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 534 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 headquarters location is recorded as Woburn[7].
  • Monotype's child organization or unit is recorded as URW Type Foundry[8].
  • Monotype's Commons category is recorded as Monotype (company)[9].
  • Monotype's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[10].
  • Monotype's industry is recorded as pre-press and pre-media services[11].
  • Monotype's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction[12].
  • 1887 marks the founding of Monotype[13].
  • Monotype's location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[14].
  • Monotype's official website is recorded as http://www.monotype.com/[15].
  • Monotype's product or material produced is recorded as font[16].
  • Monotype's copyright representative is recorded as reproduction right not represented by CISAC member[17].
  • Monotype's copyright representative is recorded as Monotype[18].
  • Monotype's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21417'}[19].
  • Monotype's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+20856'}[20].
  • Monotype's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22017'}[21].
  • Monotype's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22482'}[22].

Body

Founding

1887 marks the founding of Monotype[13]. Monotype's location of formation is recorded as Washington, D.C.[14].

Operations

Monotype's headquarters location is recorded as Woburn[7]. Monotype's child organization or unit is recorded as URW Type Foundry[8].

Industry

Industries include pre-press and pre-media services[11] and machinery industry and plant construction[12].

Ownership

Monotype's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[10]. Monotype's product or material produced is recorded as font[16].

Why It Matters

Monotype draws 534 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.[23] Monotype is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Location of formation Washington, D.C.
    Headquarters
    Headquarters location Woburn
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543540305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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