Monotype

American typesetting and typeface design company
Organization type_foundry Q1583606
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Monotype

Summary

Monotype is a type foundry[1]. Monotype draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (type_foundry category, ranking #2 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Monotype was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[3].
  • Monotype is in the country of United States[4].
  • Monotype's instance of is recorded as type foundry[5].
  • Monotype's instance of is recorded as privately held company[6].
  • Monotype's logo image is recorded as Monotype Imaging 2019 logo.svg[7].
  • Monotype's headquarters location is recorded as Woburn[8].
  • Monotype's GND ID is recorded as 117279-7[9].
  • Monotype's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85086981[10].
  • Monotype's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119801928[11].
  • Monotype's child organization or unit is recorded as URW Type Foundry[12].
  • Monotype's Commons category is recorded as Monotype (company)[13].
  • Monotype's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14].
  • Monotype's industry is recorded as pre-press and pre-media services[15].
  • Monotype's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction[16].
  • Monotype's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 26178[17].
  • +1887-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Monotype[18].
  • Monotype's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03p3pwx[19].
  • Monotype's location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[20].
  • Monotype's official website is recorded as http://www.monotype.com/[21].
  • Monotype's product or material produced is recorded as font[22].
  • Monotype's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 5493004GSJ847XVE5S96[23].
  • Monotype's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Monotype-Corporation[24].
  • Monotype's X is recorded as monotype[25].
  • Monotype's X is recorded as Monotype[26].
  • Monotype's Instagram username is recorded as bymonotype[27].

Body

Founding

+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Monotype[18]. Monotype's location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[20].

Operations

Monotype's headquarters location is recorded as Woburn[8]. Monotype's child organization or unit is recorded as URW Type Foundry[12].

Industry

Industries include pre-press and pre-media services[15] and machinery industry and plant construction[16].

Ownership

Monotype's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14]. Monotype's product or material produced is recorded as font[22].

Why It Matters

Monotype draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (type_foundry category, ranking #2 of 17).[2] Monotype has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Monotype is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . The Elements of Typographic Style. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . monotype.com. monotype.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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