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{{Short description|German type foundry}}
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|company_name = Schriftguss AG
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|founders = Butter Brothers
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| type = Defunct
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| fate = Merged into [[VEB Typoart]]
| predecessor = Otto Ludwig Bechert Type Foundry
| successor = [[VEB Typoart]]
|location = [[Dresden, Germany]]
|location = [[Dresden, Germany]]
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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 |access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref>
'''Shriftguss''' was a [[Germany|German]] [[type foundry]]. As it was in the [[GDR|Eastern Zone]], it was probably incorporated into [[VEB Typoart]] sometime after 1945.


==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>==
==Typefaces==
===In House Faces===
These [[Moveable type|foundry types]] were produced by Shriftguss<ref>{{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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* '''[[Arpke Antiqua]]''' (1928, [[Otto Arpke]])
* '''Achilles''' (≤ 1911)
* '''[[Armin-Gotisch]]''' (1933, [[Fritz Müller (typographer)|Fritz Müller]])
* '''[[Burgund]]''' ([[Martin Wilke]])
* '''Admira''' (1940) revived in 2019 by [[Coen Hofman]]
* '''Aktuell'''
* '''[[Butterfly (typeface)|Butterfly]]''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''Albrechr-Dürer-Kanzlei''' (≤ 1902)
** ''Butterfly Halbfette'' (1928, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''Aldine Schmalfett'''
* '''[[Capitol (typeface)|Capitol]]''' (1931, [[K. H. Schaefer]])
* '''[[Cursiva Minosa]]'''
* '''Ambassador'''
* '''Appell''' (1934)
* '''[[Cursiva Saxonia Preta]]'''
* '''Artista'''
* '''[[Demeter (typeface)|Demeter]]''' ([[Peter A. Demeter]]), later cast by [[VEB Typoart]].
* '''Belwe Antiqua Licht Versalien''', capitals only.
* '''[[Diamant (typeface)|Diamant]]''' (1937, [[J. Lehmann]])
* '''[[Divina (typeface)|Divina]]''' (1930, [[W. Berg]])
* '''[[Bodoni]]'''
** ''Bodoni fett''
* '''[[Energos]]''' (1932, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Bodoni halbfett''
* '''[[Fao (typeface)|Fao]]''' (1938, [[H.-R. Müller]]), [[Nick Curtis]] used this as the basis for his ''[[Fargo Faro]]'' (2007).
** ''Bodoni Kursiv''
* '''[[Gilden-Fraktur]]''' (1937)
* '''[[Grotesca VI Mercur]]'''
* '''Breitkopf Fraktur'''
* '''[[Härtel Roman]]''' (1928)
* '''Cursiva Minosa'''
* '''Cursiva Saxonia Preta'''
* '''[[Holländisch (typeface)|Holländisch]]''' ([[Peter A. Demeter]]), later cast by [[VEB Typoart]].
* '''Dresdner Amts-Fraktur''' (≤ 1911)
* '''[[Hollandeza Larga]]'''
** ''Dresdner Amts-Fraktur eng halbfett'' (≤ 1911)
* '''[[Jasmin (typeface)|Jasmin]]''' (1929)
* '''[[Jean-Paul-Schrift]]''' (1798)
** ''Dresdner Amts-Fraktur fett'' (≤ 1911)
** ''Dresdner Amts-Fraktur halbfett'' (≤ 1911)
* '''[[Kursachen]]''' (1937, [[Peterpaul Weiß]]), digitized and extended by [[Patrick Griffin (typographer)|Patrick Griffin]] at [[Canada Type]] as ''[[Blackhaus]]'' (2005).
* '''Druckhaus'''
* '''[[Lehmann-Fraktur]]''' (1919, [[J. Lehmann]])
* '''Duplex'''
* '''[[Lido (typeface)|Lido]]''' (1936, [[A. Auspurg]])
* '''Elegant Schreibmaschinenschrift''', a typewriter font.
* '''[[Marggraff-Deutsch]]'''
* '''Else Schreibmaschinenschrift''', a typewriter font.
