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Monotype Typefaces
Monotype fonts were developed by the Monotype company. This name has been used by three firms. Two of them had their roots in "hot metal" or lead type in the printing industry. They did not adapt when the market changed as computer, offset and photographic systems became dominant. These were: * Lanston Monotype Company, Lanston Monotype Cooperation in Philadelphia, US * Monotype Imaging, The Monotype Corporation Limited in Salfords, UK A third firm produces fonts for computer use: * Monotype Imaging Inc. The latter firm is in a sense the successor to the English Monotype factory. It has the rights to the original designs, and later obtained rights to many more designs from other sources. The remains of the production archive and what is left of the machines are at the Type Museum in London, England. There the original matrices can still be accessed and parts of the old machines ordered. The collection itself is the property of the British Science Museum, London, Science Museum. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanston Monotype Company
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., founded as Lanston Monotype Machine Company in 1887 in Philadelphia by Tolbert Lanston, is an American (historically Anglo-American) company that specializes in digital typesetting and typeface design for use with consumer electronics devices. Based in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company has been responsible for many developments in printing technology—in particular the Monotype machine, which was a fully mechanical Hot metal typesetting, hot metal typesetter, that produced texts automatically, all single type. Monotype was involved in the design and production of many typefaces in the 20th century. Monotype developed many of the most widely used typeface designs, including Times New Roman, Gill Sans, and Arial. Via acquisitions including Linotype GmbH, International Typeface Corporation, Bitstream Inc., Bitstream, FontShop, URW Type Foundry, URW, Hoefler & Co., Fontsmith, and Colophon Foundry, the company has gained the rights to major font fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
