Linotype Design Studio

Mergenthaler Linotype Company was founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. A British offshoot named the Linotype Company was formed by Joseph Lawrence in 1889 and merged with Machinery Trust in 1903, to form Linotype & Machinery Ltd. Through a series of mergers and reorganizations, the business of Mergenthaler Linotype Company ultimately vested in Linotype-Hell AG, a German company. In 1997, it was acquired by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, and Linotype Library GmbH was spun off as a new company that was responsible solely for the acquisition, creation and distribution of digital fonts and related software. In 2005, Linotype Library GmbH shortened its name to Linotype GmbH. In 2007, it was acquired by Monotype.