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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Font houses merge: what will their babies look like?

I think font-based news has been vastly under-reported on this here blog, something I am going to rectify with the following. Monotype and Linotype, two of the biggest operators in the business, are getting in to bed together. Monotype - home of stalwarts like Times New Roman and Arial - will take over Linotype - owner of Helvetica and others. Quite whether this means we'll see Times New Helfrutiger arrive on the scene is anyone's guess.

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