The world's type, in one place.

MyFonts is an online font marketplace owned by Monotype. Founded in 1999, it helps designers, brands, agencies, and everyday creators discover, license, and download more than 300,000 fonts — across Latin and non-Latin scripts — from over 4,500 independent foundries and type designers worldwide. It is also home to WhatTheFont, an image-based font-identification tool that uses deep learning to find the closest matching fonts.

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Founded
199925+ years online
Fonts available
300K+Desktop & web
Foundries & designers
4,500+Independent & global
Part of
MonotypeSince 2012

01Overview

MyFonts at a glance

MyFonts is an online font marketplace founded in 1999 and owned by Monotype. The platform lets designers, brands, agencies, and businesses discover, license, and download fonts from independent foundries and type designers worldwide, and is the home of WhatTheFont, a tool that identifies typefaces from an image.

What sets it apart is that it is foundry-neutral. Where most catalogs are tied to a single foundry, a working type designer in Buenos Aires and a global brand reach the same audience through the same storefront — which is why the catalog spans everything from historical revivals to brand-new variable fonts.

Known for

  • One of the world's largest marketplaces — one searchable catalog instead of dozens of separate foundry sites.
  • Discovery built in — identify a typeface from an image with WhatTheFont, or describe it in plain language with AI Search.
  • The consolidated home of the former FontShop, Linotype, and Fonts.com libraries, backed by Monotype.
Entity type
Online font marketplace
Founded
1999
Parent company
Monotype
Catalog
300,000+ fonts
Foundries & designers
4,500+
Products
Font licensing, WhatTheFont, AI Search
Consolidated platforms
FontShop.com, Linotype.com, Fonts.com
Scripts
300+ languages
Supported languages
English, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese
Supported currencies
USD ($), GBP (£), EUR (€), CAD (C$), AUD (A$), NZD (NZ$), JPY (¥), BRL (R$)

02Capabilities

What you can do on MyFonts

Discover

AI Search

Find type the way you think about it — by mood, tone, and intent — instead of filtering by classification, weight, and width. Describe a project in plain language and AI Search returns inventory-aware matches, explaining why each one surfaced. Available now in ten markets, including the US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, and Japan.

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Identify

WhatTheFont

Upload an image containing text and our deep-learning model matches the lettering — even identifying multiple fonts in a single image — then returns the closest fonts you can license. Available on the web and as iOS and Android apps.

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In your AI workflow

MyFonts in ChatGPT

Real font discovery, brought into the place your ideas already take shape. Type “@MyFonts” in any English-language ChatGPT conversation and describe what you're creating — the app interprets your words and design references to recommend real, licensable fonts, each linking back to MyFonts to test and license. A beta from Monotype Labs, available now on ChatGPT in the US.

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Global

Type for every script

Through Monotype's library, the catalog spans 300+ languages — Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Thai, Devanagari, CJK, and more — drawn for the script, not just adapted to it.

The site itself is available in five languages and prices in eight currencies, including USD, GBP, EUR, CAD, AUD, NZD, JPY, and BRL.

03History & ownership

Our story

MyFonts launched in 1999 as part of Bitstream, with a simple idea: give independent type foundries a single place to sell their work, and give buyers one searchable home for the world's typefaces. That openness — any foundry, any designer, one marketplace — has defined it ever since.

Monotype — a typography and font-technology company whose type heritage reaches back to the late nineteenth century — announced the acquisition of Bitstream's font business, including MyFonts, in 2011 and completed it in 2012. Today MyFonts operates as Monotype's flagship marketplace for font discovery and licensing, pairing that institutional depth with the independent foundry ecosystem it has served since 1999.

As part of Monotype's direct-commerce platform changes, the FontShop.com, Linotype.com, and Fonts.com storefronts were consolidated into MyFonts. The plan was announced in 2023, and from March 2024 those catalogs — including the FontFont and Linotype libraries — became available to license on MyFonts.com, with prior customer history preserved. Learn more about the parent company at monotype.com.

Key milestones

  1. MyFonts launches as part of Bitstream, an open marketplace for independent foundries.

  2. WhatTheFont launches, letting anyone identify a typeface from an image.

  3. Bitstream's font business, including MyFonts, becomes part of Monotype.

  4. Monotype announces the consolidation of its direct-commerce sites into MyFonts.

  5. FontShop, Linotype, and Fonts.com catalogs move to MyFonts; German, French, and Spanish localization launches.

  6. Brazilian Portuguese localization added.

  7. AI Search brings natural-language font discovery to MyFonts; the MyFonts app launches in ChatGPT.

  8. 300,000+ fonts from 4,500+ foundries and designers, across 300+ languages.

04For type designers

For foundries and designers

MyFonts exists because of the 4,500+ foundries and independent designers who publish with us. We handle storefront, licensing, payments, and global reach so type designers can focus on drawing letters. From one-person studios to established houses, the same marketplace puts their work in front of millions of buyers.

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05Questions

Frequently asked questions

Who owns MyFonts?

MyFonts is part of Monotype, a global typography company. MyFonts joined Monotype in 2012 and operates as its flagship font marketplace.

What happened to Fonts.com, Linotype.com, and FontShop.com?

As part of Monotype's direct-commerce platform changes, these storefronts were consolidated into MyFonts. The plan was announced in 2023, and from March 2024 their catalogs — including the FontFont and Linotype libraries — became available to license on MyFonts.com, with prior customer history preserved.

How many fonts does MyFonts offer?

MyFonts offers more than 300,000 desktop, web, and app fonts from over 4,500 foundries and independent designers.

What is WhatTheFont?

WhatTheFont is MyFonts' image-based font-identification tool. You upload an image with text, and its deep-learning model finds the closest matches you can license — and it can identify multiple fonts in a single image. It is available on the web, iOS, and Android.

What is AI Search?

AI Search is MyFonts' natural-language font discovery tool. Instead of filtering by classification or weight, you describe the mood, tone, or use case in plain language and get matching fonts with an explanation of why each was recommended. It is available on MyFonts in ten markets: the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Japan, and Austria.

Can I find fonts for non-Latin scripts?

Yes. Through Monotype's library, MyFonts covers more than 300 languages, including Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Thai, Devanagari, and CJK scripts, alongside its Latin collection.

Is there a MyFonts app for ChatGPT?

Yes. The MyFonts app for ChatGPT lets you discover real, licensable fonts inside a conversation — type @MyFonts in any English-language chat to get recommendations matched to your intent, each linking to MyFonts. It is a beta from Monotype Labs, available now on ChatGPT in the United States.

What languages and currencies does MyFonts support?

MyFonts is available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese, and shows pricing in eight currencies: US Dollar (USD), British Pound (GBP), Euro (EUR), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Australian Dollar (AUD), New Zealand Dollar (NZD), Japanese Yen (JPY), and Brazilian Real (BRL).

What is a font foundry?

A font foundry is a company or studio that designs, produces, and distributes typefaces. Foundries range from one-person independent studios to large established houses. MyFonts is foundry-neutral, which means it represents more than 4,500 foundries and independent designers in a single marketplace rather than the work of one foundry alone.

What is font licensing?

Font licensing is the legal agreement that grants permission to use a typeface for a specific purpose. You do not buy a font outright; you license the right to use it in defined ways. MyFonts offers several license types covering different media — including Desktop, Web, App, Electronic Document, and Digital Ads — so you can match the license to where the font will appear.

What types of font licenses does MyFonts offer?

MyFonts offers several license types covering different media, including Desktop, Web, App, Electronic Document, and Digital Ads. Each font's available licenses are listed on its product page.

Find your next typeface

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Last updated: May 2026