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American type foundry (1981–2012)
Bitstream Inc. was an American type foundry that produced digital typefaces. It was founded in 1981 by Matthew Carter, Mike Parker, Cherie Cone, and Rob Friedman, all former employees of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. It was located in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The font business, including MyFonts, was acquired by Monotype Imaging in March 2012. The remainder of the business, responsible for Pageflex and Bolt Browser, was spun off to a new entity named Marlborough Software Development Holdings Inc. It was later renamed Pageflex, Inc following a successful management buyout in December 2013. Wikipedia →
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📚 Books worth reading
- 📕BITSTREAM INCICON Group Ltd. · 2000
- 📕Bitstream 1Bitstream Inc.
- 📕Bitstream 1.Bitstream Inc · 1984
- 📕[Type specimens and ephemera on digital typefaces, assembled for Society of Printers meeting, 1985]Bitstream Inc · 1985
- 📕ChiantiDennis Pasternack, Bitstream Inc · 1993
- 📕KanjiBitstream Inc, Ryobi Imagix · 1991
- 📕Oz HandicraftOswald Cooper, George Ryan · 1991
- 📕Instant Makeup!Tim Swetonic · 1992
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