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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>{{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>{{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>


==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==

These [[Moveable type|foundry types]] were produced by designers for Schriftguss:
These [[Moveable type|foundry types]] were produced by designers for Schriftguss:

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* '''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>
* '''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 ">{{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>
* '''Armin-Gotisch''' (1933, [[Fritz Müller (typographer)|Fritz Müller]]) <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>
* '''[[Blickfang Schmuck]]''' (1927, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]])
* '''Blickfang Schmuck''' (1927, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]])
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* '''Burgund''' ([[Martin Wilke]]) <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. 367.</ref>
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* '''Capitol''' (1931, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <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. 367.</ref> This face was revised as ''[[Capitol Pro]]'' in 2012 by Ralph M. Unger for his own [[RMU Foundry]]. <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>
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* '''Butterfly''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]])
** ''Butterfly Halbfette'' (1928, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''Cito Versalien''' (1930, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]])
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* '''[[Capitol (typeface)|Capitol]]''' (1931, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <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. 367.</ref> This face was revised as ''[[Capitol Pro]]'' in 2012 by Ralph M. Unger for his own [[RMU Foundry]]. <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>
* '''[[Cito Versalien]]''' (1930, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]])
* '''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|accessdate=2 January 2021}}</ref>
* '''Demeter Schraffiert''' (1922, [[Peter A. Demeter]]) <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 Schraffiert''' (1922, [[Peter A. Demeter]]) <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>
* '''[[Diamant (typeface)|Diamant]]''' (1937, [[J. 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>
* '''[[Divina (typeface)|Divina]]''' (1930, [[W. Berg]]) <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>
* '''Divina''' (1930, [[W. Berg]]) <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>
* '''[[Edelweiß (typeface)| Edelweiß ]]''' (1937, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]) <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>
* '''Edelweiß]]''' (1937, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]) <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>
* '''[[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>
* '''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 (typeface)|Fao]]''' (1938, [[H.-R. Müller]]), [[Nick Curtis]] used this as the basis for his ''[[Fargo Faro]]'' (2007). <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>
* '''Fao''' (1938, [[H.-R. Müller]]), [[Nick Curtis]] used this as the basis for his ''[[Fargo Faro]]'' (2007). <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>
* '''[[Fatima (typeface)|Fatima]]''' (1933, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]])
* '''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 ">{{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>
* '''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 ">{{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>
* '''[[Golf (typeface)|Golf]]''' (1935, [[H. R. Möller]])
* '''Golf''' (1935, [[H. R. Möller]])
* '''[[Härtel Roman]] + Bold''' (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 Roman + Bold''' (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>
* '''[[Lehmann-Fraktur]]''' (1919, [[K. Lehmann]]) <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>
* '''Lehmann-Fraktur''' (1919, [[K. Lehmann]]) <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>
* '''[[Lido (typeface)|Lido]]''' (1936, [[A. Auspurg]]) <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>
* '''Lido''' (1936, [[A. Auspurg]]) <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>
* '''[[Marggraff-Deutsch]]''' a blackletter face by [[Gerhardt Marggraff]]) that included a ''Halbfette'' and ''Fette'' (both 1939) and a ''Leichte'' (1940) <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>
* '''Marggraff-Deutsch''' a blackletter face by [[Gerhardt Marggraff]]) that included a ''Halbfette'' and ''Fette'' (both 1939) and a ''Leichte'' (1940) <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>
* '''[[Marggraff Light Italic]]''' (1929, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]]) <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>
* '''Marggraff Light Italic''' (1929, [[Gerhardt Marggraff]]) <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>
