Agfa Monotype Announces Font Licensing Agreement with Sony; Fonts to be Bundled with SOCRATTO, Sony's New Non-Linear Digital Production Tool.Business/Technology Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2001 Agfa Monotype Corporation
Monotype Imaging, Inc today announced that Sony Corporation has entered into a worldwide agreement to license fonts for SOCRATTO, a high-end digital production tool for creating special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and composite images for movies and commercials. SOCRATTO, which allows post-production artists to work interactively using any number of clips at any resolution, is scheduled for release in July, 2002. "We're pleased to be working with Sony on such an exciting new product," said Doug Shaw, senior vice president of Agfa Monotype's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and business unit. "Our fonts, which will be used for text such as video captions and movie credits, are ideally suited to meet Sony's needs for high quality, flexibility and Windows(R) compatibility." The licensed TrueType(R) fonts include Albany(TM), Thorndale(TM), Cumberland(TM), ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → Avant Garde(R), ITC Bookman(R), ITC Charter(R), 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. Century Schoolbook Century Schoolbook is a modern or didone classification serif typeface designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1919 for the American Type Founders (ATF). It is classified as old style, but the Schoolbook variation has elements similar to the Didone classification. (R), Book Antiqua(R), Photina(R), ITC Zapf Chancery(R) and ITC Zapf Dingbats Zapf Dingbats is one of the more common dingbat typefaces, which first gained wide distribution as one of 35 PostScript fonts built into Apple's LaserWriter Plus. It was designed by the typographer Hermann Zapf and licensed by International Typeface Corporation. (R). Post-production artists running SOCRATTO on Windows platforms will be able to display fonts as graphic objects to create 3D text shapes from 2D outlines. "We selected Agfa Monotype from the standpoint of quality and selection," said Tetsuo Maruyama, marketing manager of VFX VFX Visual Effects VFX Visual Fixation VFX Virtual Effects Software, a division of Sony. "Our product is used for high-resolution film, so it's important to work with technically-sound, high-quality fonts. Agfa Monotype also has a huge font library, giving us a wide range of choices." About SOCRATTO As a high-end production tool designed to allow digital production artists to work more quickly and intuitively, SOCRATTO features a comprehensive tool set that encompasses special effects, graphics, integrated 3D, compositing, editing, auto-conforming, painting and tracking. SOCRATTO provides a fully integrated, resolution-independent, 3D-compositing environment for creating 3D models and animation. Artists are able to import scenes and geometries as well as apply effects such as 3D tracking, plane extraction and bicubic deformation. Product demonstrations have already captured the attention of visual effects supervisors of major motion pictures and television commercials, and core technologies have been successfully used in the feature films "Cast Away" and "What Lies Beneath." Renowned Font Library -- Superior Font Technology With over 7,000 fonts, Agfa Monotype's library is one of the most comprehensive in the world. The library includes such well-known and popular typefaces as Arial(R), Gill Sans Gill Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill in 1927-30. Gill was a well established sculptor, graphic artist and type designer, and the Gill Sans typeface takes inspiration from Edward Johnston’s Johnston (R) and Times New Roman(R). As the world's largest font company, Agfa Monotype's products and services span every type-related concern, from custom and retail fonts to virtually any Latin and non-Latin font requirement for developers and OEMs. About Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Corporation is a major provider of digital content for graphics professionals. The company is a recognized leader in fonts and font technologies and an innovator in color and screening technologies. 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 Corporation and is part of Agfa's Graphic Systems business unit. Agfa Corporation is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical imaging, non-destructive testing and consumer imaging and photography markets. Worldwide, sales for 2000 were 5.26 billion euros. In the U.S., Agfa is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, N.J. and employs approximately 4,000 people. Additional information about Agfa Monotype and its products can be found on the company's Web sites at www.agfamonotype.com and www.fonts.com. |
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