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{{Short description|German type foundry}}
{{Infobox company|
{{Infobox company|
|name = Schriftguss AG
|name = Schriftguss AG
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|genre =
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1892}}| defunct = {{End date and age|1951}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1892}}| defunct = {{End date and age|1951}}
|founders = Butter brothers
|founders = Butter Brothers
| type = Defunct
| type = Defunct
| fate = Merged into [[VEB Typoart]]
| fate = Merged into [[VEB Typoart]]
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'''Schriftguss AG''' was a [[type foundry]] in [[Germany]] founded in 1892 under the name ''Brüder Butter'' (“Butter Brothers”) by purchasing the type casting firm of Otto Ludwig Bechert that had been founded in 1889. It was later incorporated in 1922 as ''Schriftguss A.-G. vorm. [prev.] Brüder Butter.'' Their types were known for “vigour, liveliness and freshness.” Though some faces were done in house, the foundry mainly worked with outside “Schriftkünstler” (freelance lettering artists / type designers), more than was typical at the time. A unique product of the foundry were modular systems of “Plakattype” to compose shapes and letterforms for display and jobbing applications, for instance ''Dekora,'' or [[Albert Auspurg|Albert Auspurg’s]] 1931 ''Ne-Po (negative–positive),'' and finally ''Super-Plakattype'' in 1949. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 the last of the Butter brothers resigned from the corporation and it was changed to a limited partnership. In 1948 the company was expropriated by the post-war communist government and became public property, under the name ''VEB Schriftguss Dresden,'' eventually becoming merged into [[VEB Typoart |VEB Typoart – Drucktypen, Matrizen, Messinglinien]] in 1951. As a state run enterprise, the foundry lost its verve and panache and settled into producing serviceable type without distinction.<ref name="schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter">{{cite web|url=https://www.alphabettes.org/schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter/|title= Schriftguss AG vorm. Brüder Butter |publisher=Alphabettes |date=2016-01-16 |accessdate=2021-01-02}}</ref>
'''Schriftguss AG''' was a [[type foundry]] in [[Germany]] founded in 1892 under the name ''Brüder Butter'' (“Butter Brothers”) by purchasing the type casting firm of Otto Ludwig Bechert that had been founded in 1889. It was later incorporated in 1922 as ''Schriftguss A.-G. vorm. [prev.] Brüder Butter.'' Their types were known for “vigour, liveliness and freshness.” Though some faces were done in house, the foundry mainly worked with outside “Schriftkünstler” (freelance lettering artists / type designers), more than was typical at the time. A unique product of the foundry were modular systems of “Plakattype” to compose shapes and letterforms for display and jobbing applications, for instance ''Dekora,'' or [[Albert Auspurg|Albert Auspurg’s]] 1931 ''Ne-Po (negative–positive),'' and finally ''Super-Plakattype'' in 1949. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 the last of the Butter brothers resigned from the corporation and it was changed to a limited partnership. In 1948 the company was expropriated by the post-war communist government and became public property, under the name ''VEB Schriftguss Dresden,'' eventually becoming merged into [[VEB Typoart |VEB Typoart – Drucktypen, Matrizen, Messinglinien]] in 1951. As a state run enterprise, the foundry lost its verve and panache and settled into producing serviceable type without distinction.<ref name="schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter">{{cite web|url=https://www.alphabettes.org/schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter/|title= Schriftguss AG vorm. Brüder Butter |publisher=Alphabettes |date=2016-01-16 |access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref>


