Berthold
Founded in Berlin in 1858 by Hermann Berthold (1831–1904) as institute for galvanotyping and later as brass rule factory. Acquired the Reinhold foundry in 1893. Transformed into a stock company in 1896, trading as H. Berthold AG. Acquired Bauer & Co in Stuttgart in 1897. Started a branch in St. Petersburg in 1898 by taking over the local Ross foundry. Acquired Rust in Vienna (1905), Theinhardt in Berlin (1908), Flinsch’s Petersburg branch (1912), Tech in Berlin (1917) together with Gursch, and Gursch (1918). Böttger, Brockhaus, Rühl in Leipzig and Kahle in Weimar were taken over in 1918 and merged into the Böttger foundry in Leipzig-Paunsdorf. Klinkhardt (1919) and Kloberg (1922) were added to form Berthold’s Böttger-Klinkhardt branch in Leipzig. Started a branch in Riga when the Petersburg operation was nationalized. In 1926, Stempel acquired a 50% share in the Vienna branch and Berthold received half of the shares in the First Hungarian Type Foundry in Budapest in return. In 1927, Stempel took over Poppelbaum in Vienna and continued to operate it as Berthold & Stempel. Also in 1927, Stempel and Berthold acquired stakes in Haas, Switzerland (sold again in 1955). Acquired one third of More…
Founded in Berlin in 1858 by Hermann Berthold (1831–1904) as institute for galvanotyping and later as brass rule factory. Acquired the Reinhold foundry in 1893. Transformed into a stock company in 1896, trading as H. Berthold AG. Acquired Bauer & Co in Stuttgart in 1897. Started a branch in St. Petersburg in 1898 by taking over the local Ross foundry. Acquired Rust in Vienna (1905), Theinhardt in Berlin (1908), Flinsch’s Petersburg branch (1912), Tech in Berlin (1917) together with Gursch, and Gursch (1918). Böttger, Brockhaus, Rühl in Leipzig and Kahle in Weimar were taken over in 1918 and merged into the Böttger foundry in Leipzig-Paunsdorf. Klinkhardt (1919) and Kloberg (1922) were added to form Berthold’s Böttger-Klinkhardt branch in Leipzig. Started a branch in Riga when the Petersburg operation was nationalized. In 1926, Stempel acquired a 50% share in the Vienna branch and Berthold received half of the shares in the First Hungarian Type Foundry in Budapest in return. In 1927, Stempel took over Poppelbaum in Vienna and continued to operate it as Berthold & Stempel. Also in 1927, Stempel and Berthold acquired stakes in Haas, Switzerland (sold again in 1955). Acquired one third of Genzsch & Heyse in Hamburg (1929). In 1930, Bauer & Co in Stuttgart was closed and replaced by a Berthold branch office. The Leipzig operation closed in 1930. The Budapest company was lost in 1944. [Klingspor-Museum]
Developed the Diatype phototypesetting machine in the 1950s, and introduced the keyboard-controlled Diatronic in 1967. Production of foundry type was discontinued in 1978, and the casting program taken over by Johannes Wagner. After the lucrative business of photosetting machines and fonts declined, Berthold had to file for bankruptcy in 1993. The rights to their digital type library were claimed by Chicago company Berthold Types Ltd. [Klingspor-Museum] Their assets were acquired by Monotype in 2022 [Announcement].
