German type foundry and printing press manufacturer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
J.G. Schelter & Giesecke was a German type foundry and manufacturer of printing presses started 1819 in Leipzig by punchcutter Johann Schelter and typefounder Christian Friedrich Giesecke (1793-1850). The foundry was nationalized in 1946 by the new German Democratic Republic, forming VEB Typoart, Dresden.[1]
Borghese (1904) An Art Nouveau face, revived by Ralph M. Unger as Borghese (2015).
Breite Grotesk (1886) This typeface influenced the Bauhaus movement and was a forerunner of Helvetica. Revived by Nick Curtis as Schelter Grotesk NF (2010), and by Arve Båtevik as Sagen Grotesk,Breite Halbfette Grotesk and Breite magere Grotesk (2015).
Koralle (1929[8]) Nick Curtis based his Koralle NF (2012) and Koralle Rounded NF (2014) on this typeface; see also the recent revival Koralle RMU (2018) by Ralph M. Unger.
Leipziger Lateinschrift (1908)
Liane (1908)
Meierschrift (1904-1908, C.F. Meier)
Mimosenzierat (1909, Heinz Keune)
Moderne enge halbfette Fraktur (1886)
Monos (1912)
Münster-Gotisch (1896) Revived by Paulo W as Münster Gotische (2009). Gerhard Helzel also did a revival.
The foundry claimed by the twentieth century to have been one of the first to offer general-purpose sans-serif typefaces with lower-case, as early as 1825.[12][13] This was repeated by some authors, but is now known to be untrue: Wolfgang Homola dates it to 1882 based on a study of Schelter & Giesecke specimens.[2][lower-alpha 1]
Beginning in 1827 Schelter & Giesecke manufactured letterpress presses, cylinder proof presses and platen presses; and after World War I also of web-fed, letterpress and flexo printing presses.
The Leipzig house of foundry co-owner Georg Giesecke, designed by Berlin architect Max Hasak, survives and is listed.[16]
Unless otherwise noted, all types in this list are cited from "J.G. Schelter&Giesecke type list". Luc Devroye. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
"J.G. Schelter&Giesecke / Koralle". Luc Devroye. School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Retrieved 7 January 2021. Georg Kraus mentions the date 1915, as does Nick Curtis .