Monotype enables customers to try Free Actual Fonts

Monotype Imaging Holdings has introduced the ability for Fonts.com visitors to experiment with desktop fonts for free. Fonts are temporarily installed through Monotype's SkyFonts client, enabling users to work with actual fonts within documents for up to five minutes, before the data is retracted automatically.
 
"Experimenting with type has always been an integral part of the design process, and now we have taken it to a new level by allowing for typographic experimentation within real projects. We believe this is a major win not only for customers but also for our foundry partners, who can now more easily expose their designs to customers who can try them risk-free," said Chris Roberts, Vice-President & General Manager of Monotype's e-commerce Group.
 
More than 30,000 products from 100 foundries are available for free trial, with more fonts expected to be added on an ongoing basis. Trials begin by clicking a "download a free trial" link from Fonts.com product pages or search results. Fonts are delivered automatically and synced across up to five workstations that operate the SkyFonts client.

Users will be prompted to create or log in to a Fonts.com account and to install the SkyFonts client, if it hasn't been previously installed, upon clicking the "download a free trial" link.