# Barnhart Brothers & Spindler

Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was an American company based in Chicago.

## History

In 1869, the brothers Alson E., Arthur Middleton, George W., and Warren Barnhart purchased the Great Western Type Foundry. They subsequently incorporated as Barnhart Brothers & Spindler. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and Sidney Gaunt all designed for BB&S. It was bought out by American Type Founders in 1911 with the proviso that the merger would not take effect for twenty years, so that the employees would have a chance to find new work or retire over time. The foundry was finally closed in 1933.

## Mergers and acquisitions

* Advance Type Foundry (AKA Wiebking, Hardinge & Company), Chicago, bought out by Western Type Foundry in 1914.
* Western Type Foundry, Saint Louis, Missouri, bought by B.B.&S in 1918.

## Typefaces

These foundry types were originally cast by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler:

### A

* Adcraft
** Adcraft lightface, 8-48pt, or Puritan, Hansen (8-48pt) ATF 1501
** Adcraft Medium, 6-72pt, ATF 1502
** Adcraft Bold or Plymouth, 6-120pt
** Adcraft Black or Plymouth Bold, 6-72pt, ATF 1500
* Adstyle design: Sidney C. Gaunt, 1906, 6-120pt, ATF 1503
** Adstyle Italic 6-72pt, ATF 1509
** Adstyle Condensed 10-120pt, ATF 1506
** Adstyle Extra Condensed 10-108pt ATF 1507
** Adstyle Wide 6-60pt, ATF 1511
** Ádstyle lightface
** Adstyle Black 6-96pt, ATF 1504
** Adstyle Outline 12-96pt, ATF 1505
** Adstyle Shaded10-72pt, ATF 1510, Gaunt: 1914
** Adstyle Borders, design: T. C. Robinson 1908, 7 series, 12-24pt,
*** Special Reversed Figures: Mono 132S (12-18pt)
* Advertisers Gothic, 6-72pt, Design: Robert Wiebking 1917, for Western Type Foundry take over by BB&S in 1919, ATF 1512
** Advertisers Gothic Condensed 6-72pt, ATF 1513
** Advertisers Gothic Outline 6-72pt, ATF 1515
** Advertisers Gothic Condensed Outline 6-72pt, ATF 1514
* Advertisers Upright Script 14-72pt, original name: Oliphant (1895) renamed in 1925, ATF 1516
* Artcraft, design: Robert Wiebking 1912, 6-72pt
** Artcraft italic, 6-48pt, ATF 1529, Ludlow 10LI
** Artcraft Bold, 6-72pt, ATF 1528, Ludlow 10-B
* Authors Roman, design: Sidney Gaunt for BB&S in 1902, other versions were added between 1908 and 1915: , 5-72pt, ATF 1531
** Authors Oldstyle Italic, (5-72pt) ATF 1533
** Authors Oldstyle Bold 5-72pt, ATF 1532
** Authors Roman, 5-72pt, ATF 1534
** Authors Roman Italic, 5-72pt, ATF 1530
** Authors Roman Condensed, 6-72pt, ATF 1537
** Authors Roman Wide, 5-48pt, ATF 1538
** Authors Roman Bold, 5-72pt, ATF 1535
** Authors Roman Bold Condensed, 6-72pt, ATF 1536,

### B

* Bamboo, original named: Freak, 10-30pt, patented in 1889 by Great Western Type Foundry. in 1925 at BB&S, later copied by Typefounders of Phoenix 18pt
** Bank Script, Spencerian script, design: James West in 1895 for BB&S, 14-48pt, ATF 1540, the next lower case scripts can be used with the capitals of no.1:
** Bank Script no.2, lower case alphabet with a larger x-height, 14-38pt, ATF 1712
** Bank Script no.3, lower case alphabet wider and with a larger x-height, 14-48pt, ATF 1713
* Barnhart Oldstype, design: Sidney Gaunt (1906) (6-72pt), ATF 1544
** Barnhart Oldstype No.2, (1907) same capitals, larger lower case and shorter descenders, (6-72pt), ATF 1545
** Barnhart Oldstype Italic, (6-72pt) ATF 1546
** Barnhart Lightface, (~1914) BB&S
* Bizarre Bold, designed as Edwards in 1895 by Nicolas J. Werner for Inland Type Foundry, in 1925 renamed by BB&S when the Inland-foundry was taken over, 6-60pt, ATF 1548, Inland, Iland (8-60pt)
* Booknam Light Face, (6-25pt) ATF 1551
** Bookman Bold, (6-72pt) ATF 1549
** Bookman Bold Condensed, (6-72pt) ATF 1550

