Company History -development of TypeBank-
1975 Founded on November 11. Started producing of "Now' series and "Ajioka Kana" series. Also started development of bitmap fonts.
1980 Started co-development of bitmap fonts with Hitachi, Ltd. This spurred the licensing of TypeBank fonts to various manufacturers.
1988 Started development of outline fonts.
1993 Adobe Systems started sales of 5 TypeBank typefaces in OCF format.
1994 Linotype, Agfa and Enfour started sales of TypeBank typefaces in OCF format respectively.
1997 Adobe Systems started sales of 5 TypeBank typefaces in CID format.
1998 Enfour started sales of 23 TypeBank typefaces in CID format.
2000 Started sales of 25 typefaces in TrueType format as downloadable products.
2003 Started sales of font programs in the name of "TypeBank" brand; 4 typefaces in OpenType Pro format, 25 typefaces in OpenType Std format, and 25 typefaces in CID format.
2005 Added 4 OpenType Pro fonts in the library of downloadable products.
2007 Started sales of 20 TrueType fonts supporting U-PRESS. By the end of the year, completed the development of Kanji Typos family, which was originally designed by Group Typo in 1960s.
2008 The release of the five different fonts from Kanji Typos family became one of the big news among graphic designers.
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