Founded
1890 (2006 acquired by Monotype)
Founder
Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899)
Headquarters
Werner-Reimers-Straße 2–4, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany
Website
Aster by Francesco Simoncini for Linotype in 1958
Linotype Baskerville by Linotype in 1920s
Becket by Gustav Jäger for Linotype in 1980
Caledonia by William Addison Dwiggins for Linotype in 1938
Devendra by D. Thaker for Linotype in 1982
Din 1451 by Linotype in 1931–1936
Dropink by Christine Voigts for Linotype in 1999
Fehrle by Erich Fehrle for Linotype in 1976
Gallia by Matthew Carter for Linotype in 1978
AT&T Garamond by Hermann Zapf for Linotype in 1987
Icone by Adrian Frutiger for Linotype in 1980
Metro by William A. Dwiggins for Linotype in 1929
Neue Helvetica by Linotype in 1983
Optima Nova by Hermann Zapf, Akira Kobayashi for Linotype in 2002
Rainbow Bass by Saul Bass for Linotype in 1982
Raleigh by Robert Norton, Adrian Williams for Linotype in 1977
Shelley Script by Matthew Carter for Linotype in 1972
Snell Roundhand by Matthew Carter for Linotype in 1966
Times by Stanley Morison for Linotype in 1932
Worcester by Adrian Williams for Linotype in 1974
1886
ドイツ人移民の発明家オットマー・マーゲンターラー (Ottmar Mergenthaler, 1854–1899) がアメリカで自動鋳植機ライノタイプを発明。
1886
ニューヨーク・トリビューン紙がライノタイプを導入。
1890
ブルックリンに Mergenthaler Linotype Company を設立。
1890
マンチェスターに Mergenthaler Linotype & Machinery Ltd. を設立。
1989
Stempel 社を買収し、その傘下にあった Haas社、Deberny & Peignot 社、Fonderie Olive 社を収める。
2006
Monotype 社の傘下となった。