Haas Type Foundry buildings in Münchenstein, Switzerland

Haas Type Foundry (Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei) was a Swiss manufacturer of foundry type. First the factory was located in Basel, in the 1920s they relocated to Münchenstein.

History

Haas traces its origins back to the printer Jean Exertier who began casting type during the second half of the 16th century, later passing to the Genath family. In 1718, Johann Wilhelm Haas (1698–1764) from Nuremberg was hired. He later inherited the company as recognition of his efforts. After 1740, the business was run under the Haas name. In 1927 the Stempel Foundry acquired a shareholding in the Haas foundry and the two foundries begin to share matrices. Haas purchased the French foundries Deberny & Peignot in 1972, and Fonderie Olive in 1978. With Linotype’s acquisition of the D. Stempel AG in 1985, they became the majority shareholder. In 1989, Linotype shut down the Haas Foundry, retaining the rights to the typefaces, and transferring metal typefounding operations to Walter Fruttiger AG.

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Haas:

  • Akzidenz-Grotesk (also Accidenz-Grotesk; not to be confused with Berthold’s Akzidenz Grotesk) Akzidenz-Grotesk mager, Wagner & Schmidt Akzidenz-Grotesk halbfett, Wagner & Schmidt Akzidenz-Grotesk fett, Wagner & Schmidt Akzidenz-Grotesk breitmager, Wagner & Schmidt Akzidenz-Grotesk breithalbfett, Wagner & Schmidt Akzidenz-Grotesk breitfett, Wagner & Schmidt
  • Aldine
  • Alt-Fraktur fett, 1840
  • Altgotisch fett
  • Anzeigen Grotesk fett
  • Basler Fraktur Basler Fraktur halbfett Basler Fraktur fett Basler Fraktur schmalhalbfett
  • Basler Schwabacher
  • Bodoni Bodoni Antiqua mager, 1927, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Kursiv mager, 1928, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Antiqua normal, 1924, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Kursiv normal, 1924, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Antiqua halbfett, 1926, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Kursiv halbfett, 1926, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Antiqua fett, 1930, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Kursiv fett, 1931, E. Thiele, Berthold Types Bodoni Antiqua schmalfett, 1938, E. Thiele, Berthold Types
  • Boutique, a nineteenth-century face.
  • Bravo, 1945, Emil A. Neukomm
  • Carmen, 1940, Berthold Types
  • Caslon Caslon Antiqua, 1940, Berthold Types Caslon Kursiv, 1924
  • Castor, Albert Auspurg
  • Chancelère moderne
  • Chevalier (1946, E. A. Neukomm, Linotype)
  • Clarendon Clarendon kräftig (1951-53, Hermann Eidenbenz, Linotype) Clarendon fett (1953, Hermann Eidenbenz, Linotype)
  • Cleo Cleo halbfett
  • Columbia
  • Commercial Grotesk Commercial Grotesk halbfett, 1940, E. Thiele Commercial Grotesk fett, 1945 Commercial Grotesk Compact, 1964
  • Cosmos, 1989
  • Diethelm Roman (1948-50, Walter Diethelm), later Linotype (Frankfurt) (1957)
  • Écriture ornée
  • Egyptienne Egyptienne halbfett
  • Estienne
  • Etienne schmalfett (1902) originally cast by Wagner & Schmidt, later cast by Stempel and Amsterdam.
  • Favorita Favorita fett
  • Fontana
  • Froben Gotisch, Wagner & Schmidt Froben Gotisch halbfett, Wagner & Schmidt
  • Gotisch modern, Hermann Eidenbenz
  • Graphique, 1945
  • Graziella
  • Französische Grotesk, Schelter & Giesecke Grotesk halbfett Grotesk schlank fett Grotesk kompakt, 1893 Grotesk breitfett Grotesk eng
  • Helvetica aka. Neue Haas Grotesk, 1957, Max Miedinger, Linotype Helvetica mager, 1958, Max Miedinger, Linotype Helvetica halbfett, 1957, Max Miedinger, Linotype Helvetica Kursiv halbfett, 1969, Linotype Helvetica fett, 1959, Max Miedinger, Linotype Helvetica Kursiv fett, 1967, Linotype Helvetica extrabreit leicht, 1972 Helvetica extrabreit viertelfett, 1974 Helvetica breitfett, 1959 Helvetica schmalhalbfett Helvetica schmalfett Helvetica Compact, 1964 Helvetica Outline, 1973
  • Herkules
  • Hermes, 1922
  • Horizontal, 1965, Max Miedinger
  • Ideal Antiqua schmalhalbfett, E. Thiele
  • Ideal Roman (1941), a nineteenth-century design, later cast by Stempel as Jeannette
  • Inserat Grotesk Inserat Grotesk schmal, Wagner & Schmidt Inserat Grotesk fett, Wagner & Schmidt
  • Juno Juno mager, Wagner & Schmidt Juno fett, Wagner & Schmidt, Linotype
  • »Libertas«, Zweifarbenschrift
  • Normal-Grotesk§ (derivative of Haas Akzidenz-Grotesk) Normal Grotesk mager Normal Grotesk Kursiv mager Normal Grotesk halbfett Normal Grotesk fett Normal Grotesk dreiviertelfett Normal Grotesk breitmager Normal Grotesk breithalbfett Normal Grotesk breitfett, Wagner & Schmidt
  • Normande Normande englisch Normande neu
  • Nürnberger Schwabacher, 1927
  • Pollux, 1925, Albert Auspurg
  • Pro Arte, 1954, Max Miedinger
  • Profil, 1947, Eugen and Max Lenz, Bitstream
  • Renaissance Renaissance modern mager Renaissance Kursiv Renaissance halbfett Renaissance Kursiv halbfett
  • Rhenania, Wagner & Schmidt
  • Rhenania Rhenania Kursiv, Wagner & Schmidt Rhenania halbfett, Wagner & Schmidt Rhenania fett, 1941, Wagner & Schmidt Rhenania schmalhalbfett, Wagner & Schmidt
  • Riccardo, Richard Gerbig
  • Romana Romana Kursiv Romana halbfett Romana Kursiv halbfett Romana fett
  • Sculptura, 1957
  • Stella
  • Superba Superba, 1934, E. Thiele Superba fett, 1937, E. Thiele Superba licht, E. Thiele
  • Teutonisch, 1934
  • Titania, about 1906
  • Troubadour, 1926, Wagner & Schmidt Troubadour halbfett, 1928, Wagner & Schmidt Troubadour licht, 1931, E. Thiele
  • Unica, 1980, Team ’77
  • Universa, 1924
  • Vertical, 1955

External links

  • , architectural plan for conversion of former Haas Type Foundry