URW
Founded in 1972 by Gerhard Rubow and Rudolf Weber as URW – Unternehmensberatung Rubow Weber. Later joined by Peter Karow, inventor of Ikarus. Pioneered digital type and offered digitization services to many others, incl. IBM, Siemens, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Linotype, Monotype, Rudolf Hell, ITC, and Letraset.
URW++ is the successor company founded by Svend Bang, Hans-Jochen Lau, Peter Rosenfeld, and Jürgen Willrodt after URW’s bankruptcy in 1995. Sold to Global Graphics in 2016 and renamed to URW Type Foundry in 2018. Acquired by Monotype in 2020.
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Typefaces:
- Futura (1147)
- News Gothic (332)
- Eurostile (277)
- Cooper Black (263)
- Alternate Gothic (161)
- Clarendon (138)
- Folio (131)
- Windsor (116)
- Futura Black (103)
- Microgramma (91)
- Davida (90)
- Century Expanded (87)
- ITC American Typewriter (86)
- Antique Olive (80)
- Hobo (80)
- Brush Script (79)
- Venus (78)
- Cheltenham (77)
- Century Schoolbook (73)
- Anzeigen-Grotesk / Neue Aurora IX (72)
- Grotesque No. 9 (64)
- Peignot (60)
- Caslon No. 471 & 540 (59)
- Futura Extra Bold Condensed (59)
- Futura Extra Bold (58)
- Rockwell (58)
- Impact (57)
- Goudy Oldstyle (55)
- Volta (55)
- Windsor Elongated (55)
- Arnold Böcklin (54)
- ITC Busorama (53)
- Mistral (52)
- Egyptienne (51)
- Eckmann (47)
- Antique Olive Nord (45)
- Stencil (ATF) (45)
- Pump (44)
- Nimbus Sans (43)
- Beton (40)
- Blippo (40)
- Frankfurter (40)
- Latin Wide (40)
- Memphis (40)
- Permanent Headline (39)
- Playbill (39)
- Stop (39)
- Stymie (38)
- ITC Lubalin Graph (37)
- Glaser Stencil (36)
- Bauer Bodoni (35)
- Kalligraphia (35)
- Broadway (34)
- Flash (34)
- Romana (34)
- Baskerville Old Face (33)
- City (32)
- Erbar-Grotesk (31)
- Balloon (29)
- Kaufmann (29)
- Dom (28)
- Folio Condensed (28)
- Bottleneck (27)
- Old English (27)
- Dynamo (26)
- Handel Gothic (26)
- Bernhard Gothic (25)
- Commercial Script (25)
- Onyx (25)
- URW Franklin Gothic (25)
- Weiss (25)
- Bee (24)
- Vivaldi (24)
- ITC Fat Face (23)
- Caslon Graphique (22)
- Choc (22)
- Engravers Roman (21)
- Fette Fraktur (21)
- Gillies Gothic (21)
- Antique Olive Compact (20)
- Lazybones (20)
- Neuzeit-Grotesk (20)
- Buxom (19)
- Caslon Antique (19)
- DIN 1451 (19)
- DIN 1451 Engschrift (18)
- Filmotype Quentin (18)
- Lucida Sans (18)
- Prestige Elite (18)
- Coronet (17)
- Fanfare (17)
- Craw Modern (16)
- Chisel (15)
- Tango (15)
- Umbra (Ludlow) (15)
- Americana (14)
- Cochin (14)
- Nicolas Cochin (14)
- Serifa (14)
- Bell (13)
- Bernhard Modern (13)
- Candice (13)
- Egizio (13)
