Events Event Speaker Charles Nix

Charles Nix is a typographer, designer, educator, and creative provocateur. As Senior Executive Creative Director at Monotype, he helps some of the world’s most recognizable brands express themselves through type. His work spans custom typefaces for M&M’s and Progressive Insurance to global library releases like Helvetica Now, Walbaum, Ambiguity, and Hope Sans. Raised in a print shop and trained at The Cooper Union, Charles began his education with every intention of becoming an artist but was quickly drawn into the world of type. He started teaching straight out of college—eventually chairing the Communication Design department at Parsons School of Design. A former President and now Chairman Emeritus of the Type Directors Club, he has long championed typographic clarity and craft. Equal parts historian and futurist, Charles sees typography as a belief system—a way to interpret culture, influence emotion, and spark change. Whether mentoring emerging designers or advising global brands, he brings an infectious blend of rigor, warmth, and wit to every conversation about type.