** ''Halbfette + Fette'' (1939, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]])
* '''Etienne habfett'''
** ''Leichte'' (1939, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]])
* '''Eugenie (typeface)''' (≤ 1914)
* '''[[Marggraff Light Italic]]''' (1929, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]])
* '''Fanal'''
* '''[[Orchidea]]''' (1937, [[K. H. Schaefer]])
* '''Fette Copra Kursiv'''
* '''[[Pentape]]''' (1935, [[Walter Schnippering]])
* '''[[Rembrandt Meia Preta]]'''
* '''Fette Gotisch'''
* '''[[Romana Hamburguesa]]'''
* '''Filigran fein + halbfett''' (≤ 1911)
* '''Flamme'''
* '''[[Schaefer Versalien]]''' (1927, [[K. H. Schaefer]])
* '''Fundament Schreibschrift''', a script face.
* '''[[Sinkwitz-Gotisch]]''' (1942, [[Paul Sinkwitz]])
* '''[[Splendor (typeface)|Splendor]]''' (1937, [[W. Berg]])
* '''Gilden-Fraktur''' (1937)
* '''Gladiator'''
* '''[[Troubadour Magere]]''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''[[Typo Klinger]]'''
* '''Grossmuetterchen'''
* '''[[Versaes Kress]]'''
* '''Grotesca VI Mercur'''
* '''[[Versaes Schaefer]]'''
* '''Grotesk'''
* '''Grotesk Breite + halbfett'''
* '''[[Wieynck Gothic]]''' ([[Heinrich Wieynck]])
* '''Gutenberg Fraktur + halbfett''' (≤ 1914)
* '''[[Wieynck-Werkschrift]]''' (1930, [[Heinrich Wieynck]])
* '''Hamberger Römisch + halbfett''', also known as ''Romana Hamburguesa''.
* '''[[WieynckGotischLicht]]''' (1926, [[Heinrich Wieynck]])
** ''Hamberger Römisch Kursiv + halbfett''
* '''Hansa Fraktur + halbfett'''
** ''Hansa Fraktur eng halbfett''
** ''Hansa Fraktur fett''
** ''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|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''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===
A 1925 Schriftguss catalog in Spanish includes these and other typefaces, vignettes, and “tipos de cartel”:<ref name="luc_39525"/>
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* '''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===

* '''Aktuell''' (1935, [[Walter Schnippering]])
* '''Arpke Antiqua''' (1928, [[Otto Arpke]]), there is also a light and a shaded version.<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. 10.</ref>
* '''Armin-Gotisch''' (1933, [[Fritz Müller (typographer)|Fritz Müller]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Blickfang Schmuck''' (1927, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]])
* '''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.
* '''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"/>
* '''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>
* '''Divina''' (1930, [[W. Berg]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Drescher Versalien''' (1927, [[Arno Drescher]]), capitals only.
* '''Duplex''' (1937, [[Arno Drescher]])
* '''Echo''' (1938, [[Peterpaul Weiss]])
* '''Edelweiß''' (1937, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Energos''' (1932, [[Arno Drescher]]) <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. 375.</ref>
* '''Fao''' (1938, [[H.-R. Müller]]), [[Nick Curtis]] used this as the basis for his ''[[Fargo Faro]]'' (2007).<ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Faro''' (1938, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''Fatima''' (1933, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]])
* '''Geperlte Fournier''' (1922, [[Peter A. Demeter]])<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. 174.</ref> Also called '''Pearl Fournier''' and called '''Dresden''' when it was later published by [[Barnhart Brothers & Spindler|BB&S]] in Chicago.<ref name="Peter A. Demeter"/>
* '''Gladiator''' (1940, [[Hans Möhring]])
* '''Golf''' (1935, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''Helion''' (1935, [[Arno Drescher]])
* '''Holländish series''' ([[Peter A. Demeter]])
** ''Holländish breit'' (1926)
** ''Holländish fett'' (1925)
** ''Holländish licht'' (1922)
* '''Intermezzo''' (1933, [[Albert Auspurg]])
* '''Klinger Type''' (1925, [[Julius Klinger]]), also known as ''Typo Klinger''.<ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
** ''Klinger Type habfett'' (1927, [[Julius Klinger]])
* '''Klinger Kursiv''' (1927, [[Julius Klinger]])
* '''Kreß Versalien''' (1926, [[Oskar von Kress]]), an in-line capitals face. [[Agfa|Agfa’s]] '''[[Ashley Inline]]''' is a digital version of his font.
