Press Release
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:TYPE), a leading global provider of text imaging solutions, has announced that fonts from its Helvetica, Frutiger, Futura and Garamond typeface families are shipping with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, the newest professional graphics applications suite from Corel Corp. Comprising 32 fonts from the Linotype collection, the designs have also marked their debut in any CorelDRAW product.
“These classics represent some of the world’s most popular fonts of all time, now part of CorelDRAW,” said John Seguin, executive vice president of Monotype Imaging. “By working closely with its CorelDRAW Graphics Suite user community to bring forward meaningful features, Corel recognizes the tremendous value of type and its importance to CorelDRAW Graphics Suite users.”
The first Helvetica fonts were created more than 50 years ago for fonts for metal type. Linotype redrew and extended the family in the 1980s for use in phototypesetters, introducing the typeface as Neue Helvetica. Today, Helvetica is considered one of the most famous and widely used typefaces of all time, popular in branded identities, advertising, signage and other commercial forms of communication. Helvetica is also seen in consumer electronics devices such as mobile phones and digital games.
The original Frutiger typeface was released in the 1970s after debuting in signage at the Charles-de-Gaulle Airport near Paris. More than 30 years later, Akira Kobayashi, head of typography at Linotype GmbH, began collaborating with the typeface’s designer, Adrian Frutiger, to build upon the family and refine aspects such as character spacing and legibility.
The Futura design, released in 1928 by typeface designer Paul Renner, is based loosely on three shapes – the circle, triangle and square. The Germany-based Bauer Type Foundry assisted in turning the geometric forms into a type family, which Renner improved over time to enhance legibility. Today, Futura remains a popular choice for expressing strength, elegance and conceptual clarity.
The Garamond design dates back to Claude Garamond, a punchcutter and type designer from the early 16th century. The Garamond #3 typeface, included in the latest release of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, is based on a variation from the early 20th century that was modeled after the forms of Jean Jannon, a French printer who created a version of Garamond about 60 years after Garamond’s death.
Monotype Imaging’s fonts that are a part of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 are based on the OpenType font format, which offer an extended character set to support the English and Romance languages, as well as most Central European and Eastern European languages. Helevtica, Frutiger and Futura are also featured as OpenType Pro fonts, which provide the ability to use advanced typographic features and effects, such as the automatic insertion of old style figures, ligatures and small capital letters.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5
With more than 50 new and enhanced features, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 includes major enhancements to asset management, color management and Web graphics. A wide variety of learning resources and additional content has also been added. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Czech, Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish and Dutch. Further information about CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, in addition to a free, fully-functional downloadable trial version, are available at www.corel.com/coreldraw.
This article was last modified on January 18, 2023
This article was first published on June 4, 2010
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