Genzsch & Heyse was a German type foundry established in Hamburg.[1] In the 1920s and 1930s, G+H types were sold in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association.[2]
| Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Industry | Type foundry |
| Founded | 1833  |
| Founder | Johann August Genzsch |
| Defunct | 1963 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany |
| Parent | Bauersche Gießerei Berthold Type Foundry Stempel Type Foundry |
Typefaces edit
The following foundry types were issued by the Trennert Type Foundry:[3]
- Alte Schwabacher (before 1936)
- Arkona + Fett (before 1936)
- Bodoni + Halbfette + Kursiv (before 1936)
- Brahms Gotisch (before 1936)
- Fette Antiqua (before 1936)
- Friedrich Bauer Grotesk (before 1936, Friedrich Bauer), in addition to a basic face, there were three other versions, Magere, Kräftige, Halbfette, Fette, and Schmale Halbfette. Also cast by the Trennert Type Foundry.
- Fridericus Antiqua + Halbfette + Fette (before 1936)
- Genzsch Antiqua (before 1936), in addition to a basic face, there were several other versions, Halbfette, Fette, Kursiv, Halbfette Kursiv, and Fette Zeitungskursiv.
- Halbfette Antiqua (before 1936)
- Heyse + Semi-Bold (1924, Friedrich Bauer)
- Leibniz Fraktur + Grobe (before 1936)
- Nofretete + Halbfette (before 1936)
- Olympia 1 + 2 (before 1936)
- Phalanx + Halbfette (before 1936)
- Richard Wagner Fraktur + Halbfette (before 1936)
- Römische Antiqua (before 1897) later sold by Inland Type Foundry as MacFarland and by A.D. Farmer & Son as Bradford, matrices for machine composition later offered by Lanston Monotype, also as MacFarland.[4]
- Semper Antiqua + Halbfette (before 1936)
- Senats Fraktur + Halbfette (before 1936)
- Sparta (before 1936)
References edit
- ^ Genzmer, Fritz, "Das Buch des Setzers," 1948.
- ^ Specimen Book of Continental Types, Continental Type Founders Association, N.Y.C., 1929.
- ^ List of foundry types taken from these sources:
- 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.
- "Foundry Type Fonts of German Type Foundries at the End of the Nazi Era Pro" (PDF). Ulrich Stiehl. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ^ Eckman, James, The Inland Type Foundry, 1894-1911, PAGA, vol. 8, 1960, pp. 34 & 39.