Amsterdam Type foundry

Lettergieterij Amsterdam

Industry	Type foundry
Headquarters	Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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

Typefaces

Foundry Type

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

• Aigrette, script
  • initials
• Arsis
• Atlas
  • light
  • normal
  • bold
• Bristol (1929).
• Bodoni light
• Bodoni
  • Bodoni semi bold
  • Bodoni Bold
• Carlton (1929), an in-line version of Bristol.
• Choc (1964, Roger Excoffon) originally released by Fonderie Olive in 1955.
• Columbia, 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)
• De Roos (1947, S.H. de Roos).
  • De Roos roman
  • De Roos italic
  • De Roos initials
• Egmont (1933, S.H. de Roos), later copied by Intertype (1937).
  • Egmont
  • Egmont light roman & italic
  • Egmont bold
  • Egmont inline capitals
• Egyptian Bold, a nineteenth century design.
• Erasmus mediaeval
  • 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
• Gravure (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
• Grotius
• Hermes (1924), a tooled version of Caslon.
• Hidalgo (1939, Stefan Schlesinger.
• Hollandsche Mediaeval
  • Hollandsche Mediaeval roman
  • Hollandsche Mediaeval italic
  • Hollandsche Mediaeval semi bold
  • Hollandsche Mediaeval ornamented initials & initialen
• Ideal
• Iris
• Impressum (1962, Baum + Bauer), originally cut for Stempel Type Foundry.
• Juno
• Libra, 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 Ideal News.
• Romaans (Riegerl Weissenborn), based upon Schelter & Giesecke's Romanisch and later copied as Intertype's Lormier.
• Reiner script
• Rondo, script
  • normal
  • bold
• Savoy
• Simplex
  • normal
  • semi bold
• Studio
• Typewriter
• Visite

Cold Type

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

• Adonis (1971, Andrea Cretton), later cast in metal by Stephenson Blake.

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)