Fonts by Monotype Alias Agfa Alias Compugraphic
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Fonts by Monotype alias Agfa alias Compugraphic In 1992, the old company Monotype Corporation Ltd. went broke. In the same year, the Monotype Typography Ltd. was founded. Three years earlier, in 1989, the former Compugraphic Corp. acquired by Agfa-Gevaert ceased to exist. Later in 1998, Agfa acquired Monotype, and the Agfa Monotype Corporation was founded. In 2000, Agfa Monotype acquired International Typeface Corporation from Esselte AB which had previously bought ITC and also Letraset. In 2004, Agfa sold the Agfa Monotype division to TA Associates, a private equity investment firm, and TA Associates founded a new company Monotype Imaging Inc. now offering old Monotype, Compugraphic, ITC and Letraset fonts, intermingled with fonts by other companies (Adobe, Linotype etc.). See the Monotype website http://www.fonts.com The following font list consists of 4 sections: C = Compugraphic This section lists fonts formerly sold by Agfa, especially Compugraphic fonts, but also fonts by many other companies. Compugraphic was the largest font forging company in the pre-digital era. The cg catalog "The Type Book" of 1988 comprised more fonts than the catalogs of other foundries. The cg catalog also contains a list of "Typeface Analogues" revealing the many names of font forgeries made at that time. For instance, forgeries of font "Melior" by Hermann Zapf were sold at that time as "Ballardvale", "Hanover", "Lyra", "Mallard", "ME", "Melier", "Melliza" and "Uranus". I = ITC This section lists the fonts sold with label "ITC". L = Letraset This section lists the former Letraset fonts. M = Monotype This section lists old and new fonts made by Monotype itself. In the years 1920-1940, Monotype made imitation fonts of old typefaces, e.g. Bell, Bembo, Centaur, Plantin, Poliphilus, Walbaum. Nowadays, Monotype is known for releasing font forgeries, i.e. "nefarious and evil knock-off clones" (Bruno Steinert). See the report "The Funny Font Forging Industry" http://www.sanskritweb.net/forgers/forgers.pdf. No Windows user can avoid using fonts forged by Monotype, because Microsoft integrated these forgeries into all versions of Windows. For the next generation of Microsoft Windows presently named "Longhorn" and scheduled for publication in 2006, Monotype has already made a new forgery for Microsoft. This forgery called "Segoe" is a forgery of the font "Frutiger". For details read the paper by F. Nader "A Second Helping" at http://www.hardcovermedia.com/lab/articles/fruseg.htm Ulrich Stiehl, 28-March-2005 1 The Forgery "Segoe" versus other Forgeries of the Typeface "Frutiger" by Adrian Frutiger 1 1234567890 . , ; 2 1234567890 . , ; 3 1234567890 . , ; 4 1 234567890 . , ; 1 ABCDEFGH I J KLM 2 ABCDE FGH I J KLM 3 ABCDEFGHI J KLM 4 ABCDEFGHI J KLM 1 NOPQR S TUVWXY Z 2 NOPQR S TUVWXYZ 3 NOPQR S TUVWXY Z 4 NOPQ RSTUVWXYZ 1 abcdefgh i j k lm 2 abcdefgh i j k lm 3 abcde fgh i j k lm 4 abcdefgh i j klm 1 nopqr s tuvwxyz 2 nopqr s tuvwxyz 3 nopqr s tuvwxyz 4 nopqr s tuvwxyz 1 = "Frontpage" = "Frutiger" forgery made by Martin Kotulla (Softmaker GmbH) 2 = "Frucht" = "Frutiger" forgery made by Rainer Grunert (Franzis