### C

* Cardstyle, design: Sidney Gaunt (1914), no lowercase, intended for use in announcements, capitals are cast in several sizes on all of the three bodies. (6s-15L), ATF 1558
* Caslon Oldstyle, 6-72pt, ATF 1569
** Caslon Oldstyle Italic, (6-72pt), ATF 1570
** Caslon Italic Specials, (12-72pt), design: Carl S. Junge, 1924
** Caslon Clearface, (6-72pt), ATF 1565
** Caslon Clearface Italic, (6-48pt), ATF 1566
** Caslon Catalog, (6-72pt), ATF 1564
** Caslon Medium, (6-72pt), ATF 1567
** Caslon Medium Italic, (6-72pt), ATF 1568
** Caslon Black, (6-72pt), ATF 1561
** Caslon Black Italic, (6-72pt), ATF 1563
** Caslon Black Condensed, (6-72pt), ATF 1562
** Caslon Openface, (6-72pt), ATF 1571
** Caslon Open Title, (6-72pt), ATF 1572
** Caslon Antique, (8-48pt), ATF 1559
** Caslon Antique Italic, (8-48pt), ATF 1560
** (Caslon) Old Roman, (6-48pt), ATF 1804
** (Caslon) Old Roman Italic, (6-48pt),
* Century Roman, (6-24pt), design: Linn Boyd Benton, 1894 for Century Magazine. ATF 1576
** Century Italic, (6-24pt), ATF 1575ATF 1810
* Gothic Chamfer, (12-54pt) ATF 1643
* Cheltenham Oldstyle, (6-72pt), ATF 87
** Cheltenham Italic, (6-72pt), ATF 82
** Cheltenham wide, (6-72pt), ATF 89
** Cheltenham Medium, (6-72pt), ATF 83
** Cheltenham Bold, (6-72), ATF 73
** Cheltenham Bold Italic, (6-72pt), ATF 73
** Cheltenham Bold Condensed, (6-72pt), ATF 68
** Cheltenham Bold Condensed Italic, (6-72pt), ATF 69
** Cheltenham Bold Extra Condensed, (6-120pt), ATF 70
** Cheltenham Bold Extended, (6-72pt), ATF 72
* Chester Text, 8-14pt, design: Sidney Gaunt 1914, capitals and small capitals, but hard to read, can only be used for names and a few words, ATF 1577
* Clarendon No.5, (5-24pt), ATF 1578
** Clarendon Extra Condensed No.5, (6-36pt), ATF 1580
** Clarendon Medium, (Caledonian No.5) (5-36pt), ATF 1581
** Clarendo Bold, (Lining Doric) (6-48pt), ATF 1579
* Clearcut Oldstyle, (5-72pt), ATF 1582
** Clearcut Oldstyle Italic, (5-72pt), ATF 1584
** Clearcut Oldstyle Condensed, (10-72pt), ATF 1583
* Clearcut Shaded Caps, design: Will Ransom, 1924 (12-48pt), ATF 1585
* Cooper, (6-72pt), ATF 1589, Mono 482 (8-36pt)
** Cooper Italic, (6-72pt) ATF 1595, Mono 4821 (8-36pt)
** Cooper Black, 6-120pt (1922, design: Oswald Bruce Cooper), ATF 1590
** Cooper Black Italic, (6-120 pt) ATF 1592
** Cooper Black Condensed, (6-120pt), ATF 1591
** Cooper Hilite, (18-120pt), ATF 1594
** Cooper Fullface, (6-72pt), ATF 1593
** Cooper Modern, (6-72pt), ATF 1942
** Cooper Tooled, (18-72pt), Mono 582
** Cooper Tooled Italic, (10-72pt),
* Copperplate Gothic, design: Frederic W. Goudy, 1903
** Stealplate Gothic Light, (6s-24L) ATF 1867
** Stealplate Gothic Light Extended, (6s-24L) ATF 1865
** Stealplate Gothic Light Condensed, (6s-24L) ATF 1869
** Stealplate Gothic Light Heavy, (6s-24L) ATF 1868
** Stealplate Gothic Italic, (6s-24L) ATF 1871
** Stealplate Gothic Condensed, (6s-24L) ATF 1870
** Stealplate Gothic Heavy Extended, (6s-24L) ATF 1866ATF 1596
* Cubist Bold, design: John W. Zimmerman (~1929), has no lowercase (10-36pt), ATF 1599
* Custer later: Bookman Lightface (6-24pt)
** Custer Bold later: Bookman Bold, (6-72pt)

