Haas Type Foundry

Haas Type Foundry
Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei
Industry	Type foundry
Founded	1600's
Founder	Jean Exertier
Defunct	1989
Headquarters	Basel, Switzerland
Key people	Johann Wilhelm Haas

Haas Type Foundry buildings in Münchenstein, Switzerland

Haas Type Foundry (Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei) was a Swiss manufacturer of foundry type. First the factory was located in Basel, in the 1920s they relocated to Münchenstein.

History

Haas traces its origins back to the printer Jean Exertier who began casting type during the second half of the 16th century, later passing to the Genath family. In 1718, Johann Wilhelm Haas (1698–1764) from Nuremberg was hired. He later inherited the company as recognition of his efforts. After 1740, the business was run under the Haas name. In 1927 the Stempel Foundry acquired a shareholding in the Haas foundry and the two foundries begin to share matrices. Haas purchased the French foundries Deberny & Peignot in 1972, and Fonderie Olive in 1978. With Linotype’s acquisition of the D. Stempel AG in 1985, they became the majority shareholder. In 1989, Linotype shut down the Haas Foundry, retaining the rights to the typefaces, and transferring metal typefounding operations to Walter Fruttiger AG.^[1]

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Haas:^[2]^[3]

Akzidenz-Grotesk (also Accidenz-Grotesk; not to be confused with Berthold’s Akzidenz Grotesk)
- Akzidenz-Grotesk mager, Wagner & Schmidt
- Akzidenz-Grotesk halbfett, Wagner & Schmidt
- Akzidenz-Grotesk fett, Wagner & Schmidt
- Akzidenz-Grotesk breitmager, Wagner & Schmidt
- Akzidenz-Grotesk breithalbfett, Wagner & Schmidt
- Akzidenz-Grotesk breitfett, Wagner & Schmidt
Aldine
Alt-Fraktur fett, 1840
Altgotisch fett
Anzeigen Grotesk fett
Basler Fraktur
- Basler Fraktur halbfett
- Basler Fraktur fett
- Basler Fraktur schmalhalbfett
Basler Schwabacher
Bodoni
- Bodoni Antiqua mager, 1927, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Kursiv mager, 1928, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Antiqua normal, 1924, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Kursiv normal, 1924, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Antiqua halbfett, 1926, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Kursiv halbfett, 1926, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Antiqua fett, 1930, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Kursiv fett, 1931, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
- Bodoni Antiqua schmalfett, 1938, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
Boutique, a nineteenth-century face.
Bravo, 1945, Emil A. Neukomm
Carmen, 1940, Berthold Types
Caslon
- Caslon Antiqua, 1940, Berthold Types
- Caslon Kursiv, 1924
Castor, Albert Auspurg
Chancelère moderne
Chevalier (1946, E. A. Neukomm, Linotype)
Clarendon
- Clarendon kräftig (1951-53, Hermann Eidenbenz, Linotype)
- Clarendon fett (1953, Hermann Eidenbenz, Linotype)
Cleo
- Cleo halbfett
Columbia
Commercial Grotesk
- Commercial Grotesk halbfett, 1940, E. Thiele
- Commercial Grotesk fett, 1945
- Commercial Grotesk Compact, 1964
Cosmos, 1989
Diethelm Roman (1948-50, Walter Diethelm), later Linotype (Frankfurt) (1957)
Écriture ornée
Egyptienne
- Egyptienne halbfett
Estienne
Etienne schmalfett (1902) originally cast by Wagner & Schmidt, later cast by Stempel and Amsterdam.
Favorita
- Favorita fett
Fontana
Froben Gotisch, Wagner & Schmidt
- Froben Gotisch halbfett, Wagner & Schmidt
Gotisch modern, Hermann Eidenbenz
Graphique, 1945
Graziella
Französische Grotesk, Schelter & Giesecke
- Grotesk halbfett
- Grotesk schlank fett
- Grotesk kompakt, 1893
- Grotesk breitfett
- Grotesk eng
Helvetica aka. Neue Haas Grotesk, 1957, Max Miedinger, Linotype
- Helvetica mager, 1958, Max Miedinger, Linotype
- Helvetica halbfett, 1957, Max Miedinger, Linotype
- Helvetica Kursiv halbfett, 1969, Linotype
- Helvetica fett, 1959, Max Miedinger, Linotype
- Helvetica Kursiv fett, 1967, Linotype
- Helvetica extrabreit leicht, 1972
- Helvetica extrabreit viertelfett, 1974
- Helvetica breitfett, 1959
- Helvetica schmalhalbfett
- Helvetica schmalfett
- Helvetica Compact, 1964
- Helvetica Outline, 1973
Herkules
Hermes, 1922
Horizontal, 1965, Max Miedinger
Ideal Antiqua schmalhalbfett, E. Thiele
Ideal Roman (1941), a nineteenth-century design, later cast by Stempel as Jeannette
Inserat Grotesk
- Inserat Grotesk schmal, Wagner & Schmidt
- Inserat Grotesk fett, Wagner & Schmidt
Juno
- Juno mager, Wagner & Schmidt
- Juno fett, Wagner & Schmidt, Linotype
»Libertas«, Zweifarbenschrift
Normal Grotesk (derivative of Haas Akzidenz-Grotesk)
- Normal Grotesk mager
- Normal Grotesk Kursiv mager
- Normal Grotesk halbfett
- Normal Grotesk fett
- Normal Grotesk dreiviertelfett
- Normal Grotesk breitmager
- Normal Grotesk breithalbfett
- Normal Grotesk breitfett, Wagner & Schmidt
Normande
- Normande englisch
- Normande neu
Nürnberger Schwabacher, 1927
Pollux, 1925, Albert Auspurg
Pro Arte, 1954, Max Miedinger
Profil, 1947, Eugen and Max Lenz, Bitstream
Renaissance
- Renaissance modern mager
- Renaissance Kursiv
- Renaissance halbfett
- Renaissance Kursiv halbfett
Rhenania, Wagner & Schmidt
Rhenania
- Rhenania Kursiv, Wagner & Schmidt
- Rhenania halbfett, Wagner & Schmidt
- Rhenania fett, 1941, Wagner & Schmidt
- Rhenania schmalhalbfett, Wagner & Schmidt
Riccardo, Richard Gerbig
Romana
- Romana Kursiv
- Romana halbfett
- Romana Kursiv halbfett
- Romana fett
Sculptura, 1957
Stella
Superba
- Superba, 1934, E. Thiele
- Superba fett, 1937, E. Thiele
- Superba licht, E. Thiele
Teutonisch, 1934
Titania, about 1906
Troubadour, 1926, Wagner & Schmidt
- Troubadour halbfett, 1928, Wagner & Schmidt
- Troubadour licht, 1931, E. Thiele
Universa, 1924
Vertical, 1955

References

↑ "Font Designer – Haas Type Foundry". Linotype. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
↑
- Klingspor Museum, Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei, (German)
↑ 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

External links

Erny & Schneider, Architekten, architectural plan for conversion of former Haas Type Foundry

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