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The Font Bureau, Inc. or Font Bureau was a digital type foundry based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The foundry was one of the leading designers of typefaces, specializing in type designs for magazine and newspaper publishers.
In October 2009, news sources reported that Font Bureau was "suing NBC Universal for at least $2 million over the entertainment company's use of its fonts." Font Bureau claimed NBC broke its license agreement in its use of the fonts Antenna, Bureau Grotesque and Interstate in marketing material.
Following the launch of TypeNetwork in 2016, Font Bureau foundry would begin to focus primarily on type design and custom services, while the company's font licensing business, font development activities, and retail shop would be relocated to TypeNetwork.
On July 6, 2016, The Font Bureau, Inc. announced all its retail typefaces are sold exclusively at TypeNetwork, withdrawing sales in Fonts.com, MyFonts, FontShop.
Font Bureau withdrew their fonts from the Adobe Fonts library on June 15, 2020.
On May 4, 2023, Monotype Corporation acquired 39 typefaces from the Font Bureau library including Agency FB and Benton Sans.
On July 1, 2024, TypeNetwork announced Font Bureau typefaces no longer offered on TypeNetwork as a result of the transfer of nearly half rights from their library to their original designers including Interstate and Monotype-owned typefaces were replaced by alternative typefaces made by various designers within TypeNetwork.
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