Monotype Imaging
Agfa-Gevaert, the German manufacturer of photographic film, chemicals, and paper, diversified into typography in 1982 when it acquired an interest in the American phototypesetter company Compugraphic Corporation.
It subsequently merged with Compugraphic Corporation to form Agfa-Compugraphic, and in 1998 acquired Monotype to form Agfa-Monotype Corporation. In 2001 the company acquired International Typeface Corporation (ITC).
In 2004 Agfa-Monotype Corporation was acquired from Agfa Corporation by TA Associates, and changed its name to Monotype Imaging Inc.
In July 2019 Monotype Imaging was acquired by the PE firm HGGC. Currently based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA, Monotype Imaging continues to develop one of the world's largest typeface collections.
Since the incorporation of Monotype Imaging it has expanded the library with a series of acquisitions, including:
- Linotype - October 2006
- Ascender Corp - December 2010
- Bitstream - March 2012
- FontFont - July 2014
- Fontsmith - February 2020
- URW Type Foundry - May 2020.
- Hoefler & Co. - September 2021
- Berthold - August 2022
Web: https://www.monotype.com/