* '''Kursachsen Auszeichnung''' (1937, [[Peterpaul Weiss]])
* '''Kursachsen Grundschrift''' (1937, [[Peterpaul Weiss]])
* '''Lehmann-Fraktur''' (1919, [[K. Lehmann]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
** ''Lehmann-Fraktur kräftig'' (1920, [[K. Lehmann]])
* '''Lido''' (1936, [[Albert Auspurg]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Luxor''' (1934, [[Paul Sinkwitz]])
* '''Marggraff-Deutsch''' a blackletter face by [[Gerhardt Marggraff]]) that included a ''Halbfette'' and ''Fette'' (both 1939) and a ''Leichte'' (1940) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Marggraff Kursiv''' (1929, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]])
** ''Marggraff Kursiv fett'' (1928, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]])
** ''Marggraff Kursiv leicht'' (1929, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Marggraff-Deutsch fett + halbfett''' (1939, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]])
* ''Marggraff-Deutsch leicht'' (1940, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]])
* '''Maximum A + B''' (1939, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''Mendelsohn Grotesk + halbfett''' (1939, [[G. von Mendelsohn]])
* '''Mendelsohn Type''' (1921, [[G. von Mendelsohn]])
* '''Milo''' (1940, [[Arno Drescher]])
* '''Minister Antiqua + Kursiv + schmalhalbfett''' (1929, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]])
** ''Minister Antiqua fett + halbfett'' (1930, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]])
** ''Minister Kreis Versalien'' (1933, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), a white on black titling font.<ref name="Jaspert ... p154-5">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. 154-5.</ref>
**''Prominent'' (1936, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), decorative initials based on '''Minister'''
**''Symbol'' (1933, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), decorative initials based on '''Minister'''<ref name="Jaspert ... p154-5"/>
* '''Ne-Po''' (1934, [[Albert Auspurg]]) A modular set of patterned blocks for building letters and other ornamentation, consisting of a negative (“NE”) and a positive (“PO”) series. [[American Type Founders]] released a version in 1944 called [[Alpha-Blox]].
* '''Ondina''' (1935, [[Karl Kranke]])
* '''Orchidea''' (1937, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Originell''' (1935, [[Walter Schnippering]])
* '''Patria''' (1938, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
** ''Patria fett'' (1938, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
** ''Patria halbfett'' (1938, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
** ''Patria Kursiv'' (1941, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
** ''Patria Kursiv halbfett'' (1938, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
** ''Patria Werkschrift'' (1942, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
** ''Patria Werkschrift halbfett'' (1942, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''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|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Piehler Schrift''' (1922, [[August Piehler]])
** ''Piehler Schrift Kursiv'' (1923, [[August Piehler]])
* '''Ramona''' (1939, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''Regatta''' (1935, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''Schaefer Versalien''' (1927, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]), capitals only.<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. 333.</ref>
* '''Schreibedeutsch + kräftig''' (1934, [[Walter Schnippering]])
* '''Sinkwitz-Gotisch''' (1942, [[Paul Sinkwitz]]), a script face in three weights.,<ref name="Schriftguss AG "/> later reissued by [[VEB Typoart|Typoart]] in 1966.<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. 335.</ref>
* '''Splendor''' (1937, [[W. Berg]]), a script face.<ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
** ''Splendor kräftig'' (1939, [[W. Berg]])
** ''Splendor extrakräftig''
* '''Stadion Grotesk''' (1929, [[Erhard Grundeis]])
* '''Super Blickfang Initialen''' (1932, [[Arno Drescher]])
* '''Super Elektrik''' (1931, [[Arno Drescher]])
* '''Super Grotesk''' (1930, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk dreiviertelfett'' (1930, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk fett'' (1930, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk halbfett'' ([[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk Kursiv'' (1931, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk Kursiv fett'' (1938, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk Kursiv halbfett'' (1931, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk schmalmager'' (1933, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk schmalfett'' (1933, [[Arno Drescher]])
** ''Super Grotesk schmalhalbfett'' (1933, [[Arno Drescher]])
* '''Super Reflex''' (1931, [[Arno Drescher]])
* '''Supremo Versalien''' (1932, [[Karl Kranke]]), capitals only.
