not intended for continuous justified text), based on a glass disc font master. The Diatype was a relatively small desktop-sized headline-setting device (i.e.
Cold Type Īs a typefounder, Berthold had no background in producing cold type machinery until the introduction of the Diatype in 1958. In 1950, type designer Günter Gerhard Lange embarked upon a long affiliation with the company, for which he designed various original typefaces, including Concorde and Imago, and oversaw the foundry's revivals of classic faces such as Garamond, Caslon, Baskerville, and Bodoni. Berthold foundry's most celebrated family of typefaces is arguably Akzidenz-Grotesk (released 1898), an early sans-serif which prefigured by half a century the release of enormously popular neo-grotesque faces such as Helvetica. In 1979 the factory moved to another location between Teltow Canal and Wiesenweg in Lichterfelde. 1 until 1868, and then on Mehringdamm 43. The production premises were on Wilhelmstrasse No. The company played a key role in the introduction of major new typefaces and was a successful player in the development of typesetting machines. It then moved into casting metal type particularly after 1893. Berthold was founded in Berlin in 1858 by Hermann Berthold, initially to make machined brass printer's rule.
A 1905 advertisement for Berthold in a Swedish printing journal, showcasing its Herold typeface.
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