Agfa Monotype Releases Fonts from Australian Type Foundry, Patricia Lillie and Nerfect Worldwide on Fonts.com.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WILMINGTON, Mass. & SALFORDS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 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 font collections from three type foundries, adding 79 new fonts and font packages to Fonts.com. This is the third installation of foundry collections in three weeks. The fonts from Australian Type Foundry, Patricia Lillie and Nerfect Worldwide follow the releases from Fontsmith, Baseline Fonts, Bannigan Artworks, Chris Costello and Joe VanDerBos. The collections can be viewed at www.fonts.com/foundries. "When expanding our offering on Fonts.com, we evaluate typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif Here you can find a graphical version of this table.
The Australian Type Foundry collection offers a variety of display typefaces, including several handwriting fonts. The six-font Spud(TM) family imitates friendly and legible leg·i·ble adj. 1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting. 2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition. penmanship while the six fonts in the all-cap Architect(TM) family provides the look of text that was quickly jotted down. The 41 Australian Type Foundry fonts and font packages are available for Macintosh(R) and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) platforms in PostScript(R) and TrueType(R) formats. Prices for individual fonts begin at $25 with font volumes of five or more fonts starting at $94. Designer Patricia Lillie describes her fonts as quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. , lively and innovative. These traits are exemplified in the three-font Horsefeathers horse·feath·ers Slang n. (used with a sing. verb) Nonsense; foolishness. interj. Used to express disagreement or exasperation. [Alteration of horseshit.] (TM) family, a design that adds a touch of levity lev·i·ty n. pl. lev·i·ties 1. Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity. 2. Inconstancy; changeableness. 3. The state or quality of being light; buoyancy. to any project. The Elegion Script(TM) family, appearing elegant and distinctive, reveals a more serious side to the collection. The 27 Patricia Lillie fonts and font packages are available for Macintosh and Windows platforms. Most fonts are available in both PostScript and TrueType formats. Prices for individual Patricia Lillie fonts begin at $22 with font volumes of two or more fonts starting at $48. The Nerfect Worldwide collection features a selection of original and energetic display designs and ornament fonts from designer and Nerfect founder Britton Walters. Nerfect-Cola(TM) is a bold and 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 designed to add immediate impact. The spooky MonsterKit(TM) family consists of three slightly different variations of its jumpy character set and a complementary ornament font containing a variety of ghoulish ghoul n. 1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. 2. A grave robber. 3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. pictures. The 11 Nerfect fonts and font packages are available in PostScript and TrueType formats for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Prices for individual Nerfect fonts begin at $22 with font volumes of two or more fonts also starting at $22. 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. 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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