* '''[[Minister (typeface)|Minister]]''' (1929, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]) <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>, there were also an accompanying bold, extra bold, and bold condensed. <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. 155.</ref>
* '''Minister''' (1929, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]) <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>, there were also an accompanying bold, extra bold, and bold condensed. <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. 155.</ref>
** ''[[Kreis Versalien]]'' ([[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), a white on black titling font based on '''Minister'''<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. 154-5.</ref>
** ''Kreis Versalien'' ([[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), a white on black titling font based on '''Minister'''<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. 154-5.</ref>
** ''[[Prominent (typeface)| Prominent]]'' (1936, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), decorative initials based on '''Minister'''<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. 154.</ref>
**''Prominent'' (1936, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), decorative initials based on '''Minister'''<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. 154.</ref>
** ''[[Symbol (typeface)| Symbol]]'' (1933, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), decorative initials based on '''Minister'''<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. 154-5.</ref>
**''Symbol'' (1933, [[Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt]]), decorative initials based on '''Minister'''<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. 154-5.</ref>
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* '''Orchidea''' (1937, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <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>
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*''[[Ohio Kraft]]'' (1922, [[Eduard Lauterbach]]) a variant on [[American Type Founders]] ''Pabst Oldstyle''<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}} .</ref>
* '''Pentape''' (1935, [[Walter Schnippering]])
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* '''[[Orchidea]]''' (1937, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <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>
* '''[[Pentape]]''' (1935, [[Walter Schnippering]])
* '''Regatta''' (1935, [[H. R. Möller]])
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* '''Schaefer Versalien''' (1927, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <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>
* '''[[Regatta (typeface)|Regatta]]''' (1935, [[H. R. Möller]])
* '''[[Schaefer Versalien]]''' (1927, [[Karl Hermann Schaefer]]) <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>
* '''Sinkwitz-Gotisch''' (1942, [[Paul Sinkwitz]]), a script face in three weights. <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>, 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>
* '''[[Sinkwitz-Gotisch]]''' (1942, [[Paul Sinkwitz]]), a script face in three weights. <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>, 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 in three weights. <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>
* '''Troubadour Magere''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]])
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* '''[[Splendor (typeface)|Splendor]]''' (1937, [[W. Berg]]), a script face in three weights. <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>
* '''[[Troubadour Magere]]''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''Wieynck Gothic''' ([[Heinrich Wieynck]])
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* '''Wieynck-Werkschrift''' (1930, [[Heinrich Wieynck]]) <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>
* '''[[Wieynck Gothic]]''' ([[Heinrich Wieynck]])
* '''[[Wieynck-Werkschrift]]''' (1930, [[Heinrich Wieynck]]) <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>
* '''WieynckGotischLicht''' (1926, [[Heinrich Wieynck]]) <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>
* '''[[WieynckGotischLicht]]''' (1926, [[Heinrich Wieynck]]) <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>
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These type faces were produced in house by Schriftguss:<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>{{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>
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* '''Achilles''' (≤ 1911)
* '''Admira''' (1940) revived in 2019 by [[Coen Hofman]]
* '''Admira''' (1940) revived in 2019 by [[Coen Hofman]]
* '''Aktuell'''
* '''Aktuell'''
* '''Albrechr-Dürer-Kanzlei''' (≤ 1902)
* '''Aldine Schmalfett'''
* '''Aldine Schmalfett'''
* '''Ambassador'''
* '''Ambassador'''
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* '''Artista'''
* '''Artista'''
* '''Belwe Antiqua Licht Versalien'''
* '''Belwe Antiqua Licht Versalien'''
* '''[[Bodoni]]'''
** ''Bodoni fett''
** ''Bodoni halbfett''
** ''Bodoni Kursiv''
* '''Breitkopf Fraktur'''
* '''Cursiva Minosa'''
* '''Cursiva Minosa'''
* '''Cursiva Saxonia Preta'''
* '''Cursiva Saxonia Preta'''
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* '''Versaes Schaefer'''
* '''Versaes Schaefer'''
}}
}}

