The company nearly went bankrupt at the end of the 19th century because the company's administration assumed that type founding, rather than typesetting, would be automated. The new owner, Georg Hartmann, succeeded in saving the company. Subsequently, the company grew, also due to several takeovers, e.g. in 1916 by Frankfurt's type foundry Flinsch, itself a global player. In 1927, an office was opened in New York City.
In 1972, all activities of the headquarters in Frankfurt were reportedly ceased and transferred to the former subsidiary company,
Neufville Typefoundry in
Barcelona, after 1995 to
Bauer Types, which still owns the rights to many typefaces. These are distributed by companies like
Monotype,
Adobe, Paratype, URW++,
Elsner & Flake, as well as Neufville Digital for the typeface Futura ND.
Typefaces
The following foundry types were issued by Bauer:[1]
Konrad F. Bauer: Zur Geschichte der Unger-Fraktur. Sonderabzug aus dem
Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1929. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Eberhard Hölscher: Ansprache bei der Eröffnung der Ausstellung "Der Schriftkünstler E. R. Weiß", anlässlich seines sechzigsten Geburtstages, im Schriftmuseum Rudolf Blanckertz in Berlin, 1935. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Greif, eine Geschichte des Buchdrucker-Wappentieres, 1939. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Ein Stammbaum der Schrift, 1962. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A. F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces, Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983,
ISBN0-7137-1347-X, pp. 2408–249.[clarification needed]
Specimen Book of Bauer Types (second edition), The Bauer Typefoundry, Inc., New York City.
For Your Guidance, Bauer Alphabets, Inc., New York City.
The company nearly went bankrupt at the end of the 19th century because the company's administration assumed that type founding, rather than typesetting, would be automated. The new owner, Georg Hartmann, succeeded in saving the company. Subsequently, the company grew, also due to several takeovers, e.g. in 1916 by Frankfurt's type foundry Flinsch, itself a global player. In 1927, an office was opened in New York City.
In 1972, all activities of the headquarters in Frankfurt were reportedly ceased and transferred to the former subsidiary company,
Neufville Typefoundry in
Barcelona, after 1995 to
Bauer Types, which still owns the rights to many typefaces. These are distributed by companies like
Monotype,
Adobe, Paratype, URW++,
Elsner & Flake, as well as Neufville Digital for the typeface Futura ND.
Typefaces
The following foundry types were issued by Bauer:[1]
Konrad F. Bauer: Zur Geschichte der Unger-Fraktur. Sonderabzug aus dem
Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1929. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Eberhard Hölscher: Ansprache bei der Eröffnung der Ausstellung "Der Schriftkünstler E. R. Weiß", anlässlich seines sechzigsten Geburtstages, im Schriftmuseum Rudolf Blanckertz in Berlin, 1935. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Greif, eine Geschichte des Buchdrucker-Wappentieres, 1939. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Ein Stammbaum der Schrift, 1962. Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt a. M.
Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A. F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces, Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983,
ISBN0-7137-1347-X, pp. 2408–249.[clarification needed]
Specimen Book of Bauer Types (second edition), The Bauer Typefoundry, Inc., New York City.
For Your Guidance, Bauer Alphabets, Inc., New York City.