Agfa Monotype Licenses Fonts for Vital Source E-Textbooks; Vital Source e-books on DVD Targeted to Graduate Dental and Medical Students.Business/Technology Editors WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 Agfa Monotype Corporation
Monotype Imaging, Inc today announced that Vital Source Technologies, Inc., a major provider of integrated curriculum programs for graduate health sciences schools, has licensed two customized 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. fonts for its e-book reading software product. The fonts are now part of Vital Source's VitalBook(TM) custom curriculum courseware. The customized fonts, developed as Unicode(R)-compliant serif Short horizontal lines added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times Roman. Contrast with sans-serif.  and
sans serif designs, include multilingual and scientific characters to
support specialized text used in dental and medical textbooks. In
addition, because of the low-resolution display of e-book readers, the
fonts have been designed with high-quality TrueType(R) hinting for
optimal on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. legibility. "It was a delight to work with Agfa Monotype to develop this product under such a tight deadline," said Rick Johnson Rick Johnson may refer to:
n. A plural of syllabus. and other course material for viewing on e-book readers. "Publishers have a variety of challenges when it comes to changing from paper to electronic media," said Bill Davis For the artist, animator, creative director, see . For the baseball player, see .
WorldType Agfa Monotype's WorldType serves an increasingly global landscape of communication, enabling developers to support a wide range of languages using a single font or multiple fonts. The technology provides flexibility to subdivide TO SUBDIVIDE. To divide a part of a thing which has already been divided. For example, when a person dies leaving children, and grandchildren, the children of one of his own who is dead, his property is divided into as many shares as he had children, including the deceased, and the share large fonts into smaller, more manageable modules modeled on linguistic, regional or other specialized needs. WorldType is based on Unicode, a worldwide character-encoding standard designed to enable the global interchange of multilingual digital information. World Renowned Font Library -- High Quality Font Technology Agfa Monotype's font library is one of the most comprehensive in the world with over 7,000 fonts. Viewed as a long-time staple in the advertising and publishing industries, 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). To meet the particular needs of e-book publishers and other manufacturers of digital communication devices, hundreds of TrueType fonts from Agfa Monotype's extensive library are now available as Enhanced Screen Quality(TM) (ESQ Noun 1. Esq - a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name Esquire Britain, Great Britain, U.K. (TM)) fonts. ESQ fonts have been fine-tuned with special hinting technology to ensure the highest level of clarity for display on computer monitors and other low-resolution devices. About Vital Source Technologies, Inc. Vital Source Technologies, Inc. (VSTi) is a private company located in Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. . Founded by Dr. R. Todd Watkins Todd Watkins (born June 22, 1983) is an American football player who is currently a member of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. High School Career Watkins was a multi-sport star at Helix High School in San Diego, California. Jr., DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S , in 1994 to commercialize research that he had done at the University of Texas School of Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, Apple, and a variety of health science textbook publishers, Vital Source has established itself as one of the leading providers of XML-based technologies in the education industry. Vital Source provides the most comprehensive solution for health sciences schools. After five years of development, VitalBook(TM) and VitalViewer(TM) were introduced in the market for classes beginning in 2000. Currently, five schools have licensed the systems. Vital Source Technologies is located at 133 Fayetteville Street, 6th Floor, Raleigh, NC 27601. Additional information can be found at http://www.vitalbook.com/. 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. Agfa Monotype locations Corporate office: Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Ltd. 200 Ballardvale Street Unit 2, Perrywood Business Park Wilmington, MA 01887-1069 USA Salfords, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5DZ UK Phone 978.658.5926 Phone +44 (0) 1737 765959 Fax 978.657.8268 Fax +44 (0) 1737 769243 Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd. 985 Busse Road 8-1, Higashiyama 3-chome Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 USA Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043 Japan Phone 847.718.0400 Phone 81-3-5704-3141 Fax 847.718.0500 Fax 81-3-5704-3089 |
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