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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>

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* '''Copra''', originally made by [[Barnhart Brothers & Spindler]] as ''[[Cooper Black]].''
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* '''Linkoln Gotisch'''
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* '''Ohio''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Pabst Oldstyle''.
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* '''Pfeil Antiqua''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Cheltenham.''
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* '''Picadilly ''', originally made by the [[Berthold Type Foundry]].
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* '''Tiffany Shaded''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Typo Shaded''.
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* '''Wedding Text''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]].
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* '''Wellington''', originally made by [[Inland Type Foundry]].


A 1925 Schriftguss catalog in Spanish includes these and other typefaces, vignettes, and “tipos de cartel”: <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>
A 1925 Schriftguss catalog in Spanish includes these and other typefaces, vignettes, and “tipos de cartel”: <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>
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* '''Wieynk Gothic
* '''Wieynk Gothic
}}
}}

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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>

* '''Aida''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
* '''Ambassador''' (1938), originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Burgund''' (1938, [[Martin Wilke]]) <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. 367.</ref>, originally made by [[Woellmer Type Foundry]].
* '''Butterfly''' (1927, [[Willy Schumann]]), originally made by [[L. Wagner Type Foundry]].
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** ''Butterfly Halbfette'' (1928, [[Willy Schumann]])
* '''Carmen''', originally made by [[B. Krebs Foundry]].
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* '''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]].
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* '''Linkoln Gotisch'''
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* '''Ohio''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Pabst Oldstyle''.
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** ''Ohio Kraft'' (1922), a variant on ''Pabst Oldstyle'', designed in house by [[Eduard Lauterbach]].<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}} .</ref>
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* '''Pfeil Antiqua''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Cheltenham.''
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* '''Picadilly ''', originally made by the [[Berthold Type Foundry]].
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* '''Tiffany Shaded''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]] as ''Typo Shaded''.
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* '''Wedding Text''', originally made by [[American Type Founders]].
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* '''Wellington''', originally made by [[Inland Type Foundry]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:55, 9 January 2021

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]

These foundry types were produced by designers for Schriftguss:


These type faces were produced in house by Schriftguss:[17]

  • 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
  • Bodoni
    • Bodoni fett
    • Bodoni halbfett
    • Bodoni Kursiv
  • Breitkopf Fraktur
  • Cursiva Minosa
  • Cursiva Saxonia Preta
  • Druckhaus
  • Duplex
  • Echo
  • ElegantKursiv
  • Fanal
  • Faro
  • Fette Copra Kursiv
  • Fette Gotisch
  • Flamme
  • Gilden-Fraktur (1937)
  • Gladiator
  • Grossmuetterchen
  • Grotesca VI Mercur
  • Grotesk
  • Grotesk Breite
  • Helion
  • Hollandeza Larga
  • Jasmin a blackletter face.
  • Jean-Paul-Schrift (1798)
  • Junior
  • Kurier
  • Kursachen (1937)
  • Luxor
  • Marko
  • Maximum
  • Milo
  • Milo
  • Mimosa
  • Parlament
  • Patria
  • Pfeil (a poster Plakattype)
  • Ramona
  • Rautendelein, a calligraphic typeface revived by Ralph M. Unger in 2017 as Carina Pro
  • 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
  • Romana Hamburguesa
  • Romantisch
  • Saskia
  • Schreibmaschinenschrift 512
  • Steinschrift
  • Super Blickfang Initialen
  • Super-Grotesk
  • Super-Kursiv
  • SupremoVersalien
  • Tausendschoen
  • Typo Klinger
  • Unger Fraktur
  • Versaes Kress
  • Versaes Schaefer

A 1925 Schriftguss catalog in Spanish includes these and other typefaces, vignettes, and “tipos de cartel”: [18]

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

These type faces were produced by other foundries and licensed by Schriftguss:[19]

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ 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.
  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. 367.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c "Peter A. Demeter". Luc Devroye. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  8. ^ 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.
  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. 375.
  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. 174.
  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. 155.
  12. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  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. 154-5.
  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. 333.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Schriftguss AG Pro". Luc Devroye. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  18. ^ "Schriftguss AG Pro". Luc Devroye. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Schriftguss AG vorm. Brüder Butter". Alphabettes. 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-02. .
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