Agfa Monotype Adds Over 600 Products to Fonts.com From Three Foundries.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WILMINGTON, Mass. & SALFORDS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 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 more than 600 fonts and font packages on Fonts.com. The new collections from Cape Arcona, International TypeFounders and Martin Wait can be viewed at www.fonts.com/foundries. "Expanding our product offering has always been our top priority for Fonts.com," said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Agfa Monotype. "Our vast selection of fonts and our long list of type foundries ensure that visitors will find what they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ." Cape Arcona is a foundry headed by Thomas Schostok and Stefan Claudius, the king and president, respectively, and they've channeled their sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour into designing typefaces. For example, the movie poster lettering of the 1962 James Bond film, "Dr. No", inspired the Cape Arcona typeface, No Dr.(TM). The 22 fonts and font packages are available in Macintosh(R) PostScript(R), Macintosh TrueType(R) and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) TrueType platforms. Individual fonts start at $22 with volumes beginning at $26. ITF ITF International Transport Workers' Federation ITF International Tennis Federation ITF In the Future ITF International Trust Fund (demining NGO based in Slovenia) ITF International Transport Forum founder and designer Steve Jackaman has worked with type for more than 30 years. All 581 fonts and font packages from ITF's Red Rooster(TM) collection are now available from Fonts.com, including the recently designed Dundee(TM), based on children's comic book masthead mast·head n. 1. Nautical The top of a mast. 2. The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation. 3. designs. The fonts and font packages are offered in Macintosh PostScript, Windows PostScript and Windows TrueType formats. Individual fonts start at $56 with volumes beginning at $106. In the 1980s, Martin Wait created display typefaces for International Typeface Corporation The International Typeface Corporation (ITC) is a type manufacturer founded in New York in 1970 by Aaron Burns, Herb Lubalin, and Edward Rondthaler. The company is one of the world's first foundries to have no history in metal cast types. and Letraset that have been considered some of the decade's most popular designs. Now with his own foundry, Wait has brought two new fonts to Fonts.com, including Tractor(TM), a squiggly squig·gle n. A small wiggly mark or scrawl. intr.v. squig·gled, squig·gling, squig·gles 1. To squirm and wriggle. 2. To make squiggles. design created on a digital drawing board. The two Martin Wait fonts are available for Macintosh and Windows platforms in the TrueType format. Each font is $32. 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 and imaging technologies to 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, 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. Headquartered 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. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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