Global Graphics has acquired digital typeface developer URW++ Design and Development based in Germany.
URW, which invented digital outline font technology and tools 35 years ago, is probably best known for the Ikarus system for font design and production that it invented in 1978. In addition to licensing its type libraries to the graphic design market URW develops exclusive corporate typefaces.
Gary Fry, Global Graphics’ CEO said: “URW has been a strategic partner of ours in the office market for several years and there is a great deal of synergy between our businesses. With the recent growth we have experienced in the office market we have seen more opportunities for a combined proposition of our Harlequin Rip technology and URW’s font solutions. Furthermore, the acquisition brings significant opportunities to expand the URW business geographically with the support of the Global Graphics worldwide infrastructure.”