Bauer Type Foundry (1837-1972)
The Bauer Type Foundry, or Bauersche Giesserei, was a prominent German manufacturer of metal type. It was founded in 1837 by Johann Christian Bauer in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The company published typefaces by several eminent designers, including Paul renner, Lucian Bernhard, Konrad Friedrich Bauer, Walter Braun, Heinrich Jost, Imre Reiner, Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler, Emil Rudolf Weiß, and Heinrich Wienyck.
In 1972 the headquarters in Frankfurt closed, and the rights to the typefaces were transferred to the former subsidiary company Fundición Tipográfica Neufville in Barcelona, and after 1995 to Bauer Types, which now owns the rights of the foundry’s typefaces.
Digital revivals of fonts published by Bauer Type Foundry
