10-646: D. Stempel AG was a German typographic foundry founded by David Stempel (1869–1927), in Frankfurt am Main , Germany . Many important font designers worked for the Stempel foundry, including Hans Bohn , Warren Chappell , F. H. Ehmcke, Friedrich Heinrichsen, Hanns Th. Hoyer, F. W. Kleukens, Erich Meyer, Hans Möhring, Hiero Rhode , Wilhelm Schwerdtner, Herbert Thannhaeuser, Martin Wilke , Rudolf Wolf , Victor Hammer , Hermann Zapf , and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse . With
20-508: A foundry. Type foundries may also provide custom type design services. In England, type foundries began in 1476, when William Caxton introduced the printing press , importing at least some of the type that he used in printing. Until William Caslon (1692–1766), English type generally had a poor reputation so the best type was imported from Holland . Only after Caslon had established his Caslon foundry in Chiswell Street , did
30-702: A metal version produced by Hermann Zapf in the 1950s for Stempel, also based on Kis' original matrices. Type foundry A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces . Before digital typography , type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces for hand typesetting , and matrices for line-casting machines like the Linotype and Monotype , for letterpress printers. Today's digital type foundries accumulate and distribute typefaces (typically as digitized fonts ) created by type designers , who may either be freelancers operating their own independent foundry, or employed by
40-622: Is occupied by the Grade II-listed Whitbread Brewery building. In 1750, Samuel Whitbread consolidated production from two smaller breweries, the Goat Brewhouse, where porter was produced, and a brewery in Brick Lane used to produce pale ale and amber ale , on a much larger site. Considerable expansion followed, and beer was brewed here for 225 years, until Whitbread Brewery closed in 1976. Part of
50-561: The City of London become a major centre for the industry, until the end of the 20th century when famous metal-based printing districts such as Fleet Street came to the close of their era. The industry was particularly important in Victorian times , when education became available to all due to the new school boards, and firms such as Charles Reed & Sons , the printer and type founders were in their heyday. The St Bride Printing Library in
60-525: The Nebiolo foundry and continues to cast their types today. Nicolas Kis's original matrices for the typeface Janson have been held by Stempel since 1919. In 1936, a revival of the face was designed by Chauncey H. Griffith of the Mergenthaler Linotype for production of both Linotype matrices and foundry type by Stempel. Today, the most common digital version, Janson Text, comes from
70-650: The City of London encourages wider public interest in the history of type founding for the printed book and newspaper. Chiswell Street Chiswell Street is in the London Borough of Islington . It includes several buildings listed by Historic England . The street, in St Luke's, Islington , runs east-west and forms part of the B100 road. At the west end it becomes Beech Street , with Silk Street running from
80-563: The introduction of Memphis in 1929, the foundry was the first to cast modern slab serif typefaces. From 1900 to 1983, Stempel had an exclusive relationship with Mergenthaler Linotype Company , as one of just a few producers of matrices for the Linotype machine worldwide and the only one in Europe. Starting in 1925, Stempel types were distributed in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association . Linotype AG became
90-526: The majority stockholder in 1941. In 1977, Stempel began manufacturing Phototypesetting equipment . In 1985, Linotype AG purchased Stempel's type department. Stempel closed down in 1986, donating all of its type and equipment to the Darmstadt University of Technology . Schriften-Service D. Stempel GmbH has possession of the matrices of Stempel, Haas , Klingspor Bros. , Deberny & Peignot , Berthold , C.E. Weber , Fonderie Olive , and
100-558: The south of that junction, and Whitecross Street heading north. At its east end it meets Finsbury Square . The western junction marks the boundary of the City of London with the London Borough of Islington: Whitecross Street and Chiswell Street (north and east) are in Islington, while Beech Street and Silk Street (west and south) are in the City. The southern block between Silk Street and Milton Street (once Grub Street )
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