URW Type Foundry

Summary

URW Type Foundry is a type foundry^[1]. It draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (type_foundry category, ranking #8 of 17).^[2]

Key Facts

• URW Type Foundry is in the country of Germany^[3].
• URW Type Foundry's instance of is recorded as type foundry^[4].
• URW Type Foundry's logo image is recorded as URW Type Foundry.svg^[5].
• URW Type Foundry's headquarters location is recorded as Hamburg^[6].
• +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of URW Type Foundry^[7].
• +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of URW Type Foundry^[8].
• URW Type Foundry was dissolved in +1995-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• URW Type Foundry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nbtt2x^[10].
• URW Type Foundry's parent organization or unit is recorded as Global Graphics^[11].
• URW Type Foundry's parent organization or unit is recorded as Monotype^[12].
• URW Type Foundry's official website is recorded as https://www.urwtype.com/^[13].
• URW Type Foundry's described by source is recorded as Typography Referenced^[14].
• URW Type Foundry's legal form is recorded as Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung^[15].
• URW Type Foundry's X is recorded as urwtype^[16].
• URW Type Foundry's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as urw-type-foundry-gmbh^[17].

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Founding

Recorded inception include +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z^[7] and +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8].

Operations

URW Type Foundry's headquarters location is recorded as Hamburg^[6]. Parent organizations include Global Graphics^[11], a software company^[18], in United Kingdom^[19], founded in 1996^[20], headquartered in Cambourne^[21] and Monotype^[12], a type foundry^[22], in United States^[23], founded in 1887^[24], headquartered in Woburn^[25].

Dissolution

URW Type Foundry was dissolved in +1995-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].

Why It Matters

URW Type Foundry draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (type_foundry category, ranking #8 of 17).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]