History

Linotype carries on a 120 year old heritage. Famous names like Linotype-Hell AG, D. Stempel AG, Haas’sche Schriftgießerei and Deberny & Peignot are the roots of Linotype. Ottmar Mergenthaler made his mark in history as the inventor of the type setting machine. Mergenthaler’s breakthrough soon became known as the Linotype. Quickly adopted by major newspapers around the world, the Linotype initiated a new freedom in the creation of everything from newspapers to books, from advertisements to a wide range of literature. With this invention Ottmar Mergenthaler could indeed be called the founder of the later Linotype group of companies.



2006
Monotype Imaging Inc. has acquired Linotype GmbH.
Linotype FontExplorer™ X, the program for perfect font selection, font management and font shopping.
Kitabat, the first major Arabic Calligraphy and Typography conference, took place in Dubai on April 5–8.


2005
The typomedia took place in Mainz under the title “Links to Minds” during the Gutenberg anniversary year.