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Agfa Monotype Adds Fonts from Carter & Cone, Aboutype, Mad Irishman and PampaType to Fonts.com.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WILMINGTON, Mass. & SALFORDS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2003

Agfa Monotype monotype, type set by the Monotype machine. See printing.
monotype
 or monoprint

In art printmaking, a technique prized because of its unique textural qualities.
 Corp. has introduced the entire collections from four type foundries. The additions from Carter & Cone, Aboutype, Mad Irishman and PampaType add 142 new fonts and font packages to Fonts.com. With last month's debut from Australian Type Foundry, Patricia Lillie, Nerfect Worldwide, Fontsmith, Baseline Fonts, Bannigan Artworks, Chris Costello and Joe VanDerBos, Fonts.com has added collections from 12 foundries. The fonts can be viewed at www.fonts.com/foundries.

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  • Aldus
  • Antiqua
  • Aster
  • Baskerville
  • Bell (Monotype) Didone classification serif type deisgned by Richard Austin, 1788
  • Bembo
  • Benguiat
, these new foundries vary tremendously in regard to the aspirations, influences, geographic backgrounds and experiences that are reflected in the designs," said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Agfa Monotype. "It is this diversity that has allowed Fonts.com to develop such a remarkably well-rounded typeface The design of a set of printed characters, such as Courier, Helvetica and Times Roman. The terms "typeface" and "font" are used interchangeably, but the typeface is the primary design, while the font is the particular implementation and variation of the typeface, such as bold or italics  selection."

Renowned designer Matthew Carter Matthew Carter (born in London, England in 1937)[1] is a typeface designer. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States. Carter's career in letter making has witnessed the transition from physical metal type to digital type.  formed Carter & Cone with partner Cherie Cone in 1991. Among Carter's designs is the Big Caslon(TM) family, a revival of three display designs originally drawn to complement the Caslon typeface. Sophia(R) is an all-cap typeface with distinctive Greek overtones. The three Carter & Cone fonts and font packages are available for Macintosh(R) and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) platforms in the PostScript(R) format. Prices for individual Carter & Cone fonts begin at $60 with the Big Caslon volume of four fonts available for $110.

Founded by principal designer Joffre LeFevre in 1991, Aboutype offers a wide selection of contemporary display designs. Bitters(TM) integrates a thin drop shadow into its traditional grotesque letterforms. New Horizon(TM) Titling is an elegant, all-cap headline face originally drawn for a magazine. The 122 Aboutype fonts and font packages are available for Macintosh and Windows platforms in PostScript and TrueType(R) formats. Prices for individual fonts begin at $24 with volumes of two or more fonts starting at $38.

The collection of Mad Irishman consists largely of designs inspired by ancient decorative writing. Founder and designer Patrick Murphy
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 describes Baldur(TM) as an uncial uncial: see paleography; calligraphy.  typeface with elements of late Roman manuscript lettering. The thick brush strokes Brush Strokes was an Esmonde and Larbey sitcom set in South London and depicting the (mostly) amorous adventures of a good-looking, wisecracking house painter, Jacko (Karl Howman).  of Miyama(TM) give this faux-Asian design its Eastern-hemisphere flavor. The nine Mad Irishman fonts and font packages are available in PostScript and TrueType formats for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Prices for individual Mad Irishman fonts begin at $22 with the Old Roman(TM) volume of four fonts available for $62.

Alejandro Lo Celso founded PampaType with the goal of developing Latin-influenced typefaces that could better handle the particularities of the Spanish language Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nations, Spanish is spoken as a first language by about 330 million persons . The Rayeula(TM) family contains several variations ranging from the light and legible leg·i·ble  
adj.
1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting.

2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition.
 Rayeula Ligera text fonts to the Rayeula Chocolate typeface that offers a more thick and playful take on the design. The eight PampaType font packages are available in PostScript and TrueType formats for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Prices for PampaType font volumes of four or more fonts begin at $84.

About Fonts.com

As the Internet's most comprehensive and convenient place to preview, purchase and download fonts, Fonts.com offers single fonts, packages, family volumes and type libraries, including both the Monotype(R) and ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium

ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) →
(R) libraries, sources for such widely used designs as Arial(R) and ITC Officina(R). Visitors are greeted with clear navigation and multiple search options in addition to articles, tips, techniques and tutorials. Live customer care representatives are available to assist in identifying and selecting typefaces and to resolve technical font issues. Fonts.com also provides information about Agfa Monotype's custom font services, including customized fonts for brand identity projects.

About Agfa Monotype Corp.

Based in Wilmington, Mass. with regional offices in the U.K., Japan and China, Agfa Monotype specializes in fonts and font technologies for graphic professionals, software developers and manufacturers of printers and display devices. The company also provides printer drivers, imaging technologies and integration services for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers). Agfa Monotype is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Agfa Corp. based in Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , N.J. and is part of Agfa's Graphic Systems business unit. Agfa is the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems primarily for the graphic imaging, healthcare, non-destructive testing, micrographic mi·cro·graph  
n.
1. A drawing or photographic reproduction of an object as viewed through a microscope.

2. An instrument used to make tiny writing or engraving.
, and consumer desktop and photography markets. Based in Mortsel, Belgium, Agfa has 40 national sales organizations globally, with worldwide sales of 4.683 billion euros in 2002. Additional information about Agfa Monotype and its products can be found on the company's Web sites at www.agfamonotype.com, www.fonts.com and www.agfamonotype.co.uk.

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