Member Ric… Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform Ascender Corp. Acquired by Monotype Imaging: http://www.ascendercorp.com/pr/2010-12-08/ Update 10.Nov.2011, (part of) Bitstream (MyFonts included) Acquired by Monotype Imaging: https://typography.guru/forums/topic/97262-forwarding Link to comment
Member Wil… Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Wasn't Ascender started by refugees or defectors from Monotype? What's the story behind the story here? Link to comment
Member Si_… Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Ascender was formed before Agfa sold Monotype Imaging. Perhaps the Ascender founders were trying to avoid visits to Belgium. :-) Link to comment
Member Dun… Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Arial + Comic Sans Rebus FTW!!! Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I have no immediate plans to cash out. So the monopoly will have to wait. Link to comment
Member qua… Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 And here I thought someone was trying to identify Kabel. Link to comment
Member Té… Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I'd sooner have guessed (Bhikkhu Pesala's) Kabala in that case. Link to comment
Member vin… Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Buy your Comic Sans 2010 now from Monotype Imaging! Will there still be April fools jokes? Link to comment
Member and… Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 So every designer or foundry with Ascender contracts will be now a part of the big Monotype univers. Link to comment
Member Té… Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Guess that's the risk of going with the Times. Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Inertia is an easy course of action. However, I would imagine that most contracts have cancellation clauses. Or may be renegotiated. Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Uhm…https://typography.guru/forums/topic/97262-forwarding Link to comment
Member hra… Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I'm curious, what do formerly-Bitstream's people in Noida, India do exactly? hhp Link to comment
Member dez… Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 The "If you can't beat them, buy them out" policy which has been so successful with the banking industry and airline industry seems to be also working quite well to keep the type industry equally healthy. Link to comment
Member Wil… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Looks to me like we now have three categories of foundries: 1. the non-designer owned foundries—now only one; 2. The foundries associated with primarily non-type companies—Adobe, Microsoft; 3. Designer-owned foundries. Link to comment
Member dez… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Pretty soon, my mortgage, my bank, my airline, and my type will all belong to the same company :-/ Link to comment
Member Si_… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 >Pretty soon, my mortgage, my bank, my airline, and my type will all belong to the same company :-/ The United States Federal Government? Don't forget your auto-maker. Link to comment
Member Té… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Nope. MicroAppleSoft. Link to comment
Member dez… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Nope, "The 1% of the 1%" Si, The Chinese Government is far more likely than the U.S. Gov ;-) Link to comment
Member Si_… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 After giving this a lot of thought, I think the only way to move forward is for type designers to unionize. The problem will be getting all the dead type designers to join. I think the Mormons may have worked out a solution for that but I'm not entirely sure. Comrades, are you with me? ;-) Link to comment
Member hra… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 You remember TyD, right? hhp Link to comment
Member old… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Well, at least the impending merger puts to rest the question of "Who's your Daddy?" Link to comment
Member J.M… Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 So $50 million for Bitstream, really MyFonts. Given the multiples that these sales usually work on, that means MyFonts is generating around $13 million a year. The real question, is who is going to buy this Monotype/Agfa/Linotype/ITC/Ascender/Bitstream amalgamation? It is all venture capital so I can't imagine it will stay in current hands for long. They are interested in making money, not licensing type. Link to comment
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