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History and Development |
| 1975 |
- TypeBank Co. Ltd., founded in November.
- Started direction, design and production of analog typefaces and started development of bitmap fonts.
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| 1977 |
- Started the license business of the original artwork typeface "NOW" with Ryobi Imagix Co. and started designing "NOW-GU" which is the beginning of "Tadashi Mizui NOW Series".
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| 1980 |
- Started co-development of bitmap fonts with Hitachi, Ltd., Design Center.
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| 1984 |
- Contracted license business agreement of "Shintaro Ajioka Kana Series" with Ryobi Imagix Co.
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| 1988 |
- TypeBank bitmap fonts were successively adopted by various printer makers.
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| 1992 |
- Contracted cross license business agreement with Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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| 1993 |
- Adobe Systems started sales of 5 TypeBank outline fonts "TBMincho M/H" and "TBGothic M/B/H" in OCF format.
- Started the sales of WIFE fonts under own company brand through Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Canon Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited.
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| 1994 |
- Linotype-Hell K.K., Agfa Division and Enfour Media Laboratory Pty. Ltd started sales of TypeBank fonts in OCF format respectively.
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| 1998 |
- Adobe Systems and Enfour Media Laboratory started sales of TypeBank fonts in CID format.
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| 2000 |
- Started sales of 25 typefaces in TrueType format as downloadable products.
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| 2003 |
- First started sales of TypeBank branded fonts; 29 typefaces in OpenType format, and 25 typefaces in CID format as a product package.
- "TBMincho SU" and "TBNewspaperMidashiGothic E/H" were adopted as display fonts for Nikkan Sport Newspaper.
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| 2004 |
- "TBGothic R/B" were adopted as the Japanese corporate fonts with alphabets by Linotype Library GmbH for Suntory Limited.
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| 2005 |
- Started the sub license business with the permission of the sales right of the fonts owned by Hitachi, Ltd.
- Started development and the license business of "TBGothic for condense family" which is based on the use of condensing.
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| 2006 |
- Completed the production of 17 display fonts for newspapers which corresponded U-PRESS established by Kyodo News.
- Completed the production of "TBCinemaRoundedGothic M" for subtitles on a digital cinema screen and started the license business being for the use for digital cinema.
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| 2007 |
- Started sales of "TyposAlmighty (25 typefaces)" in OpenType format.
- Started development of "KanjiTypos family" which was well arrranged in modern way based on originally artwork typefaces designed by Group Typo in 1960s.
- Started development "TBFZTekkinReisho" and "TBFZRyuhyoGyosho" as the joint development projects with Founder International Inc.
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| 2009 |
- Started sales of "TypeBank LETS" which is the annual font license program from February.
- Completed the production of "TB Universal Design fonts (15 typefaces)" through collaborative research with Professor Yasushi Nakano of Keio University, and started the sales.
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| 2010 |
- All stock of the company was sold to Morisawa Inc. in April, and became a wholly owned subsidiary company.
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| 2012 |
- The ownership of the typefaces of the old Ryobi Imagix Co. was transfered to us through Morisawa Inc.
- Started sales of "TypeBank PASSPORT" which is the annual font license program, and "TypeBank Select Pack" which is the sales of your selected fonts permanently.
- Completed collaborative production "KanaBank (18 typefaces)" with active people in each field, and started the sales in November.
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