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Many different sorts of metal type have arrived at the studio over the years, in many different sorts of composing frames and in a wide variety of conditions: with lots of cherry stones mice have gnawed at, with mice droppings or without, well sorted or higgledy-piggledy ... here you will find nearly all of our lead made treasures.

Some of the studio’s metal type we have cast ourselves. at Greno Printing Office’s MONOTYPE casting machines, Noerdlingen.

Find out more about the typedesigners
 

 

 

Adagio

Karl Klauss
Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg
1953

Akzidenz-Grotesk

H. Berthold, Berlin
1898

Amati

Georg Trump (1896-1985)
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1951

Arabella

Arno Drescher
Ludwig Wagner, Leipzig
1936

Arkona

Karl Klauss
Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg
1935

Aurora

C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1912

Baskerville

C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1912

Baskerville, Monotype

Monotype Comp.
cast at Buchdruckerei Greno, Noerdlingen/2000-2001

Bernhard-Antiqua

Bauersche Schriftg., FFM/1912
(Flinsch, 1911)

Bernhard-Schoenschrift

Lucian Bernhard
Bauersche Schriftg. FFM
1925

Beton bold

Heinrich Jost
Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfurt am Main,
1931

Bodoni

according to Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) von from different foundries such as Stempel, Weber, Bauersche.

Bodoni-Antiqua Light Capitals

J. Wagner, Ingolstadt/1927/1932

Bookmann

Wagner+Schmidt
H. Berthold, Berlin
1921

also known as: Kurrenta-Kursiv

Brudi kursiv

Walter Brudi (1907-1987)
H. Berthold, Berlin
1954

Brudi medieval

Walter Brudi (1907-1987)
H. Berthold, Berlin
1954

 

Buergerschaftsfraktur

Friedrich Bauer (1863-1943)
Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg
(1907)1913

Candida

Jakob Erbar
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1936

Candida

Walter Hoehnisch
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM,
1936

Castellar

Monotype Comp.
cast at Buchdruckerei Greno, Noerdlingen/2000

Charme

Helmut Matheis
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1957

 

Verzierte Chronika

Walter Jacobs
J. D. Tennert & Sohn, Hamburg-Altona,
1937

Claudius

R. + P. Koch
Gebr. Klingspor, Offenbach
1937

Columna

Max Caflisch
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1952

Duo Dunkel

Alfred Finsterer
Gebr. Klingspor,
1954

Duo Licht

Alfred Finsterer
Gebr. Klingspor,
1954

Delphin

Georg Trump (1896-1985)
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1951

Deutschmeister

Berthold Wolpe
Ludwig Wagner AG, Leipzig,
1934

Deutsch-Roemisch

Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1923

Fette Deutsch-Roemisch

Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1930

 

Diplom-Versalien

 

Druckhaus

C.E.Weber, Stuttgart

Erbar-Grotesk

Jakob Erbar
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1927

Fette Antiqua

 

Fette Fraktur

 

Figaro

J. Wagner, Ingolstadt
1961

Florida

Hans Carl Gustav Moehring
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1932

Folio-Grotesk

K. F. Bauer+W. Baum
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1957-1963
 

Fortuna

Friedrich Bauer
J. D. Tennert & Sohn
1930

Forum I

Georg Trump  (1896-1985)
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1948

 

Forum II

Georg Trump (1896-1985)
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1952

Fox

Werner Rebhuhn
Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg
1953

Futura

Paul Renner (1878-1956)
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1928-1954

Gabriele

Hans Moehring
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1938

Garamond

Claude Garamond (1499?-1561)
J.Wagner, Ingolstadt/1961

Garamond

D. Stempel AG,
Frankfurt am Main,
1926

 

Genzsch-Antiqua

Friedrich Bauer (1863-1943)
Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg
1906

Gronau Gotisch

Heinrich Ehlert
Wilhelm Gronaus Schriftg., Berlin
 

Hallo

Walter Hoehnisch,
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1959

Hammerschrift

Victor Hammer
Gebr. Klingspor, Offenbach
1923

Helvetica

Max Miedinger
D. Stempel AG, Frankfurt am Main,
1937

Hermann Gotisch

Hiero Rhode

Johannes Anton Hieronymus (Hiero) Rhode, Norddeutsche SchriftgieĂźerei,
1944

Hobby

Werner Rebhuhn
Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg
1955

Industria

Isolde

Wagner+Schmidt
H.Berthold, Berlin
1912

also known as: Mirabelle

Kabinett Fraktur

Hausschnitt
Norddt. Schriftg., Berlin
1938

 

Koch-Antiqua

Rudolf Koch
Gebr. Klingspor, Offenbach
1922

 

