Agfa Monotype Introduces Fonts from Bannigan Artworks, Chris Costello and Joe VanDerBos on Fonts.com

Business Wire, Sept 11, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WILMINGTON, Mass. & SALFORDS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2003

For the second time this month, Agfa Monotype Corp. has released the entire collections from select type foundries. Twenty-five fonts and font packages from Bannigan Artworks, Chris Costello and Joe VanDerBos are now available from Fonts.com, following the recent additions from Fontsmith and Baseline Fonts. The typefaces can be viewed at www.fonts.com/foundries.

"These latest fonts range from modern, energetic display faces to more somber designs influenced by letterforms of the past," said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Agfa Monotype. "Fonts.com can accommodate virtually any design need imaginable. Our offering just keeps growing."

Designer Todd Hallock founded Bannigan Artworks in 1998. His collection includes Celtic-BA(TM), an uncial design with available ornaments, and the ultra-heavy Hallock(TM) family, an obvious choice for logos and headlines. The eight Bannigan fonts and font packages are available for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) platforms in PostScript(R) and TrueType(R) formats. Prices for individual Bannigan fonts begin at $22 with font volumes starting at $38.

Best known for designing the popular Papyrus(R) typeface (available through ITC and Fonts.com), Chris Costello runs his own type foundry. The 12 Costello fonts and font packages include Blackstone(TM), a calligraphic design that wears a historic look, and Virus(TM), a quirky and experimental face that Costello recommends for use in anything from sci-fi posters to rock band logos. Costello fonts are available in PostScript and TrueType formats for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Prices for individual Costello fonts begin at $24 with font volumes starting at $48.

Illustrator and type designer Joe VanDerBos started his own studio in the early 1990s. VanDerBos's selection of imaginative typefaces includes the attention-grabbing, all-uppercase Beachbuoy(TM) family and CandyKitchen(TM), a design that has the look of an inline typeface drawn with a felt-tip marker. The five VanDerBos fonts and font packages are available in PostScript and TrueType formats for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Prices for individual VanDerBos fonts begin at $24 with font volumes starting at $74.

About Fonts.com

As the Internet's most comprehensive and convenient place to preview, purchase and download fonts, Fonts.com offers single fonts, packages, family volumes and type libraries, including both the Monotype(R) and ITC(R) libraries, sources for such widely used designs as Arial(R) and ITC Officina(R). Visitors are greeted with clear navigation and multiple search options in addition to articles, tips, techniques and tutorials. Live customer care representatives are available to assist in identifying and selecting typefaces and to resolve technical font issues. Fonts.com also provides information about Agfa Monotype's custom font services, including customized fonts for brand identity projects.

About Agfa Monotype Corp.

Based in Wilmington, Mass. with regional offices in the U.K., Japan and China, Agfa Monotype specializes in fonts and font technologies for graphic professionals, software developers and manufacturers of printers and display devices. The company also provides printer drivers, imaging technologies and integration services for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers). Agfa Monotype is a wholly owned subsidiary of Agfa Corp. based in Ridgefield Park, N.J. and is part of Agfa's Graphic Systems business unit. Agfa is the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems primarily for the graphic imaging, healthcare, non-destructive testing, micrographic, and consumer desktop and photography markets. Headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium, Agfa has 40 national sales organizations globally, with worldwide sales of 4.683 billion euros in 2002. Additional information about Agfa Monotype and its products can be found on the company's Web sites at www.agfamonotype.com, www.fonts.com, and www.agfamonotype.co.uk.

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