GmbH) 3 = "Humanist 777" = "Frutiger" forgery made by Matthew Carter (Bitstream Inc.) 4 = "Segoe" = "Frutiger" forgery made by Steve Matteson (Monotype Corp.) The forgeries 1, 2 and 3, namely "Frontpage", "Frucht", and "Humanist 777", were made by the "Linotype Method". They are "faithful" forgeries of the typeface by Adrian Frutiger, as far as the glyphs are concerned. The forgery "Segoe" was made by the "Monotype Method" (see report "The Funny Font Forging Industry", page 1-3). This means: As a global font forging measure, font forger Steve Matteson reduced the weight of all the glyphs by 10%, so that the forgery "Segoe" is slightly thinner than the regular cut of "Frutiger" called "Frutiger 55". Then, as a special font forging measure, font forger Steve Matteson forged a few single letters, e.g. "1" (foot serif added), "." and ";" (square dot replaced by round dot), "J", "Q" (tail shifted to the left), "i" and "j" (also round dot instead of square dot). At court, font forger Steve Matteson will point to these forged letters just mentioned and will claim that he designed a "new typeface", hoping that the judge will believe his lies. If this judge writes down his judgement on a Windows PC, he will have to use any of the font forgeries ("Arial", "Segoe" etc.) made by Monotype and implemented by Microsoft. 2 C = Compugraphic/Agfa C Atmosphere C Attic Antique C Aachen Bold C Audio Pi, Warning Pi (Linotype) C Abacus C Augustal C Abbot Uncial C Augustal Cursiva C Access (MN) C Aura C Accolade (cg) C Aureus Uncial C Acorn C Auriol C Adastra C Avant Garde Gothic 1 (ITC) C Administer C Avant Garde Gothic 2 (ITC) C Adolescense C Avant Garde Gothic Cond. (ITC) C Adroit (cg) C Avant Garde Gothic MM (ITC) C Advertisers Gothic Light C Avenir 1 C Agfa Waddy C Avenir 2 C Aikiko C Aventis Ocean Sans C Albany Telegram C Baker Signet, Impact C Albert (FS) C Ballerino (ITC) C Albertus, Castellar C Balloon C Aldous Vertical C Baluster C Aldus C Bandolero/Bandolera C Aleksei C Bangor C Alexander C Banjoman C Alinea Incise C Banjoman Open C Alinea Roman C Banjoman Text C Alinea Sans C Banshee C Alisal C Barclay Outline C Alligators C Barnum Block C Alpin Gothic (cg) C Barracuda C Alta California C Basilia C Amadeo C Basilica C Amanda C Baskerville Cyrillic C American Typewriter (ITC) C Basque C Americana C Bauer Bodoni C Amigo C Bauer Bodoni 2 C Amigo et al C Bauhaus (ITC) C Ammonia C Bauhaus (P22) C Ampersands C Baylac C Andreas C Bebop C Andy C Behemoth C Animals DF C Bell C Anna et al (ITC) C Bell Centennial C Antique Olive 1 C Bell Gothic C Antique Olive 2 C Belltrap C Aperto C Belwe C Apollo (Monotype) C Bembo 1 C Aquarius No. 8 (cg) C Bembo 2 C Arabia Felix C Bembo Expert (Monotype) C Arcadia C Bembo Expert 1 (Monotype) C Arepo C Bembo Expert 2 (Monotype) C Ariadne et al C Bembo Schoolbook C Arnold Böcklin C Benedikt C Art Gallery C Benguiat (ITC) C Arta (Letraset) C Benguiat Frisky C Artifact 1&2 C Benguiat Gothic (ITC) C Artifact 3&4 C Benguiat Gothic 2 (ITC) C Artistik C Benson Scripts C Arwen C Berkeley Old Style (ITC) C Ashley C Berling C Ashley Script C Bermuda LP C Ashtray C Bernhard Bold Condensed C Astrology 1 DF C Bernhard Fashion C Astrology 2 DF C Bernhard Modern C Astrology 