Monotype Announces More Than 100 Fonts Available from its Foundries
July 25th, 2008 by RyanMonotype Imaging Inc. is a leading global provider of text imaging solutions and has recently expanded its Monotype(R), Linotype(R), and ITC(R) typeface collections with more than 100 designs.
New to the Monotype Library is the Slate Condensed family by Rod MacDonald, which is elegant yet functional. The fonts add six space-saving designs to the original Slate family. Another new addition is the Givens Antiqua family drawn by George Ryan and named in honor of the company’s first president and chief executive officer and current chairman of the board. The Givens Antiqua design employs a generous x-height and open proportions to promote readability.
New to the Linotype Library is the Eurostile Next family designed by Akira Kobayashi, type director at Linotype. This font is an enhanced and expanded version of the widely used Eurostile typeface family. Also new is Calligrapher Gaynor Goffe which brings the Hamada typeface, a script design that captures the feeling of ink on paper. New to the ITC Library is ITC Mattia, a design from Giuseppe Errico and is a distinctive handwriting font with scrawled letterforms.
