i'm working as a digital product designer for over 4 years in an agency, never heard about monotype really, there are some amazing independent foundries which fonts we were buying + using free open source alternatives on the projects with less budget. Currently I'm creating a notion file with the best independent foundries and their typefaces so it's easy to discover, pick favourites and come back to that file for the next time you need to choose a font, I will also add best open source typefaces to it, but monotype won't be in there