LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
FORM ID AND SECTION 16(a) FILINGS
          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes 
and appoints Janet 
M. Dunlap, Esq., the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: 
(1) execute and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission 
("SEC") for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID and to receive any and 
all 
information provided by the SEC to the undersigned pursuant to such application;
(2)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's 
capacity as an 
officer, director and/or stockholder of Monotype Imaging Holdings Corp. (the 
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with 
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; 
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which 
may 
be 
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and any 
amendments thereto and timely file such forms with the SEC and any stock 
exchange or similar authority; and 
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of such 
attorney-
in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing 
authority,  
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on 
behalf 
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and 
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in 
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
        The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and 
authority to do 
and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or 
proper to be done 
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all 

intents and 
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full 
power of 
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such 
attorney-in-fact, or 
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to 
be done by virtue 
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The 
undersigned 
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at 
the request of 
the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the 
undersigned's 
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934.
        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the 
undersigned is no 
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's 
holdings of and 
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked 
by the 
undersigned in 
a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.   This Power of 
Attorney may be 
filed with the SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to 
be 
executed as of this 8th day of January, 2007.
                                            
                                       /s/  Douglas J. Shaw        
        &nbs
p;                           Name:  Douglas J. Shaw
                                    
                                    
                                    
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