- Premier Lightline (13)
- Alte Schwabacher (12)
- Britannic (12)
- Cloister (12)
- Radiant (12)
- Thorowgood (12)
- Torino (12)
- Fette Gotisch (11)
- Filmotype Flyer (11)
- Slogan (11)
- Amsterdamer Garamont (10)
- Broadway Engraved (10)
- Clearface Gothic (10)
- ITC Zapf Chancery (10)
- Serpentine (10)
- Algerian (9)
- Art Gothic (9)
- Bernhard Antique (9)
- Cortez (9)
- Delphin (9)
- Künstler-Schreibschrift (9)
- Schneidler (9)
- Corporate Gothic (8)
- Corporate S (8)
- Frankfurter Medium (8)
- Giorgio (VGC) (8)
- Huxley Vertical (8)
- Jay Gothic (8)
- Murray Hill (8)
- Behrens-Schrift (7)
- Berling (7)
- Freestyle Script (7)
- Introspect (7)
- Thunderbird (7)
- URW Grotesk (7)
- American Uncial Initials (6)
- Bank Script (6)
- Brody (6)
- DeVinne Ornamental (6)
- Florentine (6)
- Glypha (6)
- Imprint (6)
- Künstler-Schreibschrift (Bohn) (6)
- Life (6)
- Maxima (6)
- Michelangelo (6)
- Odin (6)
- Précis (6)
- Radiant Extra Condensed (6)
- Schadow (6)
- Syntax (6)
- Van Dijk (6)
- Atrax (5)
- Balloon Drop Shadow (5)
- Bodoni Black (5)
- Charter Oak (5)
- Lucida Blackletter (5)
- SAA Series (5)
- Artcraft (4)
- Bauhaus 93 (4)
- Bodoni-Antiqua (4)
- Chevalier (4)
- Columna Solid (4)
- Didoni (4)
- Egizio Condensed (4)
- Filmotype April / Amber / Arab (4)
- Filmotype Accent (4)
- Lucida Big Casual (4)
- Lucida Handwriting (4)
- Park Avenue (4)
- Phyllis (4)
- Superstar (4)
- URW DIN (4)
- Walbaum-Fraktur (4)
- American Uncial (3)
- Aster (3)
- Balmoral (3)
- Bayreuth (3)
- Bernhard Fashion (3)
- Breite Kanzlei (3)
- Diskus (3)
- Egyptienne Bold Extended (3)
- Englische Schreibschrift (3)
- Nimbus Mono (3)
- Stark (3)
- Synchro (3)
- URW Bodoni (3)
- Adroit (2)
- Aral (2)
- Baucher Gothic (2)
- California Grotesk (2)
- Candida (2)
- Castle (2)
- Century Condensed (2)
- Churchward Brush (2)
- Deepdene (2)
- Filmotype Apache / August / Arrow (2)
- Filmotype Holly (2)
- Galadriel (2)
- Ganz Grobe Gotisch (2)
- Glamour (2)
- Globe (2)
- Goudy Catalogue (2)
- Goudy Handtooled (2)
- Horndon (2)
- Liberty (2)
- Minister (2)
- Neo Contact (2)
- Nimbus Roman (2)
- Polonaise (2)
- Quartz (2)
- Raleigh (2)
- Renault (2)
- Seagull (2)
- Signal (URW) (2)
- Sistina (2)
- Time Script (2)
- Transport (2)
- URW Imperial (2)
- URW Topic (2)
- Zürich (Lettera) (2)
- Amalthea (1)
- American Gothic (1)
- Annual (1)
- Barbedor (1)
- Berthold Baskerville (1)
- Chevalier Open (1)
- Clarendon Bold Expanded (1)
- Coliseum (1)
- Congress (1)
- Continental (1)
- Cooper (1)
- Corporate A (1)
- Cutoff (1)
- DTC Rough Variants (1)
- Egyptienne Medium Condensed (1)
- Firmin Didot (1)
- Flamenco (1)
- Flange (1)
