Font Bureau

The Font Bureau, Inc.
	Frere-Jones Type; Morisawa Inc. [ja]; TypeNetwork
Website	fontbureau.typenetwork.com

42°21′1.1″N 71°3′27.5″W / 42.350306°N 71.057639°W / 42.350306; -71.057639

The Font Bureau, Inc. or Font Bureau is a digital type foundry based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The foundry is one of the leading designers of typefaces, specializing in type designs for magazine and newspaper publishers.

History

Font Bureau was founded in 1989 by

Hoefler & Frere-Jones and Frere-Jones Type, and Cyrus Highsmith, later of Occupant Fonts and Morisawa. Matthew Carter

has been a frequent collaborator with the foundry.

In October 2009, news sources reported that Font Bureau was "suing

NBC Universal for at least $2 million over the entertainment company's use of its fonts."^[4] Font Bureau claimed NBC broke its license agreement in its use of the fonts Antenna, Bureau Grotesque and Interstate in marketing material.^[5]

Following the launch of Type Network in 2016, Font Bureau foundry would begin to focus primarily on type design and custom services, while the company's font licensing business, font development activities, and retail shop would be relocated to Type Network.[6]

On July 6, 2016, The Font Bureau, Inc. announced all its retail typefaces are sold exclusively at Type Network, withdrawing sales in Fonts.com,

FontShop.^[7]

Font Bureau withdrew their fonts from the Adobe Fonts library on June 15, 2020.^[8]

Typefaces

The following foundry types were issued by Font Foundry:

Agency FB
Benton Sans (1995, Tobias Frere-Jones)
Charcoal (1994–1997, David Berlow)
Interstate
Miller
Tasse
Constructa
Eagle
Beijing SSI
Harrington
Niagara
Ravie

References

^ "文鼎字型正式加入日本株式會社森澤" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Arphic. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ Keene, Cindy Atoji (May 25, 2008). "From A to Z, font designer knows his type". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
^ "Dancing with the Dead". Communication Arts. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ NBC Universal in $2M fight over use of fonts
^ Koppel, Nathan (October 9, 2009). "NBC Hit With Font Infringement Suit (Of All Things)". The Wall Street Journal Blogs. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
^ Font Bureau and partners launch Type Network
^ Font Bureau library now available exclusively on Type Network
^ "Font Bureau - Adobe Fonts". fonts.adobe.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

External links

[1] "文鼎字型正式加入日本株式會社森澤" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Arphic. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

[TBG-2] Keene, Cindy Atoji (May 25, 2008). "From A to Z, font designer knows his type". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

[3] "Dancing with the Dead". Communication Arts. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[4] NBC Universal in $2M fight over use of fonts

[WSJ-5] Koppel, Nathan (October 9, 2009). "NBC Hit With Font Infringement Suit (Of All Things)". The Wall Street Journal Blogs. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

[6] Font Bureau and partners launch Type Network

[7] Font Bureau library now available exclusively on Type Network

[8] "Font Bureau - Adobe Fonts". fonts.adobe.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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