Amsterdam Type Foundry

The Amsterdam Type Foundry was a type foundry based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

History

The type foundry was established by Nicolaas Tetterode in 1851.
It contributed a number of original type designs early in the 20th century, 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.
Eventually, it became a division of Tetterode. On October 1, 2000, Tetterode transferred the rights for all of its typefaces to Linotype.

These foundry types were produced by the Type foundry Amsterdam:Aigrette, script

* initialsArsisAtlas
* light
* normal
* boldBristol.Bodoni lightBodoni
* Bodoni semi bold
* Bodoni BoldCarlton, an in-line version of Bristol.Choc 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 De Roos.
* De Roos roman
* De Roos italic
* De Roos initialsEgmont, later copied by Intertype.
* 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 Excelsior, script
* normal
* light
* semi boldGaramont, based on the ATF design of 1917.Gracia, scriptGravure, a copy of G. Peignot et Fils' Moreau-le-Jeune.
* series 1
* series 2
* Gravure open
* Gravure decorative italic capitalsGrotesque
* condensed light
* condensed
* bold
* small bold
* card grotesque caps light
* card grotesque caps boldGrotiusHermes, a tooled version of Caslon.Hidalgo, originally cut for Stempel Type Foundry.JunoLibra, S.H. de Roos
* normal
* lightNobel
* light
* bold
* condensed
* condensed bold
* small capitals
* small capitals light
* inline capitalsOld DutchPressa, originally cut by Intertype as Ideal News.Romaans, based upon Schelter & Giesecke's Romanisch and later copied as Intertype's Lormier.Reiner scriptRondo, script
* normal
* boldSavoySimplex
* normal
* semi boldStudioTypewriter
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These designs were produced by the Type foundry Amsterdam for photocomposition:Adonis, later cast in metal by Stephenson Blake.