- Fox (1)
- Futura Round (URW) (1)
- Futura Shadowed (1)
- Glastonbury (1)
- Heldustry (1)
- Hiroshige (1)
- Hotel (1)
- Ice Age (1)
- Impressum (1)
- Isonorm (1)
- Latienne (1)
- Litera (1)
- Métropolitaines (1)
- Neustadt (1)
- Nevison Casual (1)
- Nimbus Roman Mono (1)
- Ondine (1)
- Pendry Script (1)
- Schnebel Sans (1)
- SNV (1)
- Souvenir Gothic (1)
- Stentor (1)
- Superstar Shadow (1)
- Thomas-Schrift (1)
- Timeless (1)
- Titus (1)
- URW Antiqua (1)
- URW Geometric (1)
- URW Typewriter (1)
- URW Wood Type (1)
- Vegas (1)
- Viant (1)
- Weiß-Rundgotisch (1)
- Worcester Round (1)
- Wordsworth (1)
- YouTube Sans (1)
- Abbey Round
- Accolade
- Aculida
- Advance
- Agenda (Alphabet Innovations)
- Akropolis
- Alcuin
- Allioideae
- Alpha (URW)
- Altrincham
- AM Floriana
- AM Sans
- AM Siola
- Amanda (URW)
- Amitié
- Antiform
- Argonautica
- Arsapia
- Atlantic Sans
- Atlantic Seawashed
- Atlantic Serif
- Autotype
- Avernus
- Baker Danmark
- Baldur (URW)
- Banner (URW)
- Barack (Ekke Wolf)
- Bardi (URW)
- Basilia
- Basilia Compress
- Baskerville AI
- Baskerville Handcut
- Bavaroir
- Beacon
- Berthold Bodoni Old Face
- Beyond Babylon
- Black Market
- Black Market DTC
- Blacklight
- Blizzard (URW)
- Bluejack
- Bodoni Antiqua Compress
- Bodoni No. 2 Compress Ultra
- Bodoni No. 2 Ultra
- Bodoni Stencil
- Bohemian
- Boldface
- Bommi
- Breughel
- Buchsztaby
- Buchsztaby Figurki
- C-Nation
- Cargo
- Cartel
- Casablanca
- Casanova
- Caslon No. 337
- Caslon Stencil
- Cat Cat Cat
- Caxtonian Black
- Cerano
- Circle
- ClarendoNeo
- Classica (URW++)
- Colombine
- Columna Only Shadow
- Contemporary Brush
- Cooper Old Style (Font Company)
- Corporate E
- Courier M
- Criterion
- CS Courthand
- CS Fuzzy Logic
- CS Takahashi
- Curly Lady
- Daedalus
- Deep Space
- Democrazia
- Dex Gothic
- DTC Dirty Variants
- DTC Franklin Gothic Variants
- DTC Funky Variants
- DTC Garamond Variants
- DTC Hermes
- DTC Imperial
- Egyptian 505
- Enviro
- Erbar Neo Mini
- Eurabia
- Eurostile Round
- Ewie
- Expansion
- Filistique
- Filmotype Avon
- Filmotype Parade
- Filmotype Zola
- Filo
- Flying Objects
- Fou
- Fou Mix
- Fou Serif CN
- FR73 Pixel
- Friederike
- Frigidaire
- Funny Nature
- Futura Arabic
- Futura Black Art Deco
- Futura No 2
- Futura Stencil
- Garamond No. 4
- Gillies Antique
- Giureska
- Globus-Kursiv
- Gothic Initials
- Gothic Outline
- Goudy AI
- Goudy AI Ad Weight
- Goudy AI Over Weight
- Goudy Series
- Gradl No 1
- Hair
- Handel Slab
- Hands on Albrecht
- Hangulatin
- Hangulatin EN
- Hanyi Bai Qi
- Hanyi Bai Qing
- Hanyi Bao Song
- Hanyi Cai Die
- Hanyi Cai Yun
- Hanyi Chang Mei Hei