### D

* Demeter (Typeface), (14-48pt), 1925, design: Peter A. Demeter, in cooperation with Schriftguss A.G. in Dresden Germany.
* Dennison Script, (14-48pt), ATF 1602
* De Vinne, 6-72pt, ATF 1602
** De Vinne Compressed, (6-72pt), ATF 1606
** De Vinne Extra Compressed, (10-72pt), ATF 1607
** De Vinne Bold, (6-60pt), ATF 1605 <-!119->
** De Vinne Recut, (6-60pt) revival of Woodward, design: William A. Schraubstädter 1894 for Inland Type Foundry, ATF 1608
** De Vinne Recut Outline, (12-60pt) revival of Woodward Outline, ATF 1609
** Dresden, (12-30pt), design: Peter A. Demeter, ATF 1611

### E

* Engravers English, (6-72pt) ATF 1621
** Engravers Old Black, (6-96pt) Design: Sidney Gaunt 1910
* Engravers Roman, (6s-24pt), design: Robert Wiebking 1899, ATF 1627
** Engravers Roman Condensed, (6s-24pt) ATF 1628
** Engravers Bold (6s-36pt), design: Morris Fuller Benton, ATF 1619
** Engravers Title (6s-24pt), ATF 1630
** Engravers Litho Bold, (6-48pt), ATF 1623
** Engravers Litho Bold Condensed, (5-48pt), ATF 1624
** Engravers Bold Condensed (title), (6s-48pt), ATF 1620
** Engravers Roman Shaded, (6s-36pt), ATF 1629
** Engravers Upright Script, (8-30pt), ATF 1631, original: Pen Text No.5 (~1879) of the Cincinnati Type Foundry, renamed by BB&S, while dropping the fancy capitals
* Engravers Gothic, (6s-30pt), ATF 1622, earlier name: Olympia from Inland Type Foundry At ATF classified as a "Typo-face"

### F

* Faust Text, (8-36pt), based on uncial lettering, in 1925 renamed: Missal Text
* French Clarendon was a nineteenth-century BB&S face that was re-released in 1938 by ATF as P. T. Barnum.
* French Oldstyle no.3, (6-18pt) ATF 1639
* French Oldstyle No.56 (title) (6-48pt) ATF 1640
* French Elsevir Italic No.5, (6-12pt) ATF 1637
* French Plate Script, (14-36pt) ATF 1641