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Typefaces:
- Akzidenz-Grotesk (325)
- Motter Ombra (69)
- Akzidenz-Grotesk Condensed (62)
- Brush Script (52)
- Anzeigen-Grotesk / Neue Aurora IX (47)
- Berthold Block (45)
- Haas Inserat-Grotesk / Neue Aurora VIII (44)
- Bookman Bold Swash (40)
- Egyptienne (38)
- Hellenic Wide (32)
- Beton (30)
- Churchward Design (30)
- Kalligraphia (29)
- Annonce / Aurora-Grotesk V (26)
- Erbar-Grotesk (26)
- Motter Tektura (26)
- City (23)
- Dynamo (21)
- VAG Rounded (18)
- Neue Moderne Grotesk / Aurora-Grotesk I–IV (15)
- Black Line (14)
- DIN 1451 Engschrift (14)
- Normande (14)
- Fanfare (13)
- Signal (Berthold) (13)
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- Charleston (Ludwig & Mayer) (12)
- Phosphor (12)
- Tip-Top (12)
- Steile Futura (11)
- Berthold-Grotesk (10)
- Churchward Marianna (10)
- Kennerley (10)
- Embrionic (9)
- Herold (9)
- Post-Antiqua (9)
- Thalia (9)
- AG Book (8)
- Alte Schwabacher (8)
- Ariston (8)
- Edel-Grotesk / Aurora-Grotesk VI–VII (8)
- Etienne schmal (8)
- Fette Gotisch (8)
- Amsterdamer Garamont (7)
- Corporate S (7)
- Poppl-Exquisit (7)
- Titanic (7)
- Circus (6)
- Inserat-Grotesk schmal / Aurora-Grotesk VIII (6)
- Solemnis (6)
- Sorbonne (6)
- Titania (6)
- Artistik (5)
- Cirkulus (5)
- ITC Fenice (5)
- Lo-Schrift (5)
- Palette (5)
- Regina-Kursiv (5)
- Westminster (5)
- Barmeno (4)
- Berliner Grotesk (4)
- Berthold Walbaum (4)
- Daphne (4)
- Fette Kursiv-Grotesk (4)
- Mainzer Fraktur (4)
- Michelangelo (4)
- Motter Alustyle (4)
- Pierrot (4)
- Schmale Herold (4)
- Secession (4)
- Umbra 27 (4)
- Walbaum-Fraktur (4)
- AG Book Rounded (3)
- AG Book Stencil (3)
- Akzidenz-Grotesk Next (3)
- Archaic (3)
- Black Body (3)
- Circo (3)
- Concorde (3)
- Deutschland (3)
- DIN 17 (3)
- Elzevir (Gursch) (3)
- Formata (3)
- Industria (Gursch) (3)
- Inserat-Grotesk fett / Aurora-Grotesk IX (3)
- Korinna (3)
- Morris Troy (3)
- Oriente (3)
- Schmale runde Grotesk (3)
- Academy (2)
- Akzidenz-Gotisch schmal (Bauer) (2)
- Alexandra (2)
- Angelus-Mediäval (2)
- Aral (2)
- Arrighi (2)
- Berthold Caslon Book (2)
- Bodoni Antiqua (2)
- Boldface Italic (2)
- Boulevard (2)
- Caprice (Berthold) (2)
- Champion (2)
- Concordia (2)
- Cruikshank (2)
- De Vinne Open (2)
- DIN 16 (2)
- Domino (2)
- Druckhaus-Antiqua (2)
- Englische Schreibschrift (2)
- Etienne eng (2)
- Gerstner Original (2)
- Gesh Export 233 (2)
- Gesh Ortega Roman 275 (2)
- Herkules (Berthold) (2)
- Imago (2)
- Knirsch (2)
- Lateinisch (2)
- Lithographia (Klinkhardt) (2)
- Longina (2)
- Mirjam (2)
- Poell (2)
- Poppl-Laudatio (2)
- Post-Mediaeval (2)
- Trump-Deutsch (2)
- AG Book Rounded Bold Condensed (1)
- AG Royal (1)
- AG Schoolbook (1)
- Aja (1)
- Alpine (1)
- Arkona (1)
- Bellevue (1)
- Berthold Baskerville (1)
- Berthold Garamond (1)
- Berthold Schreibmaschinenschrift (1)
- Boldiz (1)
- Boton (1)
- Carola-Grotesk (1)
- Catull (1)
- Caxton Black (1)
- Churchward 69 (1)
- Churchward Brush (1)
- Churchward Design Lines (1)
- Corporate A (1)
- Dektiv Double (1)
- Delta (1)
- Derby (1)
- Dynamik (1)
- El Greco (1)
- Fox (1)
- Frank-Rühl (1)
- Gerstner-Programm (1)
- Graphis (1)
- Gutenberg-Gotisch (1)
- Halbfette Cursiv-Grotesque (1)
- Hansa-Fraktur (1)
- Houghton (1)
- Ideal-Grotesk (1)
- Industria Gravur (1)
- Initiales Ombrées (Deberny & Peignot) (1)
- Isolde halbfett (1)
- Jumbo (Berthold) (1)
- König-Type (1)
- Lady Text (1)
- Liebing-Type (1)
- Lipsia-Antiqua (1)
- Manessa (1)
- Mignon (1)
