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Genzsch & Heyse Schriftgießerei A.G.
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
IndustryType foundry
Founded1833 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderJohann August Genzsch Edit this on Wikidata
Defunct1963 Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersHamburg, Germany
ParentBauersche Gießerei
Berthold Type Foundry
Stempel Type Foundry Edit this on Wikidata

Genzsch & Heyse was a German type foundry established in Hamburg.[1] In the 1920s and 1930s, G+H types were sold in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association.[2]

Typefaces

Example in typeface Alte-Schwabacher

The following foundry types were issued by the Trennert Type Foundry:[3]

2

References

  1. ^ Genzmer, Fritz, "Das Buch des Setzers," 1948.
  2. ^ Specimen Book of Continental Types, Continental Type Founders Association, N.Y.C., 1929.
  3. ^ List of foundry types taken from these sources:
    • 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.
    • "Foundry Type Fonts of German Type Foundries at the End of the Nazi Era Pro" (PDF). Ulrich Stiehl. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  4. ^ Eckman, James, The Inland Type Foundry, 1894-1911, PAGA, vol. 8, 1960, pp. 34 & 39.