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Jaspert (p.83) gives the date of 1922 for this type despite the foundry only coming into existence more than twenty years later. Perhaps this is a legacy type from one of the absorbed foundries.
197:, original drawings and digital data. After this, the copyright status of Typoart's typefaces remained uncertain. Some have been reissued in digital form by other type foundries, mostly by 161:(1961), and Norddeutsche SchriftgieĂźerei (1961). Originally called SchriftguĂź KG Dresden (1945) and VEB SchriftguĂź Dresden (1958), the enterprise was renamed to VEB Typoart in 1951. 122: 437: 467: 320: 555: 545: 540: 280: 270: 232: 222: 515: 550: 530: 246: 126: 441: 166: 535: 445: 178:
countries. It was frequently ordered to plagiarise Western typefaces that Zentrag could not afford to license.
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fell through. Many of Typoart's fonts and other works were lost at this time, including original matrices of
520: 150: 48: 494: 170:, a state enterprise coordinating all GDR printing activity. Typoart's principal mission was to create 146: 185:, Typoart was privatised as Typoart GmbH in 1990 and went bankrupt in 1995 after a negotiated sale to 406: 137: 292: 260: 158: 106: 52: 182: 110: 28: 8: 471: 330: 334: 194: 475: 236: 190: 154: 56: 509: 368: 198: 186: 175: 149:
in 1948 through a merger of several nationalised type foundries, including
118: 102: 98: 38: 482: 256: 371:), later digitized as FF Super Grotesk and Bitstream Drescher Grotesk 287: 171: 420:. Internationaler Arbeitskreis Druck- und Mediengeschichte: 37–39. 500: 114: 86: 82: 407:"Typoart, Dresden. Zur Schriftenherstellung in der DDR" 193:
type Saskia, although employees managed to save some
438:"VEB Typoart: The East German Type Betriebsstätte" 201:. Some of Typoart's matrices are preserved at the 16:State-owned type foundry of East Germany (1948-95) 145:VEB Typoart was created by the government of the 507: 466: 435: 556:Manufacturing companies based in Dresden 136: 546:German companies disestablished in 1995 541:Design companies disestablished in 1995 508: 404: 516:Letterpress font foundries of Germany 431: 429: 427: 551:German companies established in 1948 531:Design companies established in 1948 400: 398: 396: 394: 392: 13: 424: 164:From 1970, it was subordinated to 14: 567: 488: 483:Myfonts.com entry for VEB Typoart 389: 117:. The foundry's most influential 497:(with a full list of typefaces) 536:1948 establishments in Germany 495:Typowiki entry for VEB Typoart 452: 213:Typoart's typefaces included: 174:for Eastern Germany and other 1: 436:Leslie Kuo (5 October 2007). 405:Werfel, Silvia (March 2005). 382: 203:Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig 208: 7: 414:Journal für Druckgeschichte 10: 572: 147:German Democratic Republic 132: 78: 70: 62: 44: 34: 24: 151:Schelter & Giesecke 49:Schelter & Giesecke 259:), originally cast by 235:), originally cast by 142: 107:state-owned enterprise 333:, originally cast by 141:Worker at VEB Typoart 140: 526:Volkseigene Betriebe 183:German reunification 111:Volkseigener Betrieb 29:Volkseigener Betrieb 521:Cold type foundries 448:on 1 February 2008. 