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Monotype Typography Inc.
A major type foundry, set up in 1887 by Tolbert Lanston. The Monotype Corporation, based in Redhill, Surrey, was an independent English company that originally shared patents with the Lanston Monotype Company in Philadelphia. In the first half of the twentieth century, F.H. Pierpont and Stanley Morison built up the best type library of its time, and Monotype came to be leaders in European book printing. After the Second World War, Monotype continued to offer printing machines, entering the photocomposition era with the Monophoto in 1955, and pioneering laser technology in printing with the LaserComp in 1976. In 1992 the company was split up. The hardware side was purchased by the IPA Group. The type department, continued as Monotype Typography. In July 1998 Agfa acquired Monotype Typography and became Agfa Monotype. In 2000, Agfa acquired ITC. In 2004, TA Associates purchased a majority interest in Agfa Monotype from Agfa Corp and the company was renamed Monotype Imaging Inc, with headquarters in Woburn, MA Monotype Imaging in turn went on a spending spree: it acquired Linotype (in 2006), Ascender Corporation, Berthold (unconfirmed), Bitstream (in 2011) and MyFonts (in 2011). They also own China Type Design Ltd, Fontwise, iType, Planetweb, WhatTheFont, and WorldType. The Monotype specimen book of type typefaces. A complete catalog of matrices made for use with the Monotype composing machine and with type&rule caster Catalog at the most popular typefaces available via MyFonts. Full catalog of Monotype's typefaces [large web page warning]. |
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file name: Monotype Poster 1985
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