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Aktiengesellschaft für Schriftgiesserei und Maschinenbau (or: AG für Schriftgiesserei)



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McGill University
Montreal, Canada
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http://luc.devroye.org
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Foundry in Offenbach, Germany. Their main specimen book is Haupt-Probe über Schriftgiesserei-Erzeugnisse und Messing-Material (1911, Offenbach am Main). House faces include the blackletters Angelsächsisch, Archiv-Gotisch (1909), Asta (1902), Freigotisch, and Schöffer-Gotisch (ca. 1900). Heinrich (Heinz) König made the blackletter face Germania (1903). Eduard Brox designed Moderne Alt-Fraktur (1907; some give the date 1910). Albert Christian Auspurg created the blackletter faces Apart (1911) and Fraktur-Kursiv (1923). Their art nouveau faces include Apollo, Inserat Kursiv, Neptun, Tedesca.

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