Type foundry

Christopher Slye joins Type Network

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Typography, Typesetting, Publishing, Type foundry, Font

BOSTON, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Type Network, which represents 32 of the best type foundries in the world, has a new president: Christopher Slye.

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  • BOSTON, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Type Network, which represents 32 of the best type foundries in the world, has a new president: Christopher Slye.
  • "This is a great opportunityto work with so many people who design and use type, and to build new relationships as the network grows," Christopher said.
  • Christopher notes that, among the thousands of type styles in its library, Type Network also offers fonts for all Latin languages, as well as Cyrillic Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew scripts.
  • "We've built a successful service for foundries and users of type over the past five years and I'm looking forward to watching Type Network grow and evolve under Christopher's leadership,"he said.

Monotype Acquires London Boutique Type Foundry Fontsmith

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Monday, January 27, 2020
Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Digital typography, Typefaces, Monotype typefaces, Type foundry, Monotype Imaging, Monotype Grotesque

Monotype today announced that it has acquired London boutique type foundry Fontsmith.

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  • Monotype today announced that it has acquired London boutique type foundry Fontsmith.
  • With a focus on the craft, design and technology of typography, Fontsmith adds a collection of innovative and award-winning typefaces to the Monotype library and enriches the expertise of the Monotype Studio building upon Monotypes international team of type designers.
  • Fontsmith has been a trendsetter in the type community and with this acquisition were thrilled to add a well-respected library of fonts and an innovative group of type designers to the Monotype family, said Monotype CEO Scott Landers.
  • After 23 years of building Fontsmith into one of the premiere boutique type foundries in Europe, were excited to join creative forces with Monotype to create an even more powerful, forward-thinking Monotype Studio.

University of Oxford Spin-out Mind Foundry Launches Machine Learning Platform That Quickly Transforms Business Problem Owners Into Citizen Data Scientists

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Articles, Technology, Cybernetics, Learning, Machine learning, Type foundry, Educational technology, Artificial intelligence

OXFORD, England, June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mind Foundry , a technology spin-out from the University of Oxford's Machine Learning Research Group (MLRG), today announced the commercial launch of a revolutionary humanised machine learning platform.

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  • OXFORD, England, June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mind Foundry , a technology spin-out from the University of Oxford's Machine Learning Research Group (MLRG), today announced the commercial launch of a revolutionary humanised machine learning platform.
  • The platform was developed through work with some of the world's largest investment firms, telecommunications providers, manufacturers and heavy industry companies.
  • "At a time when data science skills are in short supply, Mind Foundry aims to create 1,000 'citizen data scientists' by 2020 and ensure humans are always 'in the loop' when it comes to machine learning."
  • Mind Foundry is enabling anyone, of any technical ability, to solve their business problems using machine learning.

SparkLabs Foundry Seeks to Bring Innovation to Fortune 500 Companies

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Articles, UNESCO Creative Cities Network, Academic disciplines, Contents, Chengdu, Internet of things, Songdo, Shenzhen, Accelerator, Type foundry, Smart city

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SparkLabs Group ( http://www.sparklabsgroup.com ), a network of accelerators and venture capital funds, has launched a new company, SparkLabs Foundry.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SparkLabs Group ( http://www.sparklabsgroup.com ), a network of accelerators and venture capital funds, has launched a new company, SparkLabs Foundry.
  • SparkLabs Foundry ( http://www.sparklabsfoundry.com ) will provide a suite of sector specific consulting services for corporations throughout the globe, seeking to become more innovative and avoid becoming disrupted in today's climate of rapid innovation.
  • We are also very fortunate to have Scott Sorochak recently join us as CEO to lead SparkLabs Foundry.
  • SparkLabs' accelerator network consists of SparkLabs Korea (Seoul), SparkLabs China (Beijing and launching Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenzhen), SparkLabs IoT & Smart City (Songdo, South Korea), SparkLabs Cultiv8 (AgTech, FoodTech & Sustainability in Sydney & Orange, Australia), SparkLabs Taipei, SparkLabs Energy (Muscat, Oman) and Ping An Cloud Acclerator, Powered by SparkLabs (Shenzhen, Hong Kong).