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Agfa-Gevaert, the well-known photographic film, chemicals and paper manufacturer and Bayer subsidiary, entered the typography scene in 1982 by acquiring an interest in Compugraphic Corporation, the American phototypesetter company. The whole of Compugraphic was purchased in 1988, and became the Agfa Compugraphic division. Agfa continued the development of font rendering systems started by Compugraphic.
In the mid-1990s the Creative Alliance brand was launched, where Agfa promoted and developed new fonts by independent type designers. By 1997 cooperation with Monotype had reached the level of combining their font catalogues, and in July 1998 Agfa acquired Monotype and became known as Agfa Monotype
On March 2, 2000 Agfa announced its acquisition of ITC for an undisclosed sum.
In November 2004, TA Associates purchased a majority interest in Agfa Monotype from Agfa Corp and the company was renamed Monotype Imaging Inc.
Agfa-Gevaert, the well-known photographic film, chemicals and paper manufacturer and Bayer subsidiary, entered the typography scene in 1982 by acquiring an interest in Compugraphic Corporation, the American phototypesetter company. The whole of Compugraphic was purchased in 1988, and became the Agfa Compugraphic division. Agfa continued the development of font rendering systems started by Compugraphic.
Foundry details
- Location:
Monotype Imaging
500 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801
United States of America
phone: (781) 970-6000
toll free: (800) 424-8973
fax: (781) 970-6001
Related links
- Agfa Monotype Corporation
- Agfa Monotype: Agfa Monotype Corporation Acquires International Typeface Corporation, Mar 2 2000
- Agfa Monotype: Agfa-Gevaert Acquires Monotype Typography, Inc., Jul 9 1998
- Fonts.com by Monotype Imaging
- Monotype Imaging: Agfa Monotype is Acquired by TA Associates (November 2004)
- Monotype Imaging: Monotype Imaging acquires Linotype
- Microsoft Typography: Monotype Imaging
Designers with fonts from Monotype Imaging
- Otl Aicher
- Carlos Aponte
- Ludovico Arrighi
- Richard Austin
- Hans Bacher
- Arthur Baker
- Colin Banks
- Barbara Mendelson
- John Baskerville
- Jill Bell
- Andy Benedek
- Edward Benguiat
- Linn Benton
- Morris Benton
- Bo Berndal
- Lucian Bernhard
- Éric de Berranger
- Roselyne Besnard
- Charles Bigelow
- Johannes Birkenbach
- Constance Blanchard
- Frank Blokland
- Garrett Boge
- Albert Boton
- Arlette Boutros
- Mourad Boutros
- Philip Bouwsma
- Phillip Boydell
- Chris Brand
- Alessandro Butti
- Leslie Cabarga
- Margaret Calvert
- Ron Carpenter
- Matthew Carter
- Will Carter
- Victor Caruso
- William Caslon I
- Warren Chappell
- Vincent Connare
- Carl Crossgrove
- John Cumming
- Nick Curtis
- Carl Dair
- Kathryn Darnell
- M. Davison
- Richard Dawson
- Martin Dovey
- William Dwiggins
- Hermann Eidenbenz
- Jakob Erbar
- Dave Farey
- A. Farmer
- Felice Feliciano
- Vincent Figgins
- Pierre Simon Fournier le jeune
- Adrian Frutiger
- Claude Garamond
- Tom Garrett
- Tony Geddes
- Patrick Giasson
- Eric Gill
- Ken Gitschier
- Julius de Goede
- Frederic Goudy
- Robert Granjon
- Francesco Griffo
- Tomi Haaparanta
- Victor Hammer
- Lennart Hansson
- Mark Harris
- Michael Harvey
- Ashley Havinden
- Sol Hess
- Cynthia Hollandsworth
- Kris Holmes
- Gary Hustwit
- Grant Hutchinson
- Walter Huxley
- F. Jackson
- Franck Jalleau
- Julien Janiszewski
- Jean Jannon
- Nicolas Jenson
- Nick Job
- Michael Johnson
- Edward Johnston
- Teri Kahan
- Alexander Kay
- Carol Kemp
- Howard Kettler
- David Kindersley
- Rudolf Koch
- Jan van Krimpen
- Fred Lambert
- Victor Lardent
- Geoffrey Lee
- Sebastian Lester
- Renee LeWinter
- Jean Lochu
- Jonathan Macagba
- Jasper Manchipp
- Aldus Manutius
- Jim Marcus
- Giovanni Mardersteig
- David Marshall
- John Mason
- John Matt
- Steve Matteson
- Rod McDonald
- Frank McShane
- José Mendoza y Almeida
- Oldrich Menhart
- Gerard Meynell
- Robert Middleton
- Monotype Drawing Office
- Monotype Design Studio
- Stanley Morison
- Keith Morris
- Robin Nicholas
- Olivier Nineuil
- Aldo Novarese
- Vincent Pacella
- Wadsworth Parker
- Jim Parkinson
- Eleisha Pechey
- John Peters
- Frank Pierpont
- Gerry Powell
- Janice Prescott
- Paul Prue
- Mike Quon
- Michel Redon
- Imre Reiner
- Carl Reissberger
- Tom Rickner
- Adam Roe
- Bruce Rogers
- George Ryan
- Tim Ryan
- David Sagorski
- Rosemary Sassoon
- Patricia Saunders
- Gustav Schroeder
- W Schwerdtner
- Paul Shaw
- Kevin Simpson
- Willard Sniffin
- Jim Spiece
- Fritz Stelzer
- Sumner Stone
- Nina Storm
- Pepper Tharp
- George Thomas
- Bruno Tricot
- Jan Tschichold
- Ong Chong Wah
- Martin Wait
- Justus Walbaum
- Frederic Warde
- Jim Wasco
- Dave West
- Hugh Whyte
- Robert Wiebking
- Martin Wilke
- Adrian Williams
- Berthold Wolpe
- Richard Yeend
- Steve Zafarana
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