Amsterdam Type Foundry

Amsterdam Type Foundry
Native name
Lettergieterij Amsterdam
IndustryType foundry
Founded1851 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderNicolaas Tetterode Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters,
Former buildings of the type foundry in Amsterdam

The Amsterdam Type Foundry (Dutch: Lettergieterij Amsterdam) was a type foundry based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

History

[edit]

The type foundry was established by Nicolaas Tetterode in 1851.

It contributed a number of original type designs early in the 20th century,[1] some of which were designed by S. H. de Roos and Dick Dooijes.

In the 20th century, only two major typefoundries survived in the Netherlands. In Haarlem, the old typefoundry of Joh. Enschedé was their competitor. In order to divide the market, these firms kept a certain difference in type-height. Amsterdam: 66 + 1/24 point Didot, and Enschedé: 66 - 1/24 point Didot. Enough to prevent the combined use of their type.[citation needed]

Eventually, it became a division of Tetterode.[1] On October 1, 2000, Tetterode transferred the rights for all of its typefaces to Linotype.[1]

Typefaces

[edit]

Foundry Type

[edit]

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

Cold Type

[edit]

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

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Tetterode". MyFonts. 2011-11-22. Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. 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)
[edit]