123:Herbert Thannhäuser 21: 361:(Karl-Heinz Lange) 355:(Karl-Heinz Lange) 331:Copperplate Gothic 199:Elsner & Flake 143: 19: 347:Prillwitz Antiqua 329:, a knock-off of 313:(Gert Wunderlich) 299:Leipziger Antiqua 181:In the course of 125:(until 1963) and 92: 91: 563: 479: 468:Grant Carruthers 459: 456: 450: 449: 444:. Archived from 433: 422: 421: 411: 402: 377:(Heinz Schumann) 321:Karl-Heinz Lange 305:Magna Kyrillisch 159:Ludwig Wagner AG 53:Ludwig Wagner AG 22: 18: 571: 570: 566: 565: 564: 562: 561: 560: 506: 505: 501:Typoart-Freunde 491: 463: 462: 457: 453: 434: 425: 409: 403: 390: 385: 380: 295:design of 1917. 291:, based on the 211: 135: 17: 12: 11: 5: 569: 559: 558: 553: 548: 543: 538: 533: 528: 523: 518: 504: 503: 498: 490: 489:External links 487: 486: 485: 480: 461: 460: 451: 423: 387: 386: 384: 381: 379: 378: 372: 362: 356: 350: 344: 338: 324: 314: 308: 302: 296: 284: 281:Lin Yu-Bingnan 274: 264: 261:Wagner Foundry 250: 240: 226: 215: 210: 207: 155:Schriftguss AG 134: 131: 129:(until 1987). 113:") located in 90: 89: 80: 76: 75: 72: 68: 67: 64: 60: 59: 57:Schriftguss AG 46: 42: 41: 36: 32: 31: 26: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 568: 557: 554: 552: 549: 547: 544: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 513: 511: 502: 499: 496: 493: 492: 484: 481: 477: 473: 472:"Typostalgie" 469: 465: 464: 455: 447: 443: 439: 432: 430: 428: 419: 415: 408: 401: 399: 397: 395: 393: 388: 376: 373: 370: 369:Arno Drescher 366: 365:Super Grotesk 363: 360: 357: 354: 351: 349:(Albert Kapr) 348: 345: 343:(Albert Kapr) 342: 339: 336: 332: 328: 325: 322: 318: 315: 312: 309: 307:(Albert Kapr) 306: 303: 301:(Albert Kapr) 300: 297: 294: 290: 289: 285: 282: 278: 275: 272: 271:P. A. Demeter 268: 265: 262: 258: 254: 251: 248: 244: 243:Faust-Antiqua 241: 238: 234: 233:P. A. Demeter 230: 227: 224: 223:Fritz Richter 220: 217: 216: 214: 206: 204: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 179: 177: 173: 169: 168: 162: 160: 156: 152: 148: 139: 130: 128: 124: 120: 119:art directors 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 97:was the only 96: 88: 84: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 58: 54: 50: 47: 43: 40: 37: 33: 30: 27: 23: 476:Eye Magazine 454: 446:the original 417: 413: 374: 364: 358: 352: 346: 340: 326: 316: 310: 304: 298: 286: 277:Freundschaft 276: 266: 252: 242: 228: 218: 212: 202: 191:Tschichold's 187:Compugraphic 180: 176:Eastern Bloc 165: 163: 144: 103:East Germany 99:type foundry 94: 93: 79:Headquarters 39:Type foundry 25:Company type 257:Georg Belwe 253:Fleischmann 247:Albert Kapr 237:Schriftguss 127:Albert Kapr 105:. It was a 95:VEB Typoart 45:Predecessor 20:VEB Typoart 510:Categories 383:References 209:Typefaces 172:typefaces 470:(2001). 288:Garamond 195:matrices 157:(1951), 153:(1945), 35:Industry 442:PingMag 375:Stentor 353:Publica 279:(1962, 269:(1922, 267:Fornier 255:(1927, 245:(1959, 229:Demeter 221:(1985, 167:Zentrag 133:History 115:Dresden 87:Germany 83:Dresden 71:Defunct 63:Founded 341:Neutra 327:Mimosa 317:Minima 311:Maxima 410:(PDF) 359:Supra 335:Weber 121:were 219:Biga 74:1995 66:1948 293:ATF 101:of 512:: 474:. 440:. 426:^ 418:11 416:. 412:. 391:^ 273:) 205:. 109:(" 85:, 55:, 51:, 478:. 367:( 337:. 323:) 319:( 283:) 263:. 249:) 239:. 231:( 225:)

Index

Volkseigener Betrieb
Type foundry
Schelter & Giesecke
Ludwig Wagner AG
Schriftguss AG
Dresden
Germany
type foundry
East Germany
state-owned enterprise
Volkseigener Betrieb
Dresden
art directors
Herbert Thannhäuser
Albert Kapr

German Democratic Republic
Schelter & Giesecke
Schriftguss AG
Ludwig Wagner AG
Zentrag
typefaces
Eastern Bloc
German reunification
Compugraphic
Tschichold's
matrices
Elsner & Flake
Fritz Richter
P. A. Demeter

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