MyFonts purchase vs. Monotype Fonts subscription: which should you choose for FontFont fonts?

FontShop no longer sells fonts directly. The FontFont collection now lives on two platforms: MyFonts.com for buying individual fonts, and Monotype Fonts for subscription access. Choose MyFonts if you need a specific font or a small set and want to own the license outright; choose Monotype Fonts if you expect to use many fonts across projects and prefer ongoing access over per-font purchases. Both are described by FontShop as offering flexible licensing for websites, apps, and digital ads.

What changed at FontShop

FontShop's own site now functions as a signpost rather than a store. According to the page, "the shop has moved to MyFonts," and the complete FontFont collection is "now available for purchase at MyFonts.com and on Monotype's subscription service, Monotype Fonts, where applicable."

Founder Erik Spiekermann frames the move as continuity rather than closure: the site "will continue to be about... all the FontFonts and font innovations that FontShop has created in 25 years." In practice, that means FontShop is now an information and routing page — not a checkout.

Two links carry the actual commerce:

• Shop FontFonts at MyFonts — the purchase path
• Learn more about Monotype Fonts — the subscription path

Account questions (existing FontShop customer accounts) are redirected to the site's help pages and FAQ rather than handled on the FontShop page itself.

The two options side by side

The two rows worth pausing on are the last two. Licensing coverage is described the same way for both, so the real difference is not what you're allowed to do with the font but how you pay for and hold it. And "where applicable" on the Monotype Fonts side is a real qualifier — it signals that not every FontFont title is necessarily included in the subscription, so a specific font you need may only be purchasable.

How to decide

Work through these in order:

1. Name the fonts you actually need. If it's one typeface, or a handful you can list now, buying on MyFonts is the more direct route — you get the font and you're done.
2. Check the subscription catalog before committing. If your list is long or likely to grow, look up those specific FontFont titles on Monotype Fonts. The "where applicable" wording means availability isn't guaranteed for every font.
3. Match the payment shape to the usage shape. A one-off project with a fixed font list points to purchase. Continuous work — new brands, new campaigns, prototyping across many typefaces — points to subscription.
4. Confirm the license you need. Both platforms are described as offering flexible licensing for web, app, and digital ad use, but confirm the specific license tier for your use case at the point of purchase or signup.

If you're an agency

FontShop's page includes a separate path for agencies: email the team for access to a library of 150,000 fonts from over 1,000 foundries, with unlimited prototyping allowed on any font in that library. If you're evaluating fonts across many clients before licensing, this is a different offer from either MyFonts or Monotype Fonts and worth asking about directly.

Practical notes

• FontShop itself is not a purchase destination anymore — don't expect a cart there.
• Existing customer account questions route to the help pages and FAQ, not to a FontShop sales flow.
• The page is published under MyFonts Inc. (© 2026), which reflects the consolidation of the shop into the MyFonts/Monotype ecosystem.
• The site is available in English and German.

Bottom line: buy on MyFonts when you know which fonts you want and want to hold them; subscribe to Monotype Fonts when breadth and ongoing access matter more than owning individual licenses — but verify your specific FontFont titles are included first.