# Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry

J.G. Schelter & Giesecke was a German type foundry and manufacturer of printing presses started 1819 in Leipzig by punchcutter Johann Schelter and typefounder Christian Friedrich Giesecke (1793-1850). The foundry was nationalized in 1946 by the new German Democratic Republic, forming VEB Typoart, Dresden.

## Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Schelter & Giesecke:
* Accidenz-Zierat (1902)
* Akantrea (1883), borders and ornaments
* Akropolis Ornamente (1907)
* Alt Latein (1924)
* Baldur Baldur (1895) open and shaded variant of Wodan (1894). Revived by Alan Prescott as New Baldur APT (1996).
* Belwe Roman (1907, Georg Belwe)
* Biedermeierzierat (1905)
* Borghese (1904) An Art Nouveau face, revived by Ralph M. Unger as Borghese (2015).
* Breite Grotesk (1886) This typeface influenced the Bauhaus movement and was a forerunner of Helvetica. Revived by Nick Curtis as Schelter Grotesk NF (2010), and by Arve Båtevik as Sagen Grotesk, Breite Halbfette Grotesk and Breite magere Grotesk (2015).
* Breite Kanzlei (1835; other publications mention 1890) + Halbfette Kanzlei (1860)
* Die Zierde (1913, F.H. Ernst Schneidler), ornaments
* Dolmen (1922, Max Salzmann)
** Zierdolmen (1922, Max Salzmann), a decorated version of Dolmen.
* Edelgotisch (1901, Albert Knab)
* Fafner + Schraffierte (1905) Revived by Oliver Weiss as WF Fafner (2020)
* Fanal (1933), angular blackletterish script face
* Fee (1907), handwriting.
* Flamme (1933), brush-like script
* Gnom + breite Gnom (1928)
* Gravira (1935, Herbert Thannhaueser)
* Gudrum The bicolor combination of Wodan (fill) and Baldur (open).
* Gutenberg-Gotisch (1885) + Halbfette Gutenberg-Gotisch (1890) The original by F.W. Bauer and Th. Friebel dates from 1880.
* Hispania Script (1890), a pirate map face
* Initialen zur Rousseau (1907)
* Italian Renaissance (1883) a black-letter face
* Jugend-Fraktur (ca. 1900)
* Kalender Vignetten (1907, Max Salzmann)
* Kartuschen Einfassung serie 72 (1887), ornaments
* Kolibri (1928)
* Koralle (1929) Nick Curtis based his Koralle NF (2012) and Koralle Rounded NF (2014) on this typeface; see also the recent revival Koralle RMU (2018) by Ralph M. Unger.
* Leipziger Lateinschrift (1908)
* Liane (1908)
* Meierschrift (1904-1908, C.F. Meier)
* Mimosenzierat (1909, Heinz Keune)
* Moderne enge halbfette Fraktur (1886)
* Monos (1912)
* Münster-Gotisch (1896) Revived by Paulo W as Münster Gotische (2009). Gerhard Helzel also did a revival.
* Patriz Huber Ornamente (1906, Patriz Huber)
* Perkeo (1928)
* Reklameschrift Radium (1904-1906)
* Roland Grotesk (1910)
* Roland Kursiv (1910)
* Romanisch, later copied by the Central Type Foundry of Saint Louis as De Vinne.
* Rosenzierat Serien 534 und 535 (1905, Heinz Keune)
* Rundgotisch (1909; others say 1902-1903)
* Salzmann Antiqua (1913, Max Salzmann)
* Salzmann Fraktur + Kräftige Salzmann Fraktur (1911, Max Salzmann)
* Salzmann Kursiv (1911, Max Salzmann)
* Salzmannschrift + Salzmannschrift halbfette + schmale Salzmannschrift (1910, Max Salzmann)
* Saskia (1931, Jan Tschichold)
* Schelter Antiqua (1906) Revived in 2020 by Oliver Weiss as Schelter Antiqua WF.
** Leipziger Lateinschrift (1907) a variant of Schelter Antiqua.
** Tauchnitz-Antiqua (1907) a variant of Schelter Antiqua.
* Schelter Kursiv (1906)
* Schlanke Grotesk (1886)
* Schlanke Grotesk (1886)
* Schmale Anker Romanisch (1908), a German Romanesque.
* Schmale fette Edelgotisch und Zierat (1907)
* Schmale fette Schelterantiqua (1908)
* Schmale Medieäval (1840) Rived in 2020 by Ralph M. Unger as Schmale Mediaeval.
* Schmale Steinschrift (1898)
* Schul-Fraktur (1886) + Fette (1890) + Schmale fette (1918) Digitization by Delbanco as DS-Schulfraktur (2001).
* Shakespere Mediäval (1927–1929, Georg Belwe)
* Shieldface A (1881) caps only
* Shieldface Combinationpieces (1881), ornamental
* Silhouette Border Series 63 (1884)
* Tauperle (1928)
* Titan + Titan Gnom (1915)
* Walgunde mit Zieraten (1908, Eduard Lautenbach)
* Walküre The grey variant of Wodan.
* Watteau-Schrift + Watteau Schmuck (1913), aka Kartenschrift Watteau, a non-connected script.
* Wieland (1926, Georg Belwe)
* Wodan (1894),
* Zierschrift 1328 (1889)
* Zierschrift 1400 (1889)
The foundry claimed by the twentieth century to have been one of the first to offer general-purpose sans-serif typefaces with lower-case, as early as 1825. This was repeated by some authors, but is now known to be untrue: Wolfgang Homola dates it to 1882 based on a study of Schelter & Giesecke specimens.

## Press Manufacturing

Beginning in 1827 Schelter & Giesecke manufactured letterpress presses, cylinder proof presses and platen presses; and after World War I also of web-fed, letterpress and flexo printing presses.
The Leipzig house of foundry co-owner Georg Giesecke, designed by Berlin architect Max Hasak, survives and is listed.