Fonts for Netbooks, Tablets and Slates

Monotype has worked with a variety of companies to assist them with selecting, tuning, and licensing the best fonts for on-screen reading. 

Netbooks, Slates, Tablets, and other mobile computing devices all require high quality fonts for the User Interface, web browsing, and document viewing. Monotype's type design and engineering experts understand the challenges of making fonts look good on these devices.

Monotype has a variety of font solutions for netbooks, slates, tablets and other portable computing devices:

  • User Interface fonts - Monotype has developed UI fonts for a variety of Operating Systems including Windows, Android, Linux and Palm WebOS.
  • Fonts for Web Browsers - Devices with a web browser need a set of fonts tuned for rendering web pages with consistency to match desktop browsers.
  • Multilingual fonts - Monotype is an expert in creating Unicode-compliant multilingual fonts and has an extensive font catalog with non-Latin fonts to provide device manufacturers with support for world-wide markets.
  • Microsoft fonts - Monotype can offer a license to most of the fonts in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office for devices that desire Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office font compatibility. 

The Monotype team can evaluate the requirements of specific Netbooks, Slates, and Tablets and recommend a variety of font styles to fit these needs. Steve Matteson, Monotype's Type Director, can consult with your team members - including UI designers, software engineers and product & marketing managers - to provide a set of high-quality fonts optimized for on-screen readability. Monotype also offers a custom font option if you would like to tailor a typeface to meet your exact needs. 

For more information on our capabilities or to discuss your particular needs, please contact us.