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Monotype Imaging Licenses Fonts to Yahoo! for the Design of Yahoo! TV Widgets

Thu. October 08, 2009; Posted: 08:19 AM
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WOBURN, Mass., Oct 08, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TYPE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TYPE), a leading global provider of text imaging solutions, has licensed scalable typefaces to Yahoo! Inc., including two Helvetica(R) typefaces from the Linotype(R) Originals collection for inclusion in the Yahoo! (R) TV Widget Development Kit.

The WDK is licensed to publishers and developers for the creation of TV Widgets that run on the Yahoo! TV Widget Engine platform. Available on the latest generation of Internet-connected televisions, TV Widgets operate as interactive applications on the viewer's screen that provide access to user-preferred online media and services, such as photo sharing, sports updates, stock tracking and news and entertainment updates.

Monotype Imaging's Neue Helvetica and Helvetica World designs, along with scalable fonts that support the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages, are now included in the Yahoo! TV Widget Engine applications platform for developing rich media applications that connect to the Internet. Device manufacturers, content publishers, advertisers and developers of TV Widgets are able to use scalable fonts engineered for on-screen clarity and multiple language coverage.

To date, TV Widgets have been developed for a variety of Yahoo! properties, including Flickr(R), Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Weather and Yahoo! Finance, as well as third-party content from well-known brands, including Twitter(R), YouTube(TM), eBay(R) and Showtime(R) Networks.

"The Yahoo! TV Widget platform is an impressive example of how Yahoo! is taking TV to a new level through the integration of key Internet attributes, including openness, community and personalization," said John Seguin, executive vice president of Monotype Imaging. "Recognized the world over and originally designed for print, Helvetica offers a timeless appeal that also looks great on screen. A well-rounded choice is now available for TV Widget creators for integrating high-quality fonts that cover multiple languages for reaching various markets worldwide."

The Neue Helvetica design is a reworking and expansion of the original Helvetica typeface family, designed more than 50 years ago for hand-set metal type yet is still one of the most popular faces in the world. As the Neue Helvetica fonts were developed nearly 30 years later, aspects such as character widths and spacing of the original Helvetica were refined for use in digital technology and to aid on-screen legibility. The Helvetica World typeface adds multilingual coverage, including support for Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek and Hebrew scripts, in addition to support for eastern and western European languages.

About Monotype Imaging

Monotype Imaging is a global provider of text imaging solutions for manufacturers and developers of consumer electronics devices including laser printers, copiers, mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, navigation devices, digital cameras and software applications and operating systems. The company also provides printer drivers and color imaging technologies to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Monotype Imaging technologies are combined with access to more than 10,000 typefaces from the Monotype(R), Linotype and ITC(R) typeface libraries -- home to some of the world's most widely used designs, including the Times New Roman(R), Helvetica and ITC Franklin Gothic(TM) typefaces. Fonts are licensed to creative and business professionals through custom font design services, direct sales or e-commerce portals. Monotype Imaging offers fonts and industry-standard solutions that support all of the world's major languages. The company is based in Woburn, Mass., with regional offices in the U.K., Germany (Linotype), Mt. Prospect, Ill., Redwood City, Calif., Boulder, Colo., Japan, China and Korea. Information about Monotype Imaging and its products can be found at www.monotypeimaging.com.

Monotype is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Times New Roman is a trademark of The Monotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Linotype is a trademark of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Helvetica is a trademark of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH. ITC is a trademark of International Typeface Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. ITC Franklin Gothic is a trademark of International Typeface Corp. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Yahoo! is a registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries. Flickr is a trademark of Yahoo! Inc. Twitter is a trademark of Twitter, Inc. YouTube is a trademark of Google, Inc. eBay is a trademark of eBay Inc. Showtime is a trademark of SHOWTIME Networks Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2009 Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc.

Monotype Imaging Inc. 
Vikki Quick, 781-970-6115 
vikki.quick@monotypeimaging.com 
or 
Monotype Imaging Limited 
Julie Strawson, +44 (0) 1737 781624 
jl.strawson@monotypeimaging.co.uk 
or 
Linotype GmbH 
Lorenz Schirmer, +49 (0) 6172 484-470 
lschirmer@linotype.com
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