Nacional Typefoundry

Fundición Tipográfica Nacional
Company type	Defunct
Industry	Type foundry
Founded	Madrid, Spain (1915)
Defunct	1971
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Key people	Carlos Winkow, Enric Crous-Vidal

Fundición Tipográfica Nacional or the Nacional Typefoundry was for many years the leading type foundry of Spain. It was founded in Madrid in 1915 and functioned there until bought out by Fundición Tipográfica Neufville of Barcelona in 1971. It employed prestigious designers like Carlos Winkow and Enric Crous-Vidal and was noted for its bold and striking art deco faces.

Typefaces[edit]

Alcazar, (1944, Carlos Winkow)
Alfrodita
Astur
Belinda
Cursiva Rusinol, based on Carlos Winkow's Reporter
Electra, digitized by Font Bureau as Romeo. Not to be confused with a similarly named typeface by William Addison Dwiggins for Linotype
Hispalis
Iberica, (1942, Carlos Winkow)
Ilerda, (1954, Enric Crous-Vidal)
Inglés
Imperio
Interpol
Nacional, (1941, Carlos Winkow)
Numantina
Radar
Victoriana

References[edit]

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.

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