Font Bureau was founded in 1989 by Roger Black and David Berlow.

Before founding Font Bureau, Roger Black was an established publications designer and consultant.

[6] 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.

[8] On 4 May 2023, Monotype Corporation acquired 39 typefaces from the Font Bureau library.

[9] On 1 July 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 and replaced by alternative typefaces made by various designers.