History

1927
D. Stempel acquires a shareholding in the Haas’sche type foundry in Basel/Münchenstein (established in 1790).


1925
Linotype introduces “Ionic” as a typeface designed for newspaper typesetting. This new design inspires the development of a range of new typefaces, which come to be known as the “Legibility Group.”


1924
Following the company merger of Girard & Co. and Peignot, the type foundry Deberny & Peignot is established.


1919
D. Stempel takes over the type division of W. Drugulin, Leipzig (established in 1800).
D. Stempel acquires a share of the type foundry Brötz & Glock, Frankfurt (established in 1892).


1918
D. Stempel takes over the type foundry Heinrich Hoffmeister, Leipzig (established in 1898).


1917
D. Stempel acquires a majority share of the type foundry Klingspor Bros., Offenbach.


1915
D. Stempel takes over the type foundry Roos & Junge, Offenbach (established in 1886).


1911
For the first time, Arabic text is set using a Linotype machine.


1906
The Rudhard’sche Foundry (established in 1842) is renamed Klingspor Bros.


1904
Worldwide there are 10 000 Linotype casting machines in use.
The sons of Karl Klingspor, Karl and Wilhelm, become sole owners of the Rudhard’sche Foundry in Offenbach.


1900
Type matrixes produced for Linotype casting machines by D. Stempel.
Mergenthaler Casting Machines in Berlin and D. Stempel in Frankfurt sign a contract to produce typefaces for Linotype. The first Linotype typefaces created by D. Stempel were Kolonel Fraktur No.5, Petit Fraktur No.5, and Kolonel Double-Letter Fraktur (“Fraktur” = German Gothic typeface).

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