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Amsterdam Type Foundry
Native name	Lettergieterij Amsterdam
Industry	Type foundry
Founded	1851
Founder	Nicolaas Tetterode
Headquarters	Amsterdam , Netherlands

The Amsterdam Type Foundry (Dutch: Lettergieterij Amsterdam) 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,^[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

Foundry Type

These foundry types were produced by the Type foundry Amsterdam:^[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 Type foundry Amsterdam for photocomposition:

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tetterode". MyFonts. 2011-11-22. Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
^ 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
^ Choice of Modern types, second revised edition, character proof of Lettergieterij Amsterdam, (no date)

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