Agfa Monotype Adds Seven Type Foundries and Over 250 Fonts to Fonts.com.WILMINGTON, Mass. & SALFORDS, Surrey, England -- 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 added more than 250 products to Fonts.com. Collections from Tolstrup Pryds, Typeco, Jonathan Macagba, Elemeno, Selis, Wiescher Design and Altered Ego can be viewed, purchased and downloaded from www.fonts.com/foundries. "The expansion of Fonts.com has brought exposure to dozens of emerging foundries," said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Agfa Monotype. "The originality and usefulness of these new collections make them well-deserving of this attention." Tolstrup Pryds was founded by the husband-and-wife team of Lisbeth Tolstrup and Lars Pryds. The duo's sole product, the TolleOne(TM) family, resembles roughly drawn handwriting and includes three weights. TolleOne is priced at $32 for either the PostScript(R) or TrueType(R) format for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) or Macintosh(R) systems. After several years with the P22 type foundry P22 type foundry is a digital type foundry from Buffalo, New York, that develops and markets typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The name P22 has no specific significance and was used prior to the type foundry as a label for various art projects including an , James Grieshaber decided to start one of his own - Typeco. Grieshaber's Super Duty(TM) family is a stenciled design with lowercase characters equal in height to the capitals. The 52 Typeco products are available in the PostScript and TrueType formats for Windows and Macintosh platforms with prices starting at $36. Jonathan Macagba offers a variety of display fonts and ornaments including the Edofont(TM) 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 , a collection of over 50 authentic Japanese crests. The 29 Jonathan Macagba products are available in the PostScript and TrueType formats for Windows and Macintosh systems. Prices begin at $48. Elemeno is home to 121 products from designer Alexander Grecian, including the Chalk(TM) family, one of several handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. script styles. Elemeno fonts are available in the PostScript and TrueType formats for Windows and Macintosh platforms with prices starting at $22. The image fonts from Selis emphasize health, risk and safety. The Emergency Workplace Signs(TM) font includes an assortment of signs helpful for keeping in compliance with safety codes. The six Selis products are available in the Windows TrueType format for $74 each. Munich-based Wiescher Design offers various scripts and text designs including the Scriptissimo(TM) family, a calligraphic cal·lig·ra·phy n. 1. a. The art of fine handwriting. b. Works in fine handwriting considered as a group. 2. Handwriting. design that includes different characters for use at the beginning, middle and end of words and phrases Words and Phrases® A multivolume set of law books published by West Group containing thousands of judicial definitions of words and phrases, arranged alphabetically, from 1658 to the present. . The 60 Wiescher Design products are available in the PostScript format for Macintosh systems and PostScript and TrueType formats for Windows platforms. Prices start at $24. The Altered Ego collection includes display typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif Here you can find a graphical version of this table.
ornament, in architecture, decorative detail enhancing structures. Structural ornament, an integral part of the framework, includes the shaping and placement of the buttress, cornice, molding, ceiling, and roof and the capital and fonts. The 80-plus icons in the Eclectic Web(TM) dingbat ding·bat n. 1. Slang An empty-headed or silly person. 2. An object, such as a brick or stone, used as a missile. 3. are useful for creating commerce and navigation images for Web sites. The 20 Altered Ego products are available in the PostScript and TrueType formats for Windows and Macintosh systems with prices starting at $38. 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 collections, 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. Visitors are greeted with clear navigation and multiple search options in addition to articles, tips and techniques. Live customer care representatives are available to assist in identifying and selecting typefaces and to resolve technical issues. Fonts.com also provides information about Agfa Monotype's custom font services. About Agfa Monotype Corp. Agfa Monotype Corp. is a global supplier of fonts, font technologies, print drivers and imaging technologies. The company 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., the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, based in Mortsel, Belgium, one of the world's leading imaging companies with sales of 4.215 billion euros in 2003. Information about Agfa Monotype and its products is available at www.agfamonotype.com, www.fonts.com and www.agfamonotype.co.uk. Information about Agfa is available at www.agfa.com. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2004 Agfa Monotype Corp. All rights reserved. |
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