Berling Type Foundry

Berlingska Stilgjuteri
Industry Type foundry
Founded 1700's
Defunct 1980
Headquarters Sweden
Key people Karl-Erik Forsberg

The Berling Type Foundry was a Danish type foundry established before 1750 in Copenhagen. Johann Gottfried Pöetzsch was manager of the Berling typefoundry from 1753 until his death in 1783. The foundry was reëstablished in Lund, Sweden in 1837 and cast foundry type until 1980.[1]

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by the Berling Foundry[2]:

References

  1. ^ "Type design in Sweden Pro". Luc Devroye. 1999-02-22. http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/sweden.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  2. ^ 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