3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And how Kittl Flows turns one treatment into a repeatable pipeline:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kittl Flows Hacks You Need To Know (Full Demo From Scratch)\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JajGeyr4ip4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your Monotype Connect library works in Kittl through the Connect desktop app: keep it running, your fonts are there.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;In this design&#8221; tab plus &#8220;Replace everywhere&#8221; is the fastest way to explore type directions on a real layout.<\/li>\n<li>Your licensed fonts work with Kittl&#8217;s text effects, AI, and Brands like any other font in your library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open a design, load your library, and swap your way to the right typeface.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New to the partnership? Read the announcement: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kittl.com\/blogs\/kittl-monotype-partnership\/\">Deepening the Kittl &times; Monotype partnership<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect your Monotype library to Kittl and put your licensed fonts to work: browse, apply, replace everywhere, and design with your brand&#8217;s actual type.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":25826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-updates"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":319,"label":"Product Updates"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.kittl.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/monotype-connect-tutorial-thumbnail-1024x470.jpg",1024,470,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Kittl","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kittl.com\/blogs\/author\/kittl\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":319,"name":"Product Updates","slug":"product-updates","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":319,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Stay up to date with the latest product updates from Kittl. 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