The designer Roland John Goulsbra created the fonts and in 1994. Both fonts are included in the Take Type Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997.
In 2002 Roland John Goulsbra created the font . Linotype Textur is a display font from the new TakeType No 4 which contains 182 fresh, new, experimental, freaky and above all contemporary fonts.
Agrafie, Alexie and Textur are trademarks of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions, exclusively licensed through Linotype GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.