Monotype typefaces

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Monotype fonts were developed by the Monotype company. This name has been used by three firms. Two of them had their roots in "hot metal" or lead type in the printing industry. They did not adapt when the market changed as computer, offset and photographic systems became dominant. These were:

• Lanston Monotype Cooperation in Philadelphia, USA
• The Monotype Corporation Limited in Salfords, UK

A third firm produces fonts for computer use:

• Monotype Imaging Inc.

The latter firm is in a sense the successor to the English Monotype factory. It has the rights to the original designs, and later obtained rights to many more designs from other sources. The remains of the production archive and what is left of the machines are at the Type Museum in London, England. There the original matrices can still be accessed and parts of the old machines ordered. The collection itself is the property of the British Science Museum. The survival of the Type Museum was threatened since the building was no longer owned by the Science Museum, and was in a very poor state of repair, and the new owner intended other uses for the property. The Type Museum was closed and all equipment has been stored at the National Archives.^[1]