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Typography, Referenced
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Job:03171 Title:Typography Referenced (Rockport)
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Large Foundries
There are small diff erences between mega foundries and large foundries. Like the former, large foundries also hold
trademarks for the most common typefaces and produce a great number of typefaces, though not to the same extent.
Hermann Berthold founded the H. Berthold
foundry in in Berlin. The foundry’s
best-known font is Akzidenz Grotesk (),
which it released in . By the foundry
had become one of the largest in the world,
with offi ces throughout Europe.
In , Günter Gerhard Lange began
working with the company and in addition
to designing typefaces, he oversaw the reviv-
als of classic faces such as Baskerville (),
Bodoni (), and Garamond (). In addi-
tion to typefaces, Berthold also developed
proprietary typesetting equipment such as
the phototypesetting machine, the Diatype,
and the Diatronic.
In H. Berthold ceased operations
due to fi nancial troubles. In Chicago-
based Berthold Types acquired all of the
copyrights, trademarks, and design rights
associated with Berthold Exklusiv Collection,
which consists of more than typefaces
including the fonts Block, City, and Quadra
. Lange acted as an artistic consultant for
the company until his death in .
H. Berthold AG
www.bertholdtypes.com
Elsner+Flake
www.elsner-fl ake.com
In , after ten years of designing type and digitizing fonts and
logos, Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake founded ElsnerFlake
design studio. The company, based in Hamburg, Germany, aims
to produce a continuously growing library of digital fonts.
Currently ElsnerFlake supplies more than , fonts worldwide,
most of which are not electronically modifi ed and were designed
with particular attention to detail (for example, complete kerning
[] tables, individually designed accents, and Old Style numerals).
Some of the foundry’s more popular typefaces include Petras Script,
Nord, and Bank Sans Caps.
Emigre, Inc.
www.emigre.com
Emigre Inc., founded in by husband-and-
wife duo Zuzana Licko () and Rudy VanderLans,
is a type foundry, publisher, and distributor of
software based in Sacromento, California. Licko
designed the foundry’s fi rst fonts for its type
journal, Emigre magazine, a font the foundry
off ered to the publication’s readers.
Over the years, Emigre transformed from a
vehicle to showcase the foundry’s typefaces into
a graphic design journal exploring the disci-
pline’s various facets. The journal folded in
after publishing for twenty-one years. Today, the
foundry holds more than original typeface
designs including Mrs. Eaves, Mr. Eaves, Brothers,
and Democratica.
Emigre Catalog
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