Monotype Imaging Adds Fonts from Three Foundries to Fonts.com
Fonts.com has debuted collections from the GarageFonts, Panache Typography and Underware typeface foundries. In the past 60 days, Fonts.com has added more than 930 products from these and other sources.
“With new foundries emerging virtually every day, there’s no shortage of typeface collections,” said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Monotype Imaging Inc. “What distinguishes these releases is the quality of designs and reputation of the foundries.”
GarageFonts was established in 1993 primarily as a vehicle to distribute the first typeface designs created for Raygun magazine. More than 10 years later, the collection contains 175 products of assorted styles. The Metroflex™ family is a sans serif design available in three sub-families of different widths. Designer Thomas Mettendorf describes the Metroflex typeface as “an urban, multi-purpose type system.” GarageFonts products are offered in the PostScript® and TrueType® formats for Microsoft® Windows® and Macintosh® systems. Prices start at $29.
Formed in 1990, Panache Typography features the work of award-winning designers Dave Farey and Richard Dawson. The elegant Amethyste Script™ font gives the illusion of connecting hand drawn lettering. The majority of Panache Typography’s 133 products are available in the PostScript format for Windows and Macintosh systems. Prices start at $48.
The Underware foundry began in 1999 with employees in Den Haag, Helsinki and Amsterdam. The Dolly™ family is a low-contrast serif design intended for long passages of text. The 12 Underware products start at $55 and are available mostly in the TrueType and PostScript formats for Windows systems and in the PostScript format for Macintosh platforms.
In addition to the new collections, Fonts.com has recently added fonts from several foundries already represented on the site, including URW, Elemeno, Elsner+Flake, Font Bureau and Monotype.
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® and ITC® libraries. Visitors are greeted with clear navigation and multiple search options in addition to articles, tips and techniques. Live customer care representatives are available to assist in identifying and selecting typefaces and to resolve technical issues. Fonts.com also provides information about Monotype Imaging’s custom font services.
About Monotype Imaging
Based in Woburn, Mass. with regional offices in the U.K., Chicago, Redwood City, Calif., Japan and China, Monotype Imaging provides fonts and font technologies to graphic professionals, software developers and manufacturers of printers and display devices. Formerly Agfa Monotype Corp., the company also provides print drivers and color imaging technologies to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Monotype Imaging is home to the Monotype® typeface library, a collection that includes widely used designs such as the Arial®, Times New Roman® and Gill Sans® typeface families. 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.monotypefonts.com
www.customfonts.com
www.fontwise.com
www.itcfonts.com
www.faces.co.uk.