- Hanyi Chang Song
- Hanyi Chang Yi
- Hanyi Chao Cu Hei
- Hanyi Chao Cu Song
- Hanyi Chao Cu Yuan
- Hanyi Chen Pin
- Hanyi Cu Fang Song
- Hanyi Cu Hei
- Hanyi Cu Song
- Hanyi Cu Yuan
- Hanyi Da Hei
- Hanyi Da Li Shu
- Hanyi Da Song
- Hanyi Dai Yu
- Hanyi Die Yu
- Hanyi Du Du
- Hanyi Fang Die
- Hanyi Fang Li
- Hanyi Fang Song
- Hanyi Gan Lan
- Hanyi Ha Ha
- Hanyi Hai Yun
- Hanyi Hei
- Hanyi Hei Mi
- Hanyi Hei Qi
- Hanyi Hu Po
- Hanyi Hua Die
- Hanyi Huo Chai
- Hanyi Jia Shu
- Hanyi Li Hei
- Hanyi Ling Bo
- Hanyi Ling Xin
- Hanyi Luo Bo
- Hanyi Man Bu
- Hanyi Mi Mi
- Hanyi Nan Gong
- Hanyi Qing Yun
- Hanyi Shen Gong
- Hanyi Shou Jin Shu
- Hanyi Shu Hun
- Hanyi Shu Song Er
- Hanyi Shu Song Yi
- Hanyi Shu Tong
- Hanyi Shuang Xian
- Hanyi Shui Bo
- Hanyi Shui Di
- Hanyi Song
- Hanyi Tai Ji
- Hanyi Te Xi Deng Xian
- Hanyi Wa Wa Zhuan
- Hanyi Wei Bei
- Hanyi Xi Deng Xian
- Hanyi Xi Xing Kai
- Hanyi Xi Yuan
- Hanyi Xi Zhong Yuan
- Hanyi Xiao Li Shu
- Hanyi Xiu Ying
- Hanyi Xue Feng
- Hanyi Xue Jun
- Hanyi Ya Ya
- Hanyi Yan Ling
- Hanyi Yuan
- Hanyi Yuan Die
- Hanyi Zhong Deng Xian
- Hanyi Zhong Hei
- Hanyi Zhong Kai
- Hanyi Zhong Li Shu
- Hanyi ZHong Song
- Hanyi Zhong Yuan
- Hanyi Zhu Jie
- Hanyi Zi Dian Song
- Hanyi Zong Yi
- Hein
- Hein Kni Set D
- Hein Recueil
- Hein Recueil Symbol
- Hein Resans
- Hein Resans Point
- Hein TX Ten
- Hein TX1 Versal
- Hein TX2 Symbol
- Hein TX3 Symbol
- Hein TX4
- Hein TX4 InType
- Hein TX5
- Hein TX5 InType
- Hein TX5 Symbol
- Hein TX5 Symbol InType
- Helserif
- Helvetica Diagonal
- HGB Grotesk
- HGB Lombardisch
- Hogarth Script
- Holland Gothic
- IBM Bodoni
- Insekt
- Isometrik
- Jason Uncial
- Jazmo
- Jazz Ragtime
- Joga
- Joker DTC
- Just Deine
- Justus
- Kabarett
- Katie
- Kettapila
- Keys
- Kilimanjaro
- Kipp Clean
- Klassika
- Klassika Bronze
- Kolibri
- Komisz
- Kosmique
- La Casa
- Labyrindo
- Laenderkennzeichen
- Lamont
- Largo (URW)
- Las Vegas (URW)
- Le Rock
- Leger (URW)
- Legothic
- Les Tres
- Liaison
- Light Fit
- LP Bambus
- LP Lazise
- LP Philharmonia
- LP Pinsel Satt
- LP Pinselschrift
- LP Saturnia
- Lucida
- Luedickital
- Maccaroni
- Magna
- Marble (URW)
- Mariage
- Marin
- Martin Gothic
- Martines
- Martines No. 10
- Martines No. 11
- Martines No. 20
- Martines No. 21
- Martines No. 30
- Martines No. 31
- Martines No. 40
- Martines No. 41
- Martines No. 50
- Martines No. 51
- Martines No. 60
- Martines No. 61
- Martines No. 70
- Martines No. 71
- Martinique
- Martinique (URW Type Foundry)
- Mauritius I
- Media Sol
- Medical Icons
- Mittelschrift
- Moderatio
- Mond
- Moving Mouse
- Möwe
- Naej
- Neo Franklin
- New Daily
- Newport Land
