The Amsterdam Type Foundry () was a type foundry based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

History The type foundry was established by Nicolaas Tetterode in 1851.

It contributed a number of original type designs early in the 20th century, some of which were designed by S. H. de Roos and Dick Dooijes.

In the 20th century, only two major typefoundries survived in the Netherlands. In Haarlem, the old typefoundry of Joh. Enschedé was their competitor. In order to divide the market, these firms kept a certain difference in type-height. Amsterdam: 66 + 1/24 point Didot, and Enschedé: 66 - 1/24 point Didot. Enough to prevent the combined use of their type.

Eventually, it became a division of Tetterode. On October 1, 2000, Tetterode transferred the rights for all of its typefaces to Linotype.

Typefaces

Foundry Type These foundry types were produced by the Type foundry Amsterdam:Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, , p. 2408-249Choice of Modern types, second revised edition, character proof of Lettergieterij Amsterdam, (no date) Aigrette, script initials Arsis Atlas light normal bold Bristol (1929). Bodoni light Bodoni Bodoni semi bold Bodoni Bold Carlton (1929), an in-line version of Bristol. Choc (1964, Roger Excoffon) originally released by Fonderie Olive in 1955. Columbia, originally cast in 1904 as Kolonial by the Woellmer Type Foundry, also cast as Buffalo by the H.C. Hansen Type Foundry of Boston. Contura (1966, Dick Dooijes) De Roos (1947, S.H. de Roos). De Roos roman De Roos italic De Roos initials Egmont (1933, S.H. de Roos), later copied by Intertype (1937). Egmont Egmont light roman & italic Egmont bold Egmont inline capitals Egyptian Bold, a nineteenth century design. Erasmus mediaeval Erasmus mediaeval roman Erasmus mediaeval italic Erasmus mediaeval initials (2 series) Excelsior, script normal light semi bold Garamont, based on the ATF design of 1917. Gracia, script Gravure (1912), a copy of G. Peignot et Fils' Moreau-le-Jeune. series 1 series 2 Gravure open Gravure decorative italic capitals Grotesque condensed light condensed bold small bold card grotesque caps light card grotesque caps bold Grotius Hermes (1924), a tooled version of Caslon. Hidalgo (1939, Stefan Schlesinger. Hollandsche Mediaeval Hollandsche Mediaeval roman Hollandsche Mediaeval italic Hollandsche Mediaeval semi bold Hollandsche Mediaeval ornamented initials & initialen Ideal Iris Impressum (1962, Baum + Bauer), originally cut for Stempel Type Foundry. Juno Libra, S.H. de Roos normal light Nobel light bold condensed condensed bold small capitals small capitals light inline capitals Old Dutch Pressa, originally cut by Intertype as Ideal News. Romaans (Riegerl Weissenborn), based upon Schelter & Giesecke's Romanisch and later copied as Intertype's Lormier. Reiner script Rondo, script normal bold Savoy Simplex normal semi bold Studio Typewriter Visite

Cold Type These designs were produced by the Type foundry Amsterdam for photocomposition: Adonis (1971, Andrea Cretton), later cast in metal by Stephenson Blake.

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