==Typefaces<ref>Unless otherwise noted, all types in this list are cited from {{cite web|title= SchriftgussAG type list|url= http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/Schriftgiessereien/Schriftguss/SchriftgussAG.pdf |website= Klingspor Museum |publisher= Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany |accessdate=8 January 2021}}</ref>==
==Typefaces<ref>Unless otherwise noted, all types in this list are cited from {{cite web|title= SchriftgussAG type list|url= http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/Schriftgiessereien/Schriftguss/SchriftgussAG.pdf |website= Klingspor Museum |publisher= Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>==
===In House Faces===
===In House Faces===
These type faces were produced in house by Schriftguss:<ref name="luc_39525">{{cite web|url=http://luc.devroye.org/39525.html |title=Schriftguss AG Pro|publisher=Luc Devroye |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-20}}</ref>
These type faces were produced in house by Schriftguss:<ref name="luc_39525">{{cite web|url=http://luc.devroye.org/39525.html |title=Schriftguss AG Pro|publisher=Luc Devroye |date=1999-02-22 |access-date=2011-10-20}}</ref>
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* '''Achilles''' (≤ 1911)
* '''Achilles''' (≤ 1911)
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** ''Hansa Fraktur fett''
** ''Hansa Fraktur fett''
** ''Hansa Fraktur halbfett''
** ''Hansa Fraktur halbfett''
* '''Härtel Antiqua + halbfett'''(1928) <ref name="Schriftguss AG ">{{cite web|title=Schriftguss AG |url= http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-39525.html |website=Luc Devroye|publisher=School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada|accessdate=2 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Härtel Antiqua + halbfett'''(1928) <ref name="Schriftguss AG ">{{cite web|title=Schriftguss AG |url= http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-39525.html |website=Luc Devroye|publisher=School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Härtel Kursiv'''
* '''Härtel Kursiv'''
* '''Helion'''
* '''Helion'''
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* '''Capitol''' (1931, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <ref name="Jaspert, W. Pincus 1953">Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 367.</ref> This face was revised as ''[[Capitol Pro]]'' in 2012 by Ralph M. Unger for his own [[RMU Foundry]].<ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Capitol''' (1931, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <ref name="Jaspert, W. Pincus 1953">Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 367.</ref> This face was revised as ''[[Capitol Pro]]'' in 2012 by Ralph M. Unger for his own [[RMU Foundry]].<ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Cito Versalien''' (1930, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]), capitals only.
* '''Cito Versalien''' (1930, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]), capitals only.
* '''Demeter''' (1922, [[Peter A. Demeter]]), later cast by [[VEB Typoart]].<ref>Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 65.</ref> This is one of a few German faces [[Barnhart Brothers & Spindler|BB&S]] in Chicago received in exchange for rights to the Cooper types.<ref name="Peter A. Demeter">{{cite web|title= Peter A. Demeter |url= http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-39518.html |website=Luc Devroye|publisher=School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada|accessdate=2 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Demeter''' (1922, [[Peter A. Demeter]]), later cast by [[VEB Typoart]].<ref>Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 65.</ref> This is one of a few German faces [[Barnhart Brothers & Spindler|BB&S]] in Chicago received in exchange for rights to the Cooper types.<ref name="Peter A. Demeter">{{cite web|title= Peter A. Demeter |url= http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-39518.html |website=Luc Devroye|publisher=School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Demeter Schraffiert''' (1922, [[Peter A. Demeter]]) <ref name="Peter A. Demeter"/>
* '''Demeter Schraffiert''' (1922, [[Peter A. Demeter]]) <ref name="Peter A. Demeter"/>
* '''Diamant''' (1937, [[Johannes Lehmann]]) <ref>Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 68.</ref>
* '''Diamant''' (1937, [[Johannes Lehmann]]) <ref>Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}, p. 68.</ref>
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** ''Patria Werkschrift halbfett'' (1942, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
** ''Patria Werkschrift halbfett'' (1942, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''Pentape''' (1935, [[Walter Schnippering]])
* '''Pentape''' (1935, [[Walter Schnippering]])
* '''Piehler Schmuck''' (1922, [[August Piehler]]), type ornaments.<ref name="August Piehler">{{cite web|title=August Piehler |url= http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/Schriftdesigner/Piehler/APiehler.pdf |website=Klingspor Museum|publisher=Klingspor Museum|accessdate=9 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Piehler Schmuck''' (1922, [[August Piehler]]), type ornaments.<ref name="August Piehler">{{cite web|title=August Piehler |url= http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/Schriftdesigner/Piehler/APiehler.pdf |website=Klingspor Museum|publisher=Klingspor Museum|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Piehler Schrift''' (1922, [[August Piehler]])
* '''Piehler Schrift''' (1922, [[August Piehler]])
** ''Piehler Schrift Kursiv'' (1923, [[August Piehler]])
** ''Piehler Schrift Kursiv'' (1923, [[August Piehler]])
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===Faces Originally Cast By Other Foundries===
===Faces Originally Cast By Other Foundries===
These type faces were produced by other foundries and licensed by Schriftguss:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alphabettes.org/schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter/|title= Schriftguss AG vorm. Brüder Butter |publisher=Alphabettes |date=2016-01-16 |accessdate=2021-01-02}} This site also lists Demeter Schraffiert and Fournier Geperlt as Barnhart Brothers & Spindler faces, but other sources list them as having been designed in house.</ref>
These type faces were produced by other foundries and licensed by Schriftguss:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alphabettes.org/schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter/|title= Schriftguss AG vorm. Brüder Butter |publisher=Alphabettes |date=2016-01-16 |access-date=2021-01-02}} This site also lists Demeter Schraffiert and Fournier Geperlt as Barnhart Brothers & Spindler faces, but other sources list them as having been designed in house.</ref>