### G

* Gothic No.1, (4-72pt), copy of Franklin Gothic of Morris Fuller Benton ATF 1674
** Gothic No.1 Condensed, (6-72pt) ATF 1675
** Gothic No.3, (6-72pt) ATF 1667
** Gothic Extra Condensed No.6, (6-72pt) ATF 1654
** Gothic Extra Condensed Title No.6, (8-60pt) ATF 1655
** Gothic No.47, (6-72pt)
** Gothic Condensed Title No.117, (5-120pt) ATF 1651
** Gothic Italic or Degree Gothic No.1, (6-24PT) ATF 1600 or 1658
** Gothic Italic Light or Degree Gothic No.2, (5-12pt) ATF 1659
** Gothic Inclined, (6-24pt) ATF 1656
** Gothic Inclined Light, (6-24pt) ATF 1657
** Gothic Novelty, (8-14pt) ATF 1671
** Gothic Novelty Title, (6-24pt) ATF 1673
** Gothic Novelty Condensed, (12-60pt) ATF 1672
** Gothic Outline Title, (12-72pt) ATF 1676
** Gothic Compressed No.8, (10-72pt), ATF 1653
** Gothic Compressed Title No.8, (8-60pt), ATF 1649
* Greeting Card, (10-24pt) ATF 1683
** Greeting Card Light, (10-24pt) ATF 1684

### H

* Handcraft, (6-72pt) ATF 1686
** Handcraft Title, (6-60pt) ATF 1687
** Handcraft Wide Title, (6-30pt) ATF 1688

### I, J

* Invitation Text, (6-48pt), desin: Robert Wiebking 1914, ATF 1693
* Japanet, (8-48pt) original name: Wedge Gothic cut in 1893 by BB&S for the Chicago Herald, renamed in 1925, Recast for the ATF in 1954: ATF 1694
* Morris Jensonian, (6-48pt) ATF 1790
** Poor revival of the type of William Morris, 1895-96 first named: Mazarin, later replaced by the Inland's face: Klemscott and renamed.

### K

* Kenilworth Italic, (6-48pt) first: Inland Type Foundry 1904, similar to: Cheltenham Oldstyle, BB&S bought the italic matrices, these ended as ATF 1695

### L

* Latin Antique, (6-48pt), ATF 1697
** Latin Condensed, (10-72pt), ATF 1698
** Latin Expanded, (6-48pt), ATF 1699
** Latin Lightface, (6-48pt), ATF 1700
** Latin Oldstyle Bold, (6-72pt), ATF 1703
** Light Modern, (24-48pt), ATF 1745
* Law Italic No.5, (8-14pt)

### M

* Mazerin No.5, (6-60pt)
** Mazerin Italic, (6-48pt)
* Missal Text, (8-36pt)
* Mission, (6-48pt), design: Sidney Gaunt in 1905, patented by: George Oswald Ottley, ATF 1778
* Modern Gothic, (5-96pt), 1897, ATF 1662
** Modern Gothic Italic, (5-72pt), ATF 1665
** Modern Condensed Gothic, (6-72pt), ATF 1663
** Modern Condensed Gothic Title, (6-120pt), ATF 1664
* Modern No.4 and Italic, (6-12pt)
* Modern Roman Bold Condensed, (Lining Aldine), (6-48pt), ATF 1781
** Modern Roman Bold Extra Condensed, (Lining Aldine Condensed),(6-48pt), ATF 1781
** Modern Roman Condensed, (Condensed No. 54), (5-48pt), ATF 1782
** Modern Roman Extra Condensed, (Extra Condensed No. 56),(6-48pt), ATF 1783
** Modern Roman Italic, (6-12pt), (Title Italic No.19), ATF 1784
** Modern Roman Lightface, (Lightface No.7), (6-48pt), ATF 1785
** Modern Roman Medium, (5-48pt), (Title No.5), ATF 1786
** Modern Roman Wide, (6-16pt.), (Expanded No.5 or Title Expanded), ATF 1787
** Modern Roman No.64 and Italic, (5-18pt), ATF 1916, ATF 1914
** Modern Roman No.80 and Italic, (5-12pt), ATF 1918, ATF 1915
* Modern Text, (6-36pt), design: Robert Wiebking (?) ~1913, ATF 1788
* Morris Romanized Black, (6-60pt), introduced as Tell Text in 1895, adaptation of the Troy- and Chaucer types of William Morris, renamed in 1925, ATF 1791
* Murder Venezian, (6-72pt), ATF 1795, design: Robert Wiebking, first shown as: Laclede Oldstyle (1922) by the Laclede Type Foundry in St. Louis
** Murder Italic,(6-72pt), ATF 1794
** Murder Bold, (6-72pt), ATF 1792
** Murder Bold Italic, (6-72pt), ATF 1793

