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Fonts.com overhauls search, expands collection |
A yearlong project has culminated in several big changes for Monotype Imaging Inc's Fonts.com, including expanded search capabilities and the ability to purchase large multi-user licenses online and establish user accounts.
Fonts.com also has debuted typefaces from the Font Bureau and FontFabrik foundries, adding more than 1,200 products.
"Our main goal was to bring this to the ASP. net platform," Chris Roberts, Monotype's director of marketing for Internet development, has said. "We also wanted to add a content management system. But our biggest goal was the algorithm search vs. the text search we had up until now."
The new search capabilities make it possible to find relevant results even if the user doesn't know how to spell the name of a font or only knows it's a TrueType font.
Users now also see a sample of the font in the search results to make it easier to find the right result visually. When users pick out a font, a sample of 50 similar fonts is also shown to help cut down on selection time.
Search options have been further enhanced to include product searches by name, keyword, typeface classification, font foundry and typeface designer.
The ability to display sample font images automatically while searching can be turned on or off.
Visitors can also filter searches to limit results according to a specific computer platform or font format.
Based in Boston, Font Bureau specializes in creating typographic identities for newspaper publishers. Font Fabrik of Berlin, Germany, is home to the Lucas Fonts collection.
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