Monotype Imaging Expands Asian Presence to Meet Growing Regional Demand for Advanced Text Capabilities in Consumer Electronics and Printer Devices.WOBURN, Mass. -- Acquisition of China Type Design Limited and Launch of Enhanced Text Technologies Reinforce 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. Imaging's Commitment to Improve Global Communications Through Type Monotype Imaging Inc., a global leader in font and imaging technologies, is expanding its Asian market profile with the acquisition of its long-time partner, China Type Design Limited, and the introduction of enhanced versions of Monotype Imaging's scalable font A font that is created in the required point size when needed for display or printing. The dot patterns (bitmaps) are generated from a set of outline fonts, or base fonts, which contain a mathematical representation of the typeface. engine and multilingual text layout solution for display-based products. Today's announcements align with Monotype Imaging's long-standing commitment to enable its customers to improve communication globally through scalable fonts and advanced multilingual technologies. A Hong Kong-based typeface design and production company, China Type will help lead expansion into Asian consumer electronics and printer markets. China Type was a key collaborator in the development of version 3.0 of Monotype Imaging's iType(R) font engine, which the company is announcing today. The latest iType release delivers a new level of display quality for East Asian text on mobile phones to meet increasing demands for emerging markets such as China. Monotype Imaging is also announcing version 2.1 of the company's WorldType(R) Layout Engine A layout engine, or rendering engine, is software that takes web content (such as HTML, XML, image files, etc.) and formatting information (such as CSS, XSL, etc.) and displays the formatted content on the screen. , a software library that enables the composition, positioning and rendering of multilingual text on a variety of displays. The new release enables support for all the major written languages of India “Indian languages” redirects here. For languages of Native Americans, see Indigenous languages of the Americas. The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families, Indo-European (whose branch Indo-Aryan is spoken by about 74% of the population) , Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. and Nepal to allow manufacturers and developers of cell phones, set-top boxes, printer control panels and other devices to increase penetration in high-growth South Asian markets. "As our vision is to improve global communications through type, we recognize the need and the opportunity to provide technically superior solutions to customers serving high-growth regions in Asia," said Robert M. Givens, president and chief executive officer of Monotype Imaging. "By establishing a dedicated presence in China to meet increasingly sophisticated market demands, we're firmly committed to providing customers with the most effective, most efficient Asian font and text solutions available. Our newest technology enhancements announced today are also a testament to our effort to focus on emerging markets such as China and India. " According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC, shipments of mobile phones in the Asia Pacific region, led by India and China and excluding Japan, are expected to reach 342.6 million units in 2010, representing a 2005-2010 compound annual growth rate of 10.2 percent, outpacing the worldwide forecast of 8.7 percent(1). According to Lyra Research, the market for laser, inkjet, wide-format and multifunction printers should increase faster in the Asia Pacific region than anywhere in the world. Although a significantly more mature market than mobile phones, printer sales are expected to grow at a CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate of 3.1 percent by 2010 compared to worldwide expectations of 1.3 percent. Today's announcements emphasize Monotype Imaging's pledge to provide scalable, multilingual fonts and advanced technologies that will enable product differentiation Product Differentiation A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some item that is regarded to have unique and valuable characteristics. in the Asian marketplace: China Type Design Limited: Monotype Imaging's relationship with China Type spans 20 years. The companies have collaborated on a wide range of Asian font projects, with recent work involving typefaces for Hewlett-Packard XHTML-based inkjet printers shipping in Japan and China and East Asian fonts for the Microsoft(R) Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. (TM) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Founded in 1986, China Type has offices in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Beijing and employs a team of experienced Asian font design and production experts. As part of the acquisition, Monotype Imaging has secured an exclusive relationship with Creative Calligraphy calligraphy (kəlĭg`rəfē) [Gr.,=beautiful writing], skilled penmanship practiced as a fine art. See also inscription; paleography. European Calligraphy In Europe two sorts of handwriting came into being very early. Center (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ), a font production company in Zhuhai, China, with 30 production specialists. When combined with the number of design, production, testing and support specialists at China Type and Monotype Imaging, the roster grows to 78 - nearly double the company's capacity prior to the acquisition. The full press release of Monotype Imaging's acquisition of China Type Design can be viewed at www.monotypeimaging.com/pr/chinatype. iType Font Engine 3.0: Monotype Imaging's iType font engine 3.0, the latest version of the company's embedded subsystem for generating text on consumer electronics devices, includes SmartHint(TM) technology and other patent-pending techniques from Monotype Imaging that enable improved display quality of scalable East Asian text at small sizes. Benefits of the iType 3.0 font engine include: - improved character shape and readability of East Asian text displayed on small-screen devices; - the ability for customers such as handset manufacturers to reduce design and production complexities and gain time-to-market advantages; - increased revenue opportunities that can ultimately be leveraged by the wireless value chain. The full press release of Monotype Imaging's iType 3.0 font engine can be viewed at www.monotypeimaging.com/pr/itype3-0. WorldType Layout Engine 2.1: Monotype Imaging's WorldType Layout Engine, a software library for enabling the composition, positioning and rendering of multilingual text on a variety of displays, now supports all the major written languages of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The main benefits of this latest release include: - the ability for manufacturers and developers of devices such as cell phones, set-top boxes and printer control panels to increase penetration in high-growth South Asian markets; - the ability for customers to support text derived from nine South Asian scripts in addition to the previously supported Devanagari and Perso-Arabic writing systems: Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Gurmukhi and Sinhala. The full press release of Monotype Imaging's WorldType Layout Engine 2.1 can be viewed at http://www.monotypeimaging.com/pr/wtle2-1. About Monotype Imaging Based in Woburn, Mass. with regional offices in the U.K., Chicago, Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif., Boulder, Colo., Japan and China, Monotype Imaging is a global leader in fonts and font technologies for graphic professionals, software developers and manufacturers of printers and display devices. The company also provides print drivers and color imaging technologies to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Monotype Imaging is home to the Monotype(R) and ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → (R) typeface libraries, collections that include widely used designs such as the Arial(R), Times New Roman(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 ITC Franklin Gothic Franklin Gothic is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Morris Fuller Benton (1872-1948) in 1902. The typeface is one of over 200 typefaces designed by Benton. There is an assumption that the name of this typeface was named after Benjamin Franklin. (TM) typeface families. Linotype Library GmbH, home to timeless designs such as the Helvetica(R), Frutiger(R) and Palatino(R) typeface families, is a Monotype Imaging company. Monotype Imaging offers fonts and industry-standard solutions for most of the world's written languages. Information about Monotype Imaging and its products can be found on the company's Web sites at www.monotypeimaging.com, www.fonts.com, www.linotype.com, www.monotypefonts.com, www.customfonts.com, www.fontwise.com, www.itcfonts.com and www.faces.co.uk. Monotype, iType and WorldType are trademarks of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. SmartHint is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. Arial, Times New Roman and Gill Sans are trademarks of The Monotype Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. ITC is a registered trademark and ITC Franklin Gothic is a trademark of International Typeface Corporation The International Typeface Corporation (ITC) is a type manufacturer founded in New York in 1970 by Aaron Burns, Herb Lubalin, and Edward Rondthaler. The company is one of the world's first foundries to have no history in metal cast types. . Helvetica, Frutiger and Palatino are registered trademarks of Linotype GmbH in the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Microsoft, Windows and Vista are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2006 Monotype Imaging Inc. All rights reserved. (1) IDC, "Worldwide Mobile Phone 2006-2010 Forecast Update: July 2006," #202769, Jul 2006 |
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