Emigre, Inc. is a digital type foundry, publisher and distributor of graphic design related software and printed materials based in Northern California.
Founded in 1984, coinciding with the birth of the Macintosh, Emigre was one of the first independent type foundries to establish itself centered on personal computer technology. Emigre holds exclusive license to over 300 original typeface designs created by a roster of contemporary designers. Emigre's full line of typefaces, ornaments and illustrations is available in Type 1 PostScript and TrueType for both the Macintosh and PC.
Emigre is also the publisher of the critically acclaimed design journal Emigre magazine which was published between 1984 and 2005.
Essays on Emigre
To learn more about Emigre, its history, and its place within graphic design, read these selected critical essays by Rick Poynor, Andrew Blauvelt, Kenneth FitzGerald and others.
For information about the founders of Emigre, read the interviews with Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko.
NEW: Mason OpenType
Jonathan Barnbrook's popular Mason fonts are now available in OpenType format.
The Mason OpenType fonts include the following features:
Alternates, Small Caps, All Small Caps, Proportional Lining Numbers, Superior Numbers and Scientific Inferior Numbers, Numerator and Denominator, and Arbitrary Fractions.
The OpenType format incorporates typographic features such as small caps, ligatures, old style numerals and lining numerals, all within one font file, thereby simplifying font management and usage. Do note that accessing these requires an application which supports OpenType typographic features such as Adobe InDesign 2 or Adobe Photoshop 6. OpenType font files are also cross-platform compatible; they work on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
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