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Monotype Imaging Adds the New ITC Stone Sans II Family to its ITC Typeface Collection
Thursday 04. February 2010 - ITC Stone Sans II Builds on Original ITC Stone Sans Design to Improve Versatility and Appearance
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TYPE), a leading global provider of text imaging solutions, has released the 24-font ITC Stone Sans II suite of typefaces. Named after its original creator, typeface designer Sumner Stone, the latest additions can be viewed, licensed and downloaded from the companys e-commerce sites: Fonts.com, ITCFonts.com, Linotype.com and Faces.co.uk.
“ITC Stone Sans has served for more than two decades as a powerful design used in everything from fine books, annual reports and corporate identity programs to menus, movie credits and advertising campaigns,” said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Monotype Imaging. “ITC Stone Sans II is the result of exacting refinements born out of a labor of love. With additional weights, enhanced legibility and an improved overall appearance, the designs versatility rises to a new level.”
In his role as lead designer and project director, Stone collaborated with Jim Wasco of Monotype Imaging and typeface designer Delve Withrington to rework the original ITC Stone Sans design. One of the objectives was to include an expanded range of widths and weights. “These fonts had enjoyed great popularity for many years – during which graphic designers repeatedly asked for more weights and condensed designs in the family,” said Stone. “Their comments were the impetus.”
ITC Stone Sans II comprises 24 typefaces, including six weights ranging from light to extra bold. An italic counterpart and suite of condensed designs complements each of the weights. The ITC Stone Sans “super” family of 48 typefaces includes the original ITC Stone Sans design, along with the ITC Stone Serif, ITC Stone Humanist, ITC Stone Informal and now the ITC Stone Sans II typeface families.
Stone is credited with 74 font designs that are available from Monotype Imagings e-commerce sites.
Availability
Individual fonts, selection packs and typeface families can be viewed, purchased and downloaded from www.fonts.com, www.itcfonts.com, www.linotype.com and www.faces.co.uk. Customers may also contact Monotype Imaging in the U.S. toll-free at 800-424-8973, or in Europe at +44 0)1737 765959, or 001781 970-6020, option 2. Linotype in Germany can be reached at +49 (0) 6172 484-418. Customers from other parts of the world may dial 001 781 970-6020 (U.S.).
The ITC Stone Sans II family is available in the OpenType font format which supports both Windows and Macintosh platforms. The typefaces are also available as OpenType Pro fonts. The OpenType Pro categorization enables the ability to include advanced typographic features and effects, such as automatically inserting old style figures, ligatures and small capital letters. The ITC Stone Sans II Pro fonts offer an extended character set to support the English and Romance languages, as well as most Central European and Eastern European languages.