Buying real type

The last two days, I was invited for a lecture in Barcelona, part of the Ligaturas series. As usual, Barcelona is a very nice city, but among various things you can do there, I don’t wanted to miss a visit to Bauer Foundry, the last foundry in activity in the world (?) who still cast type. I meet there Wolfgang Hartmann and after a visit of the place where they still produce metal type (the day I came at least), I decided to buy two fonts, and couple of ornaments. It is not that I have a use for that type, but it was a interesting experience for me and good to have more of those for my students. The fonts are generally provided with Didot size, but Bauer provide in any Anglo American sizes all the fonts they have.

So, I came back with Rondo in 20pts size and Sirena in 12pts size along two lines of Weiss borders.

jfp le 18.06.04 — cat. — tags

2 Commentaires "Buying real type"

  1. Dear Sir:
    We just purchased an automatic ribbon imprining machine. We are looking for Rondo type new. We are looking for complete sets of rondo from 18 point to 72 point. We have old type that has some bad letters. This type seems to be most popular and we can’t seem to find any foundries that make it any more. Do you have any suggestions? I would appreciate any help you can give us. We are located in the United States.
    Thank you,
    Judy Rappoport
    President
    Judy Rappoport — Sep 18, 20:19
  2. Thanks for your interest! But I have the feeling to being not clear on my article? I bought in Barcelona Bauer foundry Rondo in 20pt size. The fonts are generally provided with Didot size, but Bauer can provide in any Anglo American sizes all the fonts they have.

    So, contact Wolfgang Hartmann to get quotations!
    jfp — Sep 19, 00:04