* '''Aida''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Aida''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
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* '''Pallas''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Pallas''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Pfeil Antiqua''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Cheltenham.''
* '''Pfeil Antiqua''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Cheltenham.''
* '''Picadilly''' (1934), originally made by either [[Berthold Type Foundry]] <ref name="schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter"/> or [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Picadilly''' (1934), originally made by either [[Berthold Type Foundry]]<ref name="schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter"/> or [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Planeta''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Planeta''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Presto''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Presto''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
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[[Category:Letterpress font foundries of Germany]]
[[Category:Letterpress font foundries of Germany]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Dresden]]

Latest revision as of 04:28, 4 September 2023

Schriftguss AG
Company typeDefunct
IndustryType foundry
PredecessorOtto Ludwig Bechert Type Foundry
Founded1892; 132 years ago (1892)
FoundersButter Brothers
Defunct1951; 73 years ago (1951)
FateMerged into VEB Typoart
SuccessorVEB Typoart
HeadquartersDresden, Germany

Schriftguss AG was a type foundry in Germany founded in 1892 under the name Brüder Butter (“Butter Brothers”) by purchasing the type casting firm of Otto Ludwig Bechert that had been founded in 1889. It was later incorporated in 1922 as Schriftguss A.-G. vorm. [prev.] Brüder Butter. Their types were known for “vigour, liveliness and freshness.” Though some faces were done in house, the foundry mainly worked with outside “Schriftkünstler” (freelance lettering artists / type designers), more than was typical at the time. A unique product of the foundry were modular systems of “Plakattype” to compose shapes and letterforms for display and jobbing applications, for instance Dekora, or Albert Auspurg’s 1931 Ne-Po (negative–positive), and finally Super-Plakattype in 1949. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 the last of the Butter brothers resigned from the corporation and it was changed to a limited partnership. In 1948 the company was expropriated by the post-war communist government and became public property, under the name VEB Schriftguss Dresden, eventually becoming merged into VEB Typoart – Drucktypen, Matrizen, Messinglinien in 1951. As a state run enterprise, the foundry lost its verve and panache and settled into producing serviceable type without distinction.[1]

Typefaces[2][edit]

In House Faces[edit]

These type faces were produced in house by Schriftguss:[3]