- Nifty Script
- Nimbus Roman Chinese
- Nimbus Roman Korean
- Nimbus Roman Modern Compress
- Nimbus Sans Chinese
- Nimbus Sans Korean
- Nimbus Sans Mono
- Nimbus Sans Novus
- Nimbus Sans Round
- Nipon
- Nissan
- Nitaah One
- Novara
- OCR B Letterpress
- Old English Only Shadow
- Old Towne No. 536
- Olivine
- Organicon
- Ornella
- Pandora Black
- Parametra
- Pergamon
- Perpedes
- Perpedix
- Perugia
- Perugia Cursive
- Phenotype
- Phet
- Phet Outline
- Philly Sport Script
- Picastro
- Pipeline (URW++)
- Pirates and Robbers
- Pleiad
- Power
- Prana
- Profil (URW)
- Président
- Quadre
- Quartz Mono
- Quendel
- Quint
- Raldo
- Raldo RE
- Ramona (Schriftguss)
- RAN
- Rene Font
- Rene Lemon
- René Menue
- Revis
- Ribera
- Roman (MacCampus)
- Roman Shaded
- Roman Solid
- Roman Stylus
- Romeo (FontForum)
- Rotata Mysticons
- Rotate Klassik
- Rotate Modern
- Rotate Nouveau
- Roundabout
- Ruca
- Sax
- Scenario
- Schillerplatz
- Schnebel Slab
- SCR-I
- SCR-N
- Scylla
- Seed
- Seizieme
- Semikolon
- Sepultura
- Serifa Stencil Bold
- Siemens Sans
- Siemens Sans Bold
- Siemens Serif
- Siemens Slab
- Siesta N1
- Siesta N2
- Siesta N3
- Siesta N4
- Signpainters Script
- Signs and
- Signs and Symbols
- Silvestrini
- Sirius
- Slipstream
- Slope Sans
- Slope Slab
- Smooth Buggaloo
- Solo Data
- Solo Mito
- Southbeach
- Spielhaus
- Springfield
- Springfield Antique
- Standup
- Stanza
- Stencil Compress D
- Stencil Only Shadow
- Stencil Solid D
- Stratford
- Sultania
- Superbold
- Supernormale
- Supernormale Eight
- Supernormale Eight Large
- Supernormale Eight Small
- Supernormale Eight Sta
- Symmetry
- Szablon
- Sztark
- Sztempel
- Sztiefel
- Technotyp
- Theo Ballmer
- Three Dee
- Timbre
- Toms Handwritten
- Traffic Type Luxembourg
- Traffic Type Spain
- Traffic Type Sweden
- Tricky
- Unciala
- Und4
- URW Binner
- URW Bluejack
- URW Bodoni M
- URW Bodoni No 1
- URW Bodoni No. 1
- URW Bodoni No. 1 DCD
- URW Century
- URW Choc
- URW Clarendon No. 1 Round
- URW Clarendon No. 1 Stencil
- URW Compress
- URW Contemporary Brush
- URW Cooper Antique
- URW Dock
- URW Egyptienne
- URW Engravers Only Shadow
- URW Form
- URW Garamond
- URW Geometric Arabic
- URW Geometric Condensed
- URW Geometric Extended
- URW Gordon
- URW Gothic
- URW Janson
- URW Latin Compress
- URW Life
- URW Linear
- URW Magna
- URW Modern
- URW Nueland
- URW Nueland Inline
- URW Oklahoma
- URW Oklahoma Open D
- URW Oklahoma Stencil D
- URW Serpentine Compress D
- URW Urban
- Viking Gothic
- Vladimir Script
- Williamson Skidoo
- With Ink
- WTC Goudy
- Yardmaster
- Zirkus
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