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Their types were known for “vigour, liveliness and freshness.” Though some faces were done in house, the foundry mainly worked with outside “Schriftkünstler” (freelance lettering artists / type designers), more than was typical at the time. A unique product of the foundry were modular systems of

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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

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This site also lists Demeter Schraffiert and Fournier Geperlt as Barnhart Brothers & Spindler faces, but other sources list them as having been designed in house.

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in 1951. As a state run enterprise, the foundry lost its verve and panache and settled into producing serviceable type without distinction.

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

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These type faces were produced by other foundries and licensed by Schriftguss:

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in Chicago received in exchange for rights to the Cooper types.

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Unless otherwise noted, all types in this list are cited from

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Pfeil Antiqua + Kursiv + halbfett + breit + schmalhalbfett

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These type faces were produced in house by Schriftguss:

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