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Compugraphic Corporation,
commonly called cg, was an
American producer of
typesetting systems and
phototypesetting equipment,
based in Wilmington, M****achusetts...
- machines,
which led the
European high-end
typesetting market for decades.
Compugraphic produced phototypesetting machines in the 1970s that made it economically...
- Star/Photon, Mergenthaler, MGD
Graphic Systems,
Varityper Franklin —
Compugraphic Pittsburgh —
Graphic Systems Inc.
Digital copies have been made by Adobe...
- make use of a
raster image processor, was the
Monotype Lasercomp. ECRM,
Compugraphic (later
purchased by Agfa) and
others rapidly followed suit with machines...
- legacy-free next-generation
devices from
providers such as
Photon and
Compugraphic, and were
often more expensive. Its
devices were slow to incorporate...
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appearing first only in cold type. Alphatype, Autologic, Berthold,
Compugraphic, Dymo, Star/Photon, Harris, Mergenthaler, MGD
Graphic Systems, and Varityper...
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connecting with a
typesetting manufacturer. They weren't able to work with
Compugraphic, but then
worked with
Linotype to
license the
Helvetica and
Times Roman...
- 1981
Bayer buys out
Gevaert and
becomes 100% owner. 1988
Acquisition of
Compugraphic Corporation (prepress systems). 1990 Sale of
magnetic tape business....
- include:
PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 fonts, TrueType,
OpenType and
Compugraphic. The
primary advantage of
outline fonts is that,
unlike bitmap fonts...
- the real Helvetica, you had to buy Linotype. If you
opted to
purchase Compugraphic, AM, or
Alphatype typesetting equipment, you couldn't get Helvetica....