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MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, selling fonts through the (www.myfonts.com ) web site. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000. MyFonts pioneered a new model of font distribution, based on the long tail phenomenon: an all-inclusive inventory from which total sales can beat those of a carefully chosen collection. Every font that meets basic technical and legal criteria is accepted for distribution. Designers set their own license terms and their own prices, while MyFonts gets a 50 percent cut of sales. In November 2011 Monotype Imaging announced plans to acquire MyFonts and the other font-related parts of Bitstream for $50 million in cash.〔http://thenextweb.com/dd/2011/11/11/monotype-to-acquire-bitstreams-whatthefont-and-myfonts-com-for-50m/〕 The acquisition was concluded in March 2012. == Open marketplace == Both large type foundries and the studios of individual type designers (also often called foundries) are represented at MyFonts. Classics such as Futura and Akzidenz-Grotesk sit alongside newer fonts, and in all, fonts from over 1100 foundries (in December 2012) are available for sale. Although MyFonts is part of Monotype Corporation (which is a type foundry among other things), MyFonts says that sales figures alone determine a new font’s appearance in such high-visibility places as the Hot New Fonts page or the Rising Stars e-mail newsletter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MyFonts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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