Monotype Becomes AlfaQuest Technologies

By: Jim Rosenberg Shedding its venerable name, Monotype Systems carries a new identity to Nexpo 2002.

Now alfaQuest Technologies, it reports that its "major focus" is on work flow and computer-to-plate imaging. The 19th-century typesetter maker's name is retained by Agfa Monotype Corp., the typography subsidiary of a competing output-systems manufacturer.