Linotype.com Debuts with Enhanced Features and a New Look
Improved Font Browsing and More Comprehensive Search Results Headline New
Features
WOBURN, Mass., & BAD HOMBURG, Germany, Sep 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Monotype
Imaging Holdings Inc. (TYPE), a leading global provider of text imaging
solutions, and its subsidiary, Linotype GmbH, have revamped Linotype.com,
offering visitors an improved site experience for all things relating to
typefaces -- from browsing, licensing and downloading fonts to learning about
type and how to use it effectively.
More than 130,000 fonts are available from Linotype.com, which features the
prestigious Linotype(R) collection, home to some of the world's most widely used
designs including the renowned Helvetica(R), Neue Frutiger(R) and Univers(R)
families. The redesigned site now features a more streamlined approach to
searching Linotype's vast offering, enabling site visitors to quickly and easily
distill results. Several search criteria are available and may be combined,
including searching by font library or font foundry; by typographic category such
as "sans serif" or "script;" by usage such as "magazine" or "newspaper;" and by
theme such as "business" or "casual." Results may be further narrowed by applying
filters, such as showing only the fonts that support a particular language, or
displaying fonts that offer OpenType(R) typographic features such as contextual
ligatures or small caps.
"Linotype.com is now at the forefront as an online type resource," said Lorenz
Schirmer, marketing director at Linotype. "With its enhanced look-and-feel, the
site is also much more pleasurable to use. Moving forward, we're planning
additional filters that will make browsing and searching even more powerful."
"We linked information and functions. This gives users a very smooth searching
and shopping experience," said Manual Fork, chief executive officer of Fork
Unstable Media, a Hamburg-based creative agency that designed the site.
Linotype.com was designed using Web fonts from Monotype Imaging's Fonts.com Web
Fonts service. The Generis(R) Serif typeface from the Linotype collection is used
for headlines and Neue Frutiger is used in the body copy.
In addition to various improvements to the Linotype.com store, the site features
detailed information on corporate design and identity services as well as
offerings targeted to manufacturers and developers of consumer electronics
devices.
About Monotype Imaging
Monotype Imaging combines technology with design to help the world communicate.
Based in Woburn, Mass. with offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia, Monotype
Imaging brings text imaging and graphical user interface capabilities to consumer
electronics devices such as laser printers, copiers, mobile phones, navigation
devices, digital cameras, e-book readers, digital televisions, set-top boxes and
consumer appliances. The company also provides printer drivers and color imaging
solutions to printer manufacturers and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers).
Monotype Imaging technologies are combined with access to more than 14,000
typefaces from the Monotype(R), Linotype and ITC(R) typeface libraries -- home to
some of the world's most widely used designs, including the Times New Roman(R),
Helvetica and ITC Franklin Gothic(TM) typefaces. Fonts are licensed to creative,
business and Web professionals through e-commerce portals, direct and indirect
sales and custom design services. Monotype Imaging offers industry-standard font
solutions that support all of the world's major languages. Information about
Monotype Imaging can be found at monotypeimaging.com.
Linotype is a trademark of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Monotype is a
trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Times New Roman is a
trademark of The Monotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. Helvetica, Frutiger
and Univers are trademarks of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions in the name of
Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH. Generis is a trademark of Linotype
GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in
certain jurisdictions. ITC is a trademark of International Typeface Corp.
registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in
certain jurisdictions. ITC Franklin Gothic is a trademark of International
Typeface Corp. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. OpenType is either
a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C)
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