### O

* Old Roman or Caslon Old Roman, (6-72pt), ATF 1840,
** Old Roman Itallic or Caslon Old Roman Italic, (6-48pt), ATF 1810,
** Old Roman Condensed, (6-72pt), ATF 1809
** Old Roman Bold, (6-72pt), ATF 1807
** Old Roman Bold Condensed, (6-120pt), ATF 1808
** Old Roman Black, (6-72pt), ATF 1805
** Old Roman Black Italic, (6-48pt), ATF 1807
** Old Roman Semitone, (18-60pt), ATF 1811

### P

* Pantograph Script, (12-60pt), ATF 1816, upright script introduced in 1893, but shown as late as 1925
* Paragon later: Paragon Plate, (6-24pt), ATF 1817, introduced in 1901
** Paragon Italic or Paragon Plate Italic, (6-24pt), ATF 1818, sloped version of the roman
** Program Italic, offered as a title-version , (6s-24L) ATF 1848
** Pagram Italic, offered as a title-version , (6s-24L) ATF 1848
* Parsons, (6-72pt), ATF 1819, design: Will Ransom (1917), named after I. R. Parsons, a Chicago advertising manager
** Parsons Italic, (6-48pt), (1918), ATF 1821,
** Parsons Bold, (6-72pt), (1918), ATF 1820,
** Parsons Swash Initials, (18-48pt), design: Sidney Gaunt, 1918
* Pastel, (6-72pt), ATF 1822, design: 1892 by Nicolas J. Werner and Gustav Schroeder first named Era, Lightface Era and Era Open were added in 1895, Era Condensed about 1898.
** Pastel Condensed, (8-72pt) ATF 1824
** Offset Pastel Condensed, (24-72pt), ATF 1801
** Pastel Lightface, (6-72pt), ATF 1825
** Pastel Bold, (5-72pt), ATF 1823
** Pastel Open, (12-60pt), ATF 1826
* Pekin, (18,30pt) ATF 1827, original name Dormer patented by Great Western Typefoundry in 1888, design: Ernst Lauschke
* Pencraft Oldstyle, (6-72pt), ATF 1829, design: Sidney Gaunt 1914,
** Pencraft Title, (6s-42pt), ATF 1834
** Pencraft Italic, (6-48pt), ATF 1828
** Pencraft Oldstyle Bold, (6-72pt), ATF 1830
** Pencraft Oldstyle Bold Condensed, (6-72pt), ATF 1831
** Pencraft Shaded, (24-48pt), ATF 1832
** Pencraft Text, (12-48pt) ATF 1833, design: Sidney Gaunt 1916,
* Plate Gothic, (6s-36pt), ATF 1836
** Plate Gothic Condensed, (6s-36pt), ATF 1838
** Plate Gothic Light, (6s-36pt), ATF 1839
** Plate Gothic Light Condensed, (6s-36pt), ATF 1840
** Plate Gothic Bold, (6s-12pt), ATF 1837
* Plate Script, (14-48pt), ATF 1841, three sets of lowercase:
* Plate Script No.2, (14-48pt), ATF 1852
* Plate Script No.3, (14-48pt), ATF 1853
* Plate Text, (8-18pt)
** Plate Text No.2,
** Plate Text No.3,
** Plate Text No.4, (8-36pt)
* Pompeian Cursive, (12-54pt), design: Oswald Cooper 1927, not shown in the ATF books
* Priory Black Text, (8-48pt), ATF 1847, earlier name: Reed Text
* Publicity Gothic, (6-120pt), ATF 1849, design: Sidney Gaunt, 1916

