The Fonts.com™ e-commerce store from Monotype Imaging Inc. offers thousands of Linotype® font products that have been added to the site. The new selections can be previewed, purchased and downloaded by clicking the Linotype link on https://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/Foundries.htm.
The initial batch of Linotype fonts was released in late January; however, new Linotype products will be continually added to the site. Monotype Imaging is able to distribute all Linotype fonts, as of its August 2006 acquisition of Linotype GmbH.
“The combination of Linotype and Monotype Imaging blends Linotype’s highly valued typeface collection with Monotype Imaging’s expansive distribution capabilities,” said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Monotype Imaging. “Adding these products to Fonts.com is another step toward providing graphic communicators with the best possible font offering.”
Perhaps the most notable new releases are the Palatino® Sans and Palatino Informal font families. Designed by Hermann Zapf, the two families offer casual interpretations of the original Palatino design, created by Zapf more than 50 years ago. The Palatino, Palatino Sans and Palatino Informal designs share a common structure, allowing them to work harmoniously when interchanged throughout documents.
Jörn Lehnhoff’s Linotype Ego™ typeface is a handwriting design intended for adding a personal touch to letters, greeting cards and other projects. “Though the design is sketchy in appearance, Linotype Ego remains legible, even when used at small point sizes,” Haley said.
Frutiger® Capitalis, the latest design from Adrian Frutiger, consists of two titling alphabets (regular and outline) and a suite of signs and symbols based on images from Frutiger’s book “Signs and Symbols: Their Design and Meaning.” A marked departure from his earlier work, Frutiger has described the process of designing the typeface as “liberating.”
“With contributions from esteemed designers such as Hermann Zapf and Adrian Frutiger, Linotype’s collection of typefaces is both widely used and highly regarded by the creative community,” said Akira Kobayashi, type director at Linotype. “Our presence on Fonts.com allows us to share these designs as well as future generations of new releases, created with the same high standards for design and production, with a new and larger audience of creative professionals.”
Linotype fonts are available in the PostScript®, TrueType® and OpenType® formats for Windows® and Macintosh® systems. Prices start at $24.
About Fonts.com
As a 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., Germany (Linotype), Mt. Prospect, Ill., Redwood City, Calif., Boulder, Colo., Japan and China, Monotype Imaging is a global provider of text imaging solutions for manufacturers and developers of consumer electronics devices including laser printers, copiers, mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, digital cameras and software applications and operating systems. The company also provides print drivers and color imaging technologies to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Monotype Imaging technologies are combined with access to more than 9,000 typefaces from the Monotype®, Linotype® and ITC® typeface libraries – home to some of the world’s most widely used designs, including the Times New Roman®, Helvetica and ITC Franklin Gothic™ typefaces. Fonts are licensed to creative and business professionals through custom font designs, direct sales or e-commerce portals. Monotype Imaging offers fonts and industry-standard solutions that support all of the world’s major languages. Information about the company and its products can be found at
www.monotypeimaging.com
www.fonts.com
www.linotype.com
www.monotypefonts.com
www.customfonts.com
www.fontwise.com
www.itcfonts.com
www.faces.co.uk
This article was last modified on January 10, 2022
This article was first published on March 9, 2007
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