Schriftguss AG


Schriftguss AG was a type foundry in Germany founded in 1892 under the name Brüder Butter by purchasing the type casting firm of Otto Ludwig Bechert that had been founded in 1889. It was later incorporated in 1922 as Schriftguss A.-G. vorm. Brüder Butter. Their types were known for “vigour, liveliness and freshness.” Though some faces were done in house, the foundry mainly worked with outside “Schriftkünstler”, more than was typical at the time. A unique product of the foundry were modular systems of “Plakattype” to compose shapes and letterforms for display and jobbing applications, for instance Dekora, or Albert Auspurg’s 1931 Ne-Po, and finally Super-Plakattype in 1949. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 the last of the Butter brothers resigned from the corporation and it was changed to a limited partnership. In 1948 the company was expropriated by the post-war communist government and became public property, under the name VEB Schriftguss Dresden, eventually becoming merged into VEB Typoart – Drucktypen, Matrizen, Messinglinien in 1951. As a state run enterprise, the foundry lost its verve and panache and settled into producing serviceable type without distinction.

Typefaces

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In-house faces

These type faces were produced in house by Schriftguss:

Spanish faces

A 1925 Schriftguss catalog in Spanish includes these and other typefaces, vignettes, and “tipos de cartel”:

Out-of-house designs

Aktuell Arpke Antiqua, there is also a light and a shaded version.Armin-Gotisch Blickfang Schmuck Capitol This face was revised as Capitol Pro in 2012 by Ralph M. Unger for his own RMU Foundry.Cito Versalien, capitals only.Demeter, later cast by VEB Typoart. This is one of a few German faces BB&S in Chicago received in exchange for rights to the Cooper types.Demeter Schraffiert Diamant Divina Drescher Versalien, capitals only.Duplex Echo Edelweiß Energos Fao, Nick Curtis used this as the basis for his Fargo Faro.Faro Fatima Geperlte Fournier Also called Pearl Fournier and called Dresden when it was later published by BB&S in Chicago.Gladiator Golf Helion Holländish series
  • * Holländish breit
  • * Holländish fett
  • * Holländish licht Intermezzo Klinger Type, also known as Typo Klinger.
  • * Klinger Type habfett Klinger Kursiv Kreß Versalien, an in-line capitals face. Agfa’s Ashley Inline is a digital version of his font.Kursachsen Auszeichnung Kursachsen Grundschrift Lehmann-Fraktur
  • * Lehmann-Fraktur kräftig Lido Luxor Marggraff-Deutsch a blackletter face by Gerhardt Marggraff) that included a Halbfette and Fette and a Leichte Marggraff Kursiv
  • * Marggraff Kursiv fett
  • * Marggraff Kursiv leicht Marggraff-Deutsch fett + halbfett Marggraff-Deutsch leicht Maximum A + B Mendelsohn Grotesk + halbfett Mendelsohn Type Milo Minister Antiqua + Kursiv + schmalhalbfett
  • * Minister Antiqua fett + halbfett
  • * Minister Kreis Versalien, a white on black titling font.
  • *Prominent, decorative initials based on Minister
  • *Symbol, decorative initials based on MinisterNe-Po A modular set of patterned blocks for building letters and other ornamentation, consisting of a negative and a positive series. American Type Founders released a version in 1944 called Alpha-Blox.Ondina Orchidea Originell Patria
  • * Patria fett
  • * Patria halbfett
  • * Patria Kursiv
  • * Patria Kursiv halbfett
  • * Patria Werkschrift
  • * Patria Werkschrift halbfett Pentape Piehler Schmuck, type ornaments.Piehler Schrift
  • * Piehler Schrift Kursiv Ramona Regatta Schaefer Versalien, capitals only.Schreibedeutsch + kräftig Sinkwitz-Gotisch, a script face in three weights., later reissued by Typoart in 1966.Splendor, a script face.
  • * Splendor kräftig
  • * Splendor extrakräftigStadion Grotesk Super Blickfang Initialen Super Elektrik Super Grotesk
  • * Super Grotesk dreiviertelfett
  • * Super Grotesk fett
  • * Super Grotesk halbfett
  • * Super Grotesk Kursiv
  • * Super Grotesk Kursiv fett
  • * Super Grotesk Kursiv halbfett
  • * Super Grotesk schmalmager
  • * Super Grotesk schmalfett
  • * Super Grotesk schmalhalbfett Super Reflex Supremo Versalien, capitals only. Thannhaeuser Schrift
  • * Thannhaeuser Schrift Kursiv
  • * Thannhaeuser Schrift halbfett Trio A + B + C Troubadour Magere Wieynck Gotisch, digitized by Gerhard Helzel.
  • * Wieynck Gotisch licht, digitized by Gerhard Helzel.
  • * Wieynck Gotisch Werkschrift
  • '''Zeus'''

Faces originally cast by other foundries

These type faces were produced by other foundries and licensed by Schriftguss:Aida, originally made by B. Krebs Foundry. Ambassador, originally made by Woellmer Type Foundry. Burgund, originally made by Woellmer Type Foundry.Butterfly, originally made by Wagner & Schmidt.