Weber Typefoundry

C.E. Weber was a German type foundry established in 1827 in Stuttgart. Noted designers working for the foundry included Georg Trump, and Ernst Schneidler. The foundry closed in 1970;[1] some designs passed to the Johannes Wagner Type Foundry, others to Stempel.[2]

C.E. Weber Typefoundry
TypeAktiengesellschaft
IndustryType foundry
Founded1827
Defunct1970
HeadquartersStuttgart, Germany
Key people
Georg Trump

Typefaces

Foundry types produced by C.E. Weber:[3]

  • Amati (1951, Georg Trump)
  • Codex (1954-56, Georg Trump)
  • Delphin (1951-55, Georg Trump)
  • Deutsch Römisch (1926, F. H. E. Schneidler)
  • Forelle (1936, Erich Mollowitz), originally cast by Trennert as Rheingold. Also copied by Stephenson Blake as Mercury.
  • Forum (Georg Trump)
  • Holländisch (1922 - 26, Peter A. Demeter)
  • Hollandse Mediaeval (1912, S. H. De Roos), later sold by Intertype as Mediaeval.
  • Jaguar (1967, Georg Trump)
  • Mauritius (1965, Georg Trump)
  • Mimosa, a knock-off of Copperplate Gothic, later cast by Typoart.
  • Palomba (1955, Georg Trump)
  • Schadow (1938-52, Georg Trump)
  • Signum (1955, Georg Trump)
  • Time (1956, Georg Trump)
  • Trump Mediaeval (1954, Georg Trump), also made by Linotype (Frankfurt).

References
  1. "Weber". MyFonts. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  2. Duensing, Paul Hayden Metal Type: Whither Ten Years Hense? Fine Print Magazine, January 1985.
  3. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 2408-249
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