Kress-Capitals

Otto Freiherr v. Kress
Schriftguss-AG, Dresden
1926

Kurmark

Hausschnitt,
Norddeutsche Schriftgiesserei, Berlin,
1934

Kurrenta-Kursiv (also known as: Bookmann)

Wagner/Schmidt
Hermann Berthold AG, Berlin
1921

Kandler says: The type has been sold by five German and two foreign foundries under just as many names. Kandler “Erinnerungen an den Bleisatz” 1995, p 174)

 

Lichte Hollaendisch

P. A. Demeter
C. E: Weber, Stuttgart
1922

Lichte Fette Grotesk: Grotesk Lichtfett

Jakob Erbar
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1923

Lichte Rex

 

Liturgisch

Lucian

Lucian Bernhard
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1928

Maxim

Peter Schneidler
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1956

Memphis

Rudolf Wolf (1885-1942)
D. Stempel, FFM
1930

Merkur

 

 

Mercurius Bold

Imre Reiner 1957/Monotype Comp.
cast at Buchdruckerei Greno, Nördlingen/2001

Mirabelle

Before WWI this type has sold extremely well which was the reason for its being offered under four different names by a number of foundries. Originalle its name was: Isolde

Mistral

Roger Excoffon (1910-1983)
Fonderie Olive, Marseille
1953

This tyle is very special in that it was extremely difficult to read - not when printed though - so the foundry decided to cast an additional mark on to the shoulder of each letter to make clear which it is.

 

Mona Lisa

AlbertAuspurg
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1930

Mozart

Georg Belwe
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1927

 

Olympia

 

Opal

C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1938

Optima

Hermann Zapf
D. Stempel, FFM
1958

Ornata

Palette

Martin Wilke
H. Berthold, Berlin
1951

Parlamentsfraktur

Plakat-Grotesk - Werbe-Grotesk

Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt am Main,
1926

Post-Antiqua

Herbert Post (1903-1978)
H. Berthold, Berlin
1939

Post-Fraktur

HerbertPost (1903-1978)
H. Berthold, Berlin
1935

Post-Versal

HerbertPost (1903-1978)
H. Berthold, Berlin
1932

Privat

J. J. Siercke
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1966

Quick

Howard A. Trafton,
Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfurt a. Main,
1933

Reporter

Carl Winckow
Norddt. Schriftg., Berlin
1938

Rhapsodie

Ilse Schuele
Ludwig & Mayer, FFM
1951

Rockwell

Romana

Romanisch

Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig,
1889

Rundgrotesk

Salon-Antiqua

Savoy

Schadow

Georg Trump (1896-1985)
C.E. Weber, Stuttgart
1938

Schreibschrift

Schul-Fraktur

Schelter & Giedecke, Leipzig
1886

Semper-Antiqua

Heinrich Pauser
Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg
1941

 

Signal

Walter Wege

Hermann Berthold AG, Berlin
1931

Skizze

Walter Hoehnisch
Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt am Main
1935

Stabil

Stahl

Hans Kuehne
D. Stempel, FFM
1939

Strassburg

Tempo

Walter Hoehnisch,
ludwig & Mayer, FFM,
1930

Time Script

Georg Trump (1896-1985)
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1956

Titula

Capitals,
privately cast by Alfred Finsterer at Gebr. Klingspor, Offenbach
1956

Trajanus

Warren Chappell (1904-1991)
D. Stempel
1939

Trump-Deutsch

Georg Trump (1896-1985)
H.Berthold, Berlin
1937

Trump Medieval kursiv

Georg Trump (1896-1985)
C. E. Weber, Stuttgart
1954

Unger-Fraktur

J.F.Unger+J.C.Gubitz
D. Stempel, FFM
1793

VendĂ´me

Francois Ganeau
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1962
(Fonderie Olive 1951)

Fette Venus

Hausschnitt
Bauersche Schriftg., FFM
1910

Verona

Hans Helmut Matheis
Genzsch&Heyse, Hamburg
1958

Wallau

Rudolf Koch (1876-1934)
Gebr. Klingspor, Offenbach
1930

Weiss-Antiqua

Emil Rudolf Weiss
Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfurt am Main,
1928

 

Weiss-Kapitale

Emil Rudolf Weiss
Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfurt am Main,
1931

Weiss-Lapidar

Emil Rudolf Weiss
Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfurt am Main,
1931

Wilhelm Klingspor Schrift

Rudolf Koch  (1876-1934)
Gebr. Klingspor, Offenbach
1925

 

 

 

 

Literatur

Georg Kandler “Erinnerungen an den Bleisatz” Band 1 (1995) + Band 2 (2001), Minner Verlag Kornwestheim

 

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