Weber Typefoundry
| Type | Aktiengesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Industry | Type foundry |
| Founded | 1827 |
| Defunct | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Stuttgart, Germany |
Key people | Georg Trump |
C.E. Weber was a German type foundry established in 1827 in Stuttgart. Noted designers working for the foundry included Georg Trump, and Ernst Schneidler. The foundry closed in 1970;[1] some designs passed to the Johannes Wagner Type Foundry, others to Stempel.[2]
Typefaces
[edit]Foundry types produced by C.E. Weber:[3]
- Amati (1951, Georg Trump)
- Codex (1954-56, Georg Trump)
- Delphin (1951-55, Georg Trump)
- Deutsch Römisch (1926, F. H. E. Schneidler)
- Forelle (1936, Erich Mollowitz), originally cast by Trennert as Rheingold. Also copied by Stephenson Blake as Mercury.
- Forum (Georg Trump)
- Holländisch (1922 - 26, Peter A. Demeter)
- Hollandse Mediaeval (1912, S. H. De Roos), later sold by Intertype as Mediaeval.
- Jaguar (1967, Georg Trump)
- Mauritius (1965, Georg Trump)
- Mimosa, a knock-off of Copperplate Gothic, later cast by Typoart.
- Palomba (1955, Georg Trump)
- Schadow (1938-52, Georg Trump)
- Signum (1955, Georg Trump)
- Time (1956, Georg Trump)
- Trump Mediaeval (1954, Georg Trump), also made by Linotype (Frankfurt).
References
[edit]- ↑ "Weber". MyFonts. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ↑ Duensing, Paul Hayden Metal Type: Whither Ten Years Hense? Fine Print Magazine, January 1985.
- ↑ 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
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