3 DF C Bernhard Modern Roman C Astrology Pi (Linotype) C Bernhardt C Athenaeum C Beton Extra Bold 3 C Beverly Hills C Caflisch Script MM C Bewag Myriad MM C Calligraphica C Bingo C Calvert C Black Boton Bold C Campanula C Black Rocks C Candida C Blackfriar C Cantina C Blair (ITC) C Cantoria 1 C Blinddate C Cantoria 2 C Blippo Black C Cantoria 2 C Blocks C Capone Light C Bludgeon C Carl Beck C Bobo Capitals C Carmela C Bodoni 1 C Carmine Tango C Bodoni 2 C Carmine Tango, Coronet, etc. (cg) C Bodoni Poster Cyrillic C Carnival C Bodoni Unique C Carre Noir C Bonehead C Carta C Bongo C Caslon C Bonita C Caslon (Adobe) C Bookman (ITC) C Caslon 3, 540 SC & OSF C Bookman 2 (ITC) C Caslon Expert C Boomerang C Caslon Forty-Two (ITC Founder's) C Border Fonts C Caslon Nº 224 (ITC) C Borders & Ornaments 1 DF C Caslon Open Face C Borders & Ornaments 2 DF C Caslon Ornaments (ITC Founder's) C Borders & Ornaments 3 DF C Caslon Poster (ITC Founder's) C Borders & Ornaments 4 DF C Caslon Thirty (ITC Founder's) C Borders & Ornaments 5 DF C Caslon Twelve (ITC Founder's) C Borders & Ornaments 6 DF C Catastrophe C Boscribe C Category C Bosis C Cavalier C Braingelt Premium C Caxton C Braingelt Standard C Celebrate DF C Braingelt Volume C Centaur C Brainhead C Centaur Expert C Bramley (Letraset) C Centennial (Linotype) C Branding Iron C Centennial SC & OSF (Linotype) C Brazilia C Central C Breadline C Century (ITC) C Briem Akademi C Century Condensed (ITC) C Briem Gauntlet C Century Expanded C Briem Mono C Century Old Style C Briem Script C Cerigo C Briem Script Fleurons SC & OSF C CG Poster Bodoni C Briem Script MM C Chandler 42 C Brigida C Chaparral Expert MM C Britannia Bold C Chaparral MM C Broadstreet C Chaplin C Broadway C Chasline C Brophy Script C Chauncy Deluxxe C Bruno JB C Chauncy Fatty C Bubba Love C Cheltenham 1 (ITC) C Bubbledot ICG C Cheltenham 2 (ITC) C Buccaneer C Cheltenham Condensed (ITC) C Buccardi C Cheq C Buffalo Gal C Chevalier C Bulldog C Chic C Bulletin Typewriter C Chub C Bulmer C Cicero Caps C Bulmer Expert Collection C Circus DF C Business & Services 1 DF C Cirrus C Business & Services 2 DF C Civilite C Business & Services 3 DF C Claire News/Triplett (cg) C Cachet C Clarendon C Caecilia 1 (PMN) C Clarendon Book Condensed C Caecilia 2 SC & OSF (PMN) C Claridge (cg) C Caflisch Script C Classic 4 C Clearface (ITC) C Davison Americana C Clearface Gothic C Davison Zip Bold C Clearface Gothic C Daylilies C Clemente Rotunda C Decco Modern C Cocaine C Decoration Pi (Linotype) DF C Cochin C Delphian Open C Cochin C Delphin I / Delphin II C Cold Mountain C Derek Italic C Column (CT) C Destijl C Comedia C Deutsche Post Frutiger C Comic Strip C DeVinne Cg / Cloister Cg C Comix C Devit C Commerce Gothic C Diablo C Commercial 1 DF C Didot (Linotype) C Commercial 2 DF C DIN Schriften C Commonworld C DingBRATS DF C Communications 1 DF C Diskus C Communications 2 DF C Dom Casual C Communications 3 DF C Dorchester Script C Communications 4 DF C Doric / Maximus C Communications 5 DF C Dorothea C Communications 6 DF C Dynamo C Communications 8 DF C Eagle Bold C Computer C Eaglefeather Formal C Conga Brava MM C Eaglefeather Informal C Conga Bravo C Eaglefeather Small Caps C Conga Bravo Stencil