The Klingspor Type Foundry was a German
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type foundry established in 1892 when
Carl Klingspor bought out the
Rudhard’sche Foundry of Offenbach. His sons, Karl and younger brother Wilhelm, took on the business in 1904, renaming the foundry ''Gebrüder Klingspor'' in 1906, and turned it into a major concern. Famous type designers like
Rudolf Koch,
Walter Tiemann
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and
Otto Eckmann
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worked for this foundry and created well known typefaces like
Koch Antiqua
Koch-Antiqua is a serif typeface intended for decorative and display use, designed by Rudolf Koch and published by the Klingspor Type Foundry from 1922 onwards. It is a delicate face with a low x-height, intended for decorative printing rather tha ...
,
Wilhelm Klingspor,
Tiemann Antiqua and
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.
Starting in 1925, Klingspor types were distributed in the United States by
Continental Type Founders Association
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.
The foundry closed in 1956 when it was acquired by D. Stempel AG, which had held a majority stake in the company since 1917. The right of the typefaces was transferred to
D. Stempel AG
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,
Frankfurt am Main which then had been transferred to
Linotype. Many original designs can be seen in the
Klingspor Museum
The Klingspor-Museum is a museum in Offenbach, Germany, specializing in the art of modern book production, typography and type. It includes a collection of fine art books from Karl Klingspor, one of the owners of Klingspor Type Foundry in Offe ...
in Offenbach am Main.
Typefaces
These foundry types were produced by the Klingspor Foundry:
[Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, , p. 2408-249]
References
External links
Klingspor-Museum, OffenbachGebrüder Klingspor at www.typophile.com
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Offenbach am Main
Letterpress font foundries of Germany
Companies based in Hesse