Where They Started
Like many visual and design companies, The Mill’s creative department works with a large collection of fonts. Since The Mill’s team is spread out across multiple offices in the US and London, it was critical for them to find the best way to quickly organize, discover, and distribute fonts to everyone who needs access.
Initially, each office used its own font management system. While the New York office relied on Extensis’s enterprise font management solution Universal Type Server user, The Mill’s London office selected an alternative solution to manage their collection of 2000 fonts. But this became problematic and ground their workflow to a halt.
The Mill’s two London offices were unable to share their fonts with the alternative system. And even worse, their font tool had a tendency to crash the company’s computers. Companies like The Mill rely on speed, accuracy, and collaboration to make video magic. Yet their font system kept getting in the way.
