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URW Type Foundry

German type foundry
Organization type_foundry Q7865623

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
type foundry
Inception
1996, 1978[4][5]
Headquarters location
Hamburg[3]
Country
Germany[2]
Official website
www.urwtype.com[9]
Website
www.urwtype.com
Parent org
Global Graphics, Monotype
Headquarters
Hamburg
Described by source
Typography Referenced[10]
Dissolved
1995
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1995[6]
Legal form
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung[11]
Parent organization or unit
Global Graphics (2016–present), Monotype (2020–present)[7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en URW Software & Type GmbH en URW Type Foundry en Unternehmensberatung Karow Rubow Weber GmbH en Unternehmensberatung Rubow Weber GmbH en URW en URW++ en URW++ Design & Development GmbH de URW de URW++ fr URW fr URW++
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Crunchbase organization ID
urw-type-foundry-gmbh
Freebase ID
/m/0nbtt2x
X (Twitter) username
urwtype

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🔗 Connections
Parent organization or unit 2
Monotype, Global Graphics
← Child organization or unit 2
Monotype, Global Graphics
← Type foundry 2
SNV, Nimbus Roman No. 9 L
Country 1
Germany
Headquarters location 1
Hamburg
Instance of 1
type foundry
Legal form 1
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
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Summary

URW Type Foundry is a type foundry[1].

Body

Operations

Parent organizations include Global Graphics[7], a software company[12], in United Kingdom[13], founded in 1996[14], headquartered in Cambourne[15] and Monotype[8], a type foundry[16], in United States[17], founded in 1887[18], headquartered in Woburn[19].

Related Entities

Germany Global Graphics

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Typography Referenced. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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