Monotype Imaging

Monotype Imaging
Formerly	Lanston Monotype Machine Company (1887–1936); Monotype Corporation (1936–1999); Agfa Monotype Corporation (1999–2004)
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Pre-press and pre-media services; machinery industry and plant construction
Founded	1887 (as Lanston Monotype Machine Company); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Headquarters	Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Key people	Ninan Chacko (CEO)
Products	Fonts
Parent	HGGC
Subsidiaries	Linotype GmbH; International Typeface Corporation; Ascender Corporation; Bitstream Inc.; FontShop; Fontsmith; Hoefler & Co.; URW Type Foundry; Fontworks;
Website	www.monotype.com

Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., founded as Lanston Monotype Machine Company in 1887 in Philadelphia by Tolbert Lanston, is an American (historically Anglo-American) company that specializes in digital typesetting and typeface design for use with consumer electronics devices.^[1] Incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company has been responsible for many developments in printing technology—in particular the Monotype machine, which was a fully mechanical hotmetal typesetter, that produced texts automatically, all single type. Monotype was involved in the design and production of many typefaces in the 20th century. Monotype developed many of the most widely used typeface designs, including Times New Roman, Gill Sans, Arial, Bembo and Albertus.

Via acquisitions including Linotype GmbH, International Typeface Corporation, Bitstream, FontShop, URW, Hoefler & Co. and Fontworks, the company has gained the rights to major font families including Helvetica, ITC Franklin Gothic, Optima, ITC Avant Garde, Palatino, FF DIN and Gotham. It also owns MyFonts, used by many independent font design studios.^[2] The company is owned by HGGC, a private equity firm.^[3]

^ 2008 SEC Annual Report:^{[permanent dead link]}.
^ Friedman, Sara (25 August 2023). "Where do fonts come from? This one business, mostly". The Hustle. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ Quito, Anne (23 October 2021). "A famous type foundry's sale to a PE-backed giant has rattled the font industry". Quartz. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[1] 2008 SEC Annual Report:^{[permanent dead link]}.

[2] Friedman, Sara (25 August 2023). "Where do fonts come from? This one business, mostly". The Hustle. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

[Quito-3] Quito, Anne (23 October 2021). "A famous type foundry's sale to a PE-backed giant has rattled the font industry". Quartz. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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