  • Achilles (≤ 1911)
  • Admira (1940) revived in 2019 by Coen Hofman
  • Aktuell
  • Albrechr-Dürer-Kanzlei (≤ 1902)
  • Aldine Schmalfett
  • Ambassador
  • Appell (1934)
  • Artista
  • Belwe Antiqua Licht Versalien, capitals only.
  • Bodoni
    • Bodoni fett
    • Bodoni halbfett
    • Bodoni Kursiv
  • Breitkopf Fraktur
  • Cursiva Minosa
  • Cursiva Saxonia Preta
  • Dresdner Amts-Fraktur (≤ 1911)
    • Dresdner Amts-Fraktur eng halbfett (≤ 1911)
    • Dresdner Amts-Fraktur fett (≤ 1911)
    • Dresdner Amts-Fraktur halbfett (≤ 1911)
  • Druckhaus
  • Duplex
  • Elegant Schreibmaschinenschrift, a typewriter font.
  • Else Schreibmaschinenschrift, a typewriter font.
  • Etienne habfett
  • Eugenie (typeface) (≤ 1914)
  • Fanal
  • Fette Copra Kursiv
  • Fette Gotisch
  • Filigran fein + halbfett (≤ 1911)
  • Flamme
  • Fundament Schreibschrift, a script face.
  • Gilden-Fraktur (1937)
  • Gladiator
  • Grossmuetterchen
  • Grotesca VI Mercur
  • Grotesk
  • Grotesk Breite + halbfett
  • Gutenberg Fraktur + halbfett (≤ 1914)
  • Hamberger Römisch + halbfett, also known as Romana Hamburguesa.
    • Hamberger Römisch Kursiv + halbfett
  • Hansa Fraktur + halbfett
    • Hansa Fraktur eng halbfett
    • Hansa Fraktur fett
    • Hansa Fraktur halbfett
  • Härtel Antiqua + halbfett(1928) [4]
  • Härtel Kursiv
  • Helion
  • Hellerau Type (1928)
  • Hollandeza Larga
  • Jasmin (1929), a blackletter face.
  • Jean-Paul-Schrift (1798) Also known as Jean-Paul-Fraktur
  • Junior
  • Künstler Grotesk breit (≤ 1905)
    • Künstler Grotesk schmal + licht (≤ 1911)
  • Künstler Skelet breit + schmal (≤ 1911)
  • Kurier
  • Kursachen (1937)
  • Leucht Grotesk Versalien (1932), capitals only.
  • Lichte Gotisch Gertraud (≤ 1911)
  • Linkoln Gotisch(≤ 1921)
  • Marko (≤ 1921)
  • Maximum
  • Minaret (≤ 1911)
  • Nero (≤ 1914)
  • Otfried + licht (≤ 1905)
    • Otfried fett (≤ 1914)
  • Parlament
  • Patricio (1931)
  • Pfeil Antiqua + Kursiv + halbfett + breit + schmalhalbfett (≤ 1921), a Plakattype (poster type).
  • Ramona
  • Rautendelein, a calligraphic typeface revived by Ralph M. Unger in 2017 as Carina Pro
  • Reklame Grotesk (≤ 1914)
  • Rembrandt Fraktur + halbfett
  • Rembrandt Meia Preta
  • Rhythmus, revived in digital form by Ralph M. Unger as Rhythmus Pro in 2016 and by Peter Wiegel in 2015 as CAT Rhythmus
  • Romantisch
  • Römisch breitfett
  • Saskia
  • Schraffierte Gotisch Gertraud (≤ 1911)
  • Schreibmaschinenschrift 512, a typewriter face.
  • Sirius
  • Steinschrift
  • Super Buchtype (1950)
  • Tausendschoen
  • Unger Fraktur (original)
  • Unger Neuschnitt Fraktur (1928)
    • Unger Neuschnitt Fraktur halbfett (1929)
  • Wiener Römisch + schmal + schmalhalbfet (≤ 1914)
  • Zeitungs Cursiv
  • Zeitungs-Egyptienne

Spanish Faces[edit]

A 1925 Schriftguss catalog in Spanish includes these and other typefaces, vignettes, and “tipos de cartel”:[3]

  • Cursiva Minosa
  • Cursiva Saxonia Preta
  • Grotesca VI Mercur
  • Hollandeza Larga
  • Rembrandt Meia Preta
  • Romana Hamburguesa
  • Versaes Kress
  • Versaes Schaefer
  • Wieynk Gothic

Out Of House Designs[edit]

Faces Originally Cast By Other Foundries[edit]

These type faces were produced by other foundries and licensed by Schriftguss:[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Schriftguss AG vorm. Brüder Butter". Alphabettes. 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. ^ Unless otherwise noted, all types in this list are cited from "SchriftgussAG type list" (PDF). Klingspor Museum. Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Schriftguss AG Pro". Luc Devroye. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Schriftguss AG". Luc Devroye. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 10.
  6. ^ a b Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 367.
  7. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 65.
  8. ^ a b c "Peter A. Demeter". Luc Devroye. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  9. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 68.
  10. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 375.
  11. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 174.
  12. ^ a b Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 154-5.
  13. ^ "August Piehler" (PDF). Klingspor Museum. Klingspor Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  14. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 333.
  15. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 335.
  16. ^ "Schriftguss AG vorm. Brüder Butter". Alphabettes. 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-02. This site also lists Demeter Schraffiert and Fournier Geperlt as Barnhart Brothers & Spindler faces, but other sources list them as having been designed in house.
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