Amsterdam Type foundry

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Lettergieterij Amsterdam
IndustryType foundry
Founded1851 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderNicolaas Tetterode Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersAmsterdam, The Netherlands

The Type foundry Amsterdam (Dutch: Lettergieterij Amsterdam) was a Dutch type foundry that contributed a number of original type designs early in the 20th century. It eventually became a division of . On October 1, 2000, Tetterode transferred the rights for all of its typefaces to Linotype.[1]

In the 20th century only two major typefoundries survived in the Netherlands. In Haarlem the old typefoundry of Koninklijke Enschedé & Zonen was their competitor. In order to divide the market, these firms kept a certain difference in type-height. Amsterdam: 66 + 1/24 point Didot, and Enschedé: 66 - 1/24 point Didot. Enough to prevent the combined use of their type.

Typefaces[]

Foundry Type[]

These foundry types were produced by the Type foundry Amsterdam:[2][3]

  • Aigrette, script
    • initials
  • Arsis
  • Atlas
    • light
    • normal
    • bold
  • Bristol (1929).
    • Bodoni semi bold
    • Bodoni Bold
  • Carlton (1929), an in-line version of Bristol.
  • Choc (1964, Roger Excoffon) originally released by Fonderie Olive in 1955.
  • , originally cast in 1904 as Kolonial by the Woellmer Type Foundry, also cast as Buffalo by the H.C. Hansen Type Foundry of Boston.
  • Contura (1966, Dick Dooijes)
  • (1947, S.H. de Roos).
    • De Roos roman
    • De Roos italic
    • De Roos initials
  • (1933, S.H. de Roos), later copied by Intertype (1937).
    • Egmont
    • Egmont light roman & italic
    • Egmont bold
    • Egmont inline capitals
  • , a nineteenth century design.
    • Erasmus mediaeval roman
    • Erasmus mediaeval italic
    • Erasmus mediaeval initials (2 series)
  • Excelsior, script
    • normal
    • light
    • semi bold
  • Garamont, based on the ATF design of 1917.
  • Gracia, script
  • (1912), a copy of G. Peignot et Fils' Moreau-le-Jeune.
    • series 1
    • series 2
    • Gravure open
    • Gravure decorative italic capitals
  • Grotesque
    • condensed light
    • condensed
    • bold
    • small bold
    • card grotesque caps light
    • card grotesque caps bold
  • (1924), a tooled version of Caslon.
  • (1939, .
    • Hollandsche Mediaeval roman
    • Hollandsche Mediaeval italic
    • Hollandsche Mediaeval semi bold
    • Hollandsche Mediaeval ornamented initials & initialen
  • Impressum (1962, Baum + Bauer), originally cut for Stempel Type Foundry.
  • , S.H. de Roos
    • normal
    • light
  • Nobel
    • light
    • bold
    • condensed
    • condensed bold
    • small capitals
    • small capitals light
    • inline capitals
  • Old Dutch
  • Pressa, originally cut by Intertype as .
  • (), based upon Schelter & Giesecke's Romanisch and later copied as Intertype's .
  • Reiner script
  • Rondo, script
    • normal
    • bold
  • Savoy
  • Simplex
    • normal
    • semi bold
  • Studio
  • Typewriter
  • Visite

Cold Type[]

These designs were produced by the Type foundry Amsterdam for photocomposition:

References[]

  1. ^ "Tetterode". MyFonts. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  2. ^ 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. 2408-249
  3. ^ Choice of Modern types, second revised edition, character proof of Lettergieterij Amsterdam, (no date)
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