### R

* Rugged Bold, (6-72pt) first named: Talisman, patented by: Sidney Gaunt in 1903, after 1911 renamed to Rugged Bold.
** Rugged Bold Italic, (6-72pt), first named Talisman Italic, patented by: Sidney Gaunt in 1904, after 1911 renamed to Rugged Bold Italic. (6-72pt)
** Rugged Lightface, (8-48pt) ATF 1501, first named Carlton later Adcraft Lightface,
** Rugged Medium, (6-72pt) ATF 1502, first: Alfred Medium later Adcraft Medium
** Rugged Black, (6-120pt), first: Plymouth
** Rugged Black Italic, (6-72pt), first: Plymouth Italic
** Rugged Black Condensed, (6-72pt), first: Plymouth Condensed
** Rugged Extra Black, (6-72pt), ATF 1500, first: Plymouth Bold and Adcraft Black

### S

* Scotch Roman, (6-48pt), ATF 1856
* Sketch Circular, (8-14pt) ATF 1859, design: Ed Newman,
** Sketch Title, (6s-30pt), ATF 1560, (1890), first named: Racine, only capitals, used for announcements. Both series lasted into the late 1920s.
* Spire No.5, (12-72pt), ATF 1861, cut around 1898, bold and condensed face
* Steelplate Gothic Extralight, (6s-24L), ATF 1874, Design: Robert Wiebking
** Steelplate Gothic Light, (6s-24L), ATF 1867
** Steelplate Gothic Light Condensed, (6s-24L), ATF 1869
** Steelplate Gothic Light Extended, (6s-24L), ATF 1865
** Steelplate Gothic Heavy, (6s-24L), ATF 1868
** Steelplate Gothic Heavy Condensed, (6s-24L), ATF 1870
** Steelplate Gothic Heavy Extended, (6s-24L), ATF 1866
** Steelplate Gothic Bold, (6s-24L), ATF 1873
** Steelplate Gothic Shaded, (6s-24L), ATF 1872, (1918), in England known as: Spartan Outline
* Stillson, (6s-36pt), introduced around 1899, patented in 1900 by R. L. Stillson
* Swagger Capitals or: Swagger Initials, (36pt), design: Carl S. Junge 1925, elongated flourish scripts, without X and Z. To be used with various typefaces.

### T

* Ternholm Oldstyle, (6-72pt), ATF 1886, design: George F. Trenholm around 1925–1927, after 1929, when BB&S merged with ATF, there is no evidence these matrices were used to cast. Although they were listed in the ATF vaults.
** Ternholm Cursive, (6-48pt), ATF 1885,
** Ternholm Bold, (6-96pt), ATF 1884,
** Ternholm Shaded Capitals, (12-48pt), ATF 1887,
* Typewriter faces:
** Bernhart Utility Typewriter, ATF 1894
** Improved Typewriter, ATF 1895
** Oliver Printype Typewriter, ATF 1897
** Oliver Standard Silk Typewriter, ATF 1898
** Remington Typewriter, ATF 1899
** Silk Remington Typewriter, ATF 1900
** Reproduction Typewriter, ATF 1902
** Smith Premier Silk Typewriter, ATF 1903
** Underwood New Model Silk Typewriter, ATF 1904
** Yost Typewriter, ATF 1768

### W

* Waldorf Text, (14-36pt), ATF 1905, shaded Old English face
* Wedding plate Script, (14-36pt), ATF 1908, design: Sidney Gaunt 1904
* Woodward, (6-60pt), ATF 1608, designed for Inland Type Foundry in 1894 by William A. Schraustädter, named for a Saint Louis printer. In 1911 Inland was taken over by ATF, the equipment was divided between ATF and BB&S. Some time later this face was renamed by BB&S as DeVinne Recut and DeVinne Recut Outline
** Woodward Outline, (12-60pt), ATF 1609
* World Gothic, (6-72pt), design: Robert Wiebking
** World Gothic Italic, (6-72pt), in 1898 introduced as": Dewey No.51, after Admiral George Dewey
** World Gothic Condensed, (6-96pt), in 1897 shown as: Topic No.5