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Complete Berthold BQ Library Now Available at MyFonts.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MyFonts (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: BITS, www.myfonts.com), the leading provider of the world's fonts available from one easy-to-use website, announced today that the Berthold BQ Library is now available at MyFonts. All fonts can be purchased and downloaded immediately.

The H. Berthold foundry, founded in 1858 in Berlin, is renowned for crafting high-quality typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif
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  • Aldus
  • Antiqua
  • Aster
  • Baskerville
  • Bell (Monotype) Didone classification serif type deisgned by Richard Austin, 1788
  • Bembo
  • Benguiat
. With classics such as Akzidenz-Grotesk (the "Original" sans), City, and the more recent AG Book, Delta, Formata, Imago imago /ima·go/ (i-ma´go) pl. ima´goes, ima´gines   [L.]
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, and Laudatio typefaces, Berthold offers one of the world's leading 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  collections.

"We are pleased that all the fonts in the complete Berthold BQ Library are now available for immediate download at MyFonts. These are famous, high-quality fonts with a wide audience," stated John Collins, Chief Technology Officer and Vice-President of MyFonts. "We focus on allowing everyone to find, try, and buy fonts online. Offering over 45,000 fonts from over 250 font foundries across the globe, we are now well on our way to being able to provide easy Internet access See how to access the Internet.  to every font in the world."

About Berthold

The H. Berthold type foundry a place for the manufacture of type.

See also: Type
, renowned for crafting high-quality typefaces, was founded in 1858 by Hermann Berthold in Berlin. By 1918 the foundry had become the largest in the world, with offices in Stuttgart, St. Petersburg, Leipzig, Riga, Budapest and Vienna. In the 1950s, Gunter Gerhard Lange, renowned master craftsman A master craftsman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only master craftsmen were allowed to actually be members of the guild. , began his association with Berthold at the same time Berthold entered phototype, in 1952. As artistic director from 1961 to 1990, Lange was responsible for the creation, meticulous production standards and attention to quality found in each of the Berthold Exklusivs.

Building on its strong heritage, Berthold Types, successor to the highly regarded H. Berthold type foundry, looks back onto a history of 148 years of distinguished type design. In 2000 after 10 years of retirement, G.G. Lange reunited "Reunited" was a #1 hit in the United States in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based group Peaches & Herb.

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 with Berthold. For more information, visit the Berthold web site http://www.bertholdtypes.com.

About MyFonts

MyFonts (NASDAQ: BITS, www.myfonts.com) is a showcase of the world's fonts available from one easy-to-use website. It provides the largest collection of fonts ever assembled for online delivery and offers convenient ways to find and purchase them online. The unique typographic See typography.  resources of MyFonts include font-previewing tools, forums for interacting with font experts, and the remarkable font identifier, WhatTheFont. For more information, visit http://www.myfonts.com, the website for finding, trying, and buying fonts online.

Bitstream is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc. MyFonts and MyFonts.com are registered service marks and WhatTheFont is a service mark of MyFonts.com, Inc. Berthold, H. Berthold, Berthold Exklusiv Collection, Berthold Exklusivs, BQ, AG Book, Akzidenz-Grotesk, City, Delta, Formata, Imago, and Laudatio are trademarks of Berthold Types Limited. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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