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Secrets to designing smartphone fonts 19 Apr 2012 | 02:43 am
CNET featured a wonderful interview with Steve Matteson, Monotype Imaging's Creative Type Director, on the many User Interface (UI) fonts he has designed in his career. This includes fonts for the Xbo...
Webcast by Steve Matteson: Branding Through Custom Typography 16 Aug 2011 | 10:50 am
Please join us Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 4:00 p.m. eastern time for a presentation from renowned type designer Steve Matteson. Steve serves as our creative type director and may be best known for typefaces...
What's old is new again 12 Jul 2011 | 09:33 am
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the Target retail store chain has teamed up with the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum for its new "Vintage Varsity" collection of back-to-school clothing...
Comic Sans Pro Typeface Family Makes its Debut 1 Apr 2011 | 08:08 pm
Comic Sans Pro Adds OpenType Features to Extend Versatility of Comic Sans and Inspire New Creativity and Expression WOBURN, Mass., April 1, 2011 – The Comic Sans® typeface, one of Microsoft’s most .....
Monotype Imaging Introduces the Camphor Typeface Family 22 Feb 2011 | 08:40 am
WOBURN, Mass., Feb. 21, 2011 – Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TYPE), a leading global provider of text imaging solutions, has added the 12-font Camphor™ typeface family to the company’s Monot...
ePub 3 specification now supports web fonts 17 Feb 2011 | 05:43 pm
Monotype Imaging is actively involved with the efforts to standardize WOFF (Web Open Font Format) for use with web browsers. We are happy to report that the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDP...
New fonts from Hallmark available for licensing 27 Jan 2011 | 03:23 pm
A fresh batch of new script and display fonts from the Hallmark™ Design Collection is now available from Monotype Imaging for license to software & hardware developers. This vibrant range of fonts has...
Happy Holidays from Monotype Imaging 15 Dec 2010 | 05:36 am
From the entire team at Monotype Imaging, we want to send you our sincere wishes for a joyous holiday season and a very happy 2011. The above image is featured on this year's Ascender holiday card. I...
Ascender Corp Aquired by Monotype Imaging 9 Dec 2010 | 01:58 am
On December 8, 2010, Monotype Imaging announced the acquisition of Ascender Corp. We’re excited to be part of the Monotype Imaging team, as they have the same passion for type design and solving chall...
More Fonts for Developers! 16 Nov 2010 | 06:35 pm
This past month Ascender has signed font distribution licenses with four distinctive type designers/foundries located across the globe. These wonderful fonts include superbly crafted text, display and...
