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Schriftguss AG
German type foundry
Schriftguss AG was a type foundry in Germany founded in 1892 under the name Brüder Butter (“Butter Brothers”) by purchasing the type casting firm of Otto Ludwig Bechert that had been founded in 1889. It was later incorporated in 1922 as Schriftguss A.-G. vorm.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Schriftguss AG was a type foundry in Germany founded in 1892 under the name Brüder Butter (“Butter Brothers”) by purchasing the type casting firm of Otto Ludwig Bechert that had been founded in 1889. It was later incorporated in 1922 as Schriftguss A.-G. vorm.2
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- 1WikidataSchriftguss AG on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSchriftguss AG on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSchriftguss AG photo by CallMeVeo, CC BY-SA 4.0