- Mr. Big (1)
- Nofret (1)
- Original-Altgotisch (1)
- Poppl Heavy (1)
- Poppl-Pontifex (1)
- Primitive (1)
- Primus (1)
- Radio (Berthold) (1)
- Rundfunk (1)
- Santana (1)
- Schreibmaschinenschrift 41044 (1)
- Stam (1)
- Typo Text (1)
- Wiegands Roundhead (1)
- Zeitungs-Grotesque (1)
- Abold
- AG Old Face
- AG Schoolbook Two
- Agora
- Airport
- Alt-Mediäval
- Altdeutsch
- Arbiter
- Arena
- Arena New
- Augsburger Initialen
- Augsburger Ornamente
- Augsburger Schrift
- Augustea (Berthold)
- Aurora-Grotesk XI–XII
- Avantis
- Aviso
- Azuree
- Ballade
- Bayer-Type
- Beat Star
- Belladonna
- Berthold Baskerville Book
- Berthold Block W1G
- Berthold Bodoni Old Face
- Berthold Bodoni Old Face W1G
- Berthold Caslon 471
- Berthold Futura
- Berthold Kis
- Berthold Standard
- Berthold Standard Diagonal
- Berthold Walbaum Book (Berthold)
- Berthold-Script
- Beton Hairline
- Billet
- Block-Fraktur
- Bookman Meola
- Breda-Gotisch
- Brudi-Mediaeval
- Bulk
- Chasseur
- Christiana
- Churchward Blackbeauty 72
- Churchward Maricia
- Churchward Tua
- CMC-7
- Colossalis
- Comenius
- Concorde Nova
- Constantia & Intarsia
- Cornet
- Corporate E
- Cosmos
- Courante Gotisch
- Crayon
- Cremona
- Daily News
- Delitsch-Antiqua
- Delitsch-Initialen
- Donatus
- Ella Cursief
- Enge Antiqua
- Epikur
- Erasmus-Mediaeval
- Esther
- Evo
- Expression
- Fancy Celtic
- Favorit-Grotesk
- Flamingo
- Flange
- Formata W1G
- Fortunata
- Fraktur-Kursiv
- Franklin-Antiqua
- Futura (Berthold)
- Futura Black Art Deco
- G.K.W. Computer
- Galathea
- Gesh Introduction
- Globe 1 & 6
- Graublock
- Grimm-Antiqua
- Hansa-Kursiv
- Helicon
- Hertha
- Hobby
- Hochblock
- Imago W1G
- Information
- Inseratschrift Record
- Isolde (Wagner & Schmidt)
- Jacobea
- Jaeger-Antiqua
- Janus (Berthold)
- Jersey
- Jiu-Jitsu
- Jockey (Berthold)
- Johnson
- Journal-Antiqua
- Juno
- Kantate
- Kanzlei-Fraktur
- Karten-Augustea
- Kaufhaus-Fraktur
- Kavalier
- Klinger-Antiqua
- Knock-out
- Komet (Berthold)
- Kupferstich-Schrift Prinzeß
- König-Schwabacher
- Lapidar (Berthold)
- Leopard
- Lo-Type
- Logotype
- London Text
- Lux Antieke
- Lynton
- Mainorm
- Mainzer Fraktur Initialen
- Marbrook
- Mark Twain
- Media Serif
- Metropolitaines
- Mikaway
- Moderne Versalien
- Monument
- Nero (Berthold)
- Neue Schwabacher (Klinkhardt)
- Nordling
- Nova (Berthold)
- Nürnberger Schwabacher
- Open Nobel Kapitalen
- Osiris
- Persona Black
- Pinocchio
- Plastica
- Plural (Berthold)
- Poppl College
- Poppl Fraktur
- Poppl Leporello
- Poppl Saladin
- Poppl Stretto
- Poppl-Residenz
- Post-Antiqua (Berthold)
- Post-Fraktur
- Post-Marcato
- Prado
- Presse
- Quadra 57
- Quadriga
- Ramses-Antiqua
- Recta-Kursiv
- Regina (Berthold)
- Reiner Black
- Royal Grotesk W1G
- Royal-Grotesk
- Runde Grotesk
- Sacher
- Saxonia
- Sayer Esprit
- Schattenschrift
- Schneider Libretto
- Schneider-Antiqua
- Schueller
- Schwabing
- Sebaldus-Gotisch
- Semin-Antiqua
- Senatus
- Seneca
- Signata
- Simone
- Straßburg
- Stuttgarter Fraktur
- Succes
- Swing (Berthold)
- Tango-Antiqua
- Tango-Kursiv
- Tango-Kursiv fett
- Touring
- Tradition
- Transit
- Tristan (Böttger)
- Triton
- Troubadour
- Twice
- Umbra (Berthold)
- Unger-Fraktur
- Venetia
- Vergil
- Vertical
- Vertikal
- Vesta (AGfSuM)
- Vienna
- Viola
- Visitenkartenschrift
- Voel Beat
- Voel Bianca
- Voel Kars
- Waltraute
- Watzlcross
- Watzlform
- Watzlsnap
- Whittingham
- Wiegands Adbold
- Wiegands Baroque
- Wiegands Renaissance
- Wiener Grotesk
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