* '''Thannhaeuser Schrift''' (1929, [[Herbert Thannhaeuser ]])
** ''Thannhaeuser Schrift Kursiv'' (1933, [[Herbert Thannhaeuser ]])
** ''Thannhaeuser Schrift halbfett'' (1934, [[Herbert Thannhaeuser ]])
* '''Trio A + B + C''' (1936, [[Henry Reinhard Moller]])
* '''Troubadour Magere''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''Wieynck Gotisch''' (1926, [[Heinrich Wieynck]]), digitized by [[Gerhard Helzel]].
** ''Wieynck Gotisch licht'' (1929, [[Heinrich Wieynck]]),<ref name="Schriftguss AG "/> digitized by [[Gerhard Helzel]].
** ''Wieynck Gotisch Werkschrift'' (1930, [[Heinrich Wieynck]]) <ref name="Schriftguss AG "/>
* '''Zeus''' (1931, [[Jan Tschichold]])

===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 |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]].
* '''Ambassador''' (1938), originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Burgund''' (1938, [[Martin Wilke]]),<ref name="Jaspert, W. Pincus 1953"/> originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Butterfly''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]]), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
** ''Butterfly Halbfette'' (1928, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''Carmen''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Copra''', originally made by [[Barnhart Brothers & Spindler]] as ''[[Cooper Black]].'' The series included the following faces:
** ''Copra Antiqua''
** ''Copra Antiqua fett''
** ''Copra Antiqua halbfett''
** ''Copra Kursiv''
** ''Copra Kursiv fett''
** ''Copra Kursiv licht''
* '''Diva''', originally made by [[Ludwig & Mayer]].
* '''Elegant Kursiv''' (1938), originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Esprit''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Feudal''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Gilden Fraktur''' (1938), originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
** ''Gilden Fraktur halbfett'' (1938), originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Jupiter''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Kabinett''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Kasino''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Liebing Gotisch''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Lohengrin''' (1938), originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Mars''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Merkur''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Mimosa + Kursiv + halbfett''' (≤ 1914), originally made by [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Linotype]] as [[Copperplate Gothic]].
* '''Mirabelle + habfett''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Neptun''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Ohio + Ohio Kursiv''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Pabst Oldstyle''.
** ''Ohio Kraft'' (1922), a variant on ''Pabst Oldstyle'', designed in house by [[Eduard Lauterbach]].<ref name="schriftguss-ag-vorm-bruder-butter"/>
* '''Orion''' (≤ 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.''
* '''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]].
* '''Presto''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Saturn''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Saxonia Kursive + fett''', originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]]. The bold (“fett”) was later cast by [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Linotype]].
* '''Standard I + II + III''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Tiffany Shaded''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Typo Shaded''.
* '''Ultra series''', originally made by [[Ludwig & Mayer]] around 1935.
** '' Ultra fett''
** '' Ultra halbfett''
** '' Ultra kräftig''
** '' Ultra leicht''
** '' Ultra schmalhalbfett''
** '' Ultra Werkschrift''
* '''Uranus''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry|Wagner & Schmidt]].
* '''Violetta''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Walhalla''', originally made by [[Ludwig & Mayer]], later digitized by [[Gerhard Helzel]].
* '''Wedding Text''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]].
* '''Wellington + fett''' (≤ 1921), originally made by [[Inland Type Foundry]].


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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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