Charles Nix

Charles Nix

About

Charles Nix is a Creative Type Director at Monotype, the largest type company in the history of the world. Before joining Monotype, he spent two decades teaching typography and leading the Communication Design Department at the Parsons School of Design in New York. Layered on top of that, in his career in publishing and graphic design, he has designed hundreds of books and composed countless pages of type and headlines.

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June 29–July 3, 2026

Nashville, TN (and online)