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Monotype

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Monotype brings brands to life through type and technology. It provides fonts and type design, font licensing, and font-management/technology solutions for creative professionals and global brands.

Focus Areas
Typeface / Font Design, Font licensing, Font technology & font-management software

Tracked deals

3

3 tracked deals across 2020-2023.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

3 buyout

Monotype Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Monotype. 1 2020 1 2021 1 2023

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Monotype Acquires Colophon Foundry
    December 20, 2023
    Buyer
    Monotype
    Target
    Colophon Foundry
    Industry
    Marketing & Advertising
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Monotype has acquired London-based Colophon Foundry, an award-winning type foundry known for bespoke type design and a library of 85 type families. The small Colophon team of eight will join Monotype to broaden its creative capabilities and expand Monotype's premium type offerings for global brands and design platforms.

  • Monotype Acquires Hoefler&Co.
    September 15, 2021
    Buyer
    Monotype
    Target
    Hoefler&Co.
    Industry
    Professional Services
    Location
    New York, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Monotype announced it has acquired Hoefler&Co., the New York–based type foundry known for iconic typefaces such as Gotham, Mercury and Sentinel. The deal expands Monotype’s library and distribution through Monotype Fonts while Hoefler&Co founders Jonathan Hoefler and Carleen Borsella will step away to pursue other projects.

  • Monotype Acquires URW Type Foundry
    May 18, 2020
    Buyer
    Monotype
    Target
    URW Type Foundry GmbH
    Seller
    Global Graphics PLC
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    Hamburg, Germany
    Type
    Buyout

    Monotype has agreed to acquire URW Type Foundry GmbH from Global Graphics PLC, adding 513 typeface families (including Futura, Franklin Gothic and URW DIN) to its library. The acquisition expands Monotype’s IP and integrates URW designs into Monotype’s Mosaic solution and MyFonts.com to better serve enterprise and design customers.

Related Acquisition Pages

Marketing & Advertising Buyers & Acquisitions 1 tracked deal by Monotype. Professional Services Buyers & Acquisitions 1 tracked deal by Monotype. Software Buyers & Acquisitions 1 tracked deal by Monotype. Acquisitions in New York 1 tracked deal by Monotype.

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