Fundiciòn Richard Gans
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Fundicion Tipografica Richard Gans was a type foundry in business from 1888-1975. Founder, Richard Gans was the son of a doctor from Karlsbad
, Austria
who emigrated to Spain
in 1874 where he founded the business in 1888. After his death in 1925 the foundry was led by Mauricio Wiesenthal until 1936. In the 1920’s and 30’s, Gans types were sold in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association
.
Richard Gans’ children, Ricardo, Manuel and Amalia Gans Gimeno took over operations in 1936, but Ricardo and Manuel were assassinated in the Civil War
only a few months later. During the war the foundry was used to make ammunition. Amalia Gans rebuilt the business after the war, and remained in charge until the business closed in 1975.
and Edmund Koch. Later types were designed by a number of people from within and outside the foundry including Jose Ausejo Matute, Antonio Bilbao, the founder’s son Ricardo Gans, and Carlos Winkow
.
Karlovy Vary
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, Austria
Austria
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who emigrated to Spain
Spain
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in 1874 where he founded the business in 1888. After his death in 1925 the foundry was led by Mauricio Wiesenthal until 1936. In the 1920’s and 30’s, Gans types were sold in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association
Continental Type Founders Association
Continental Type Founders Association was founded by Melbert Brinckerhoff Cary Jr. in 1925 to distribute foundry type imported from European foundries. The influence of more modern European type design was thus felt in the United States for the first time, and American foundries responded by...
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Richard Gans’ children, Ricardo, Manuel and Amalia Gans Gimeno took over operations in 1936, but Ricardo and Manuel were assassinated in the Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
only a few months later. During the war the foundry was used to make ammunition. Amalia Gans rebuilt the business after the war, and remained in charge until the business closed in 1975.
Type Design
Before 1925, the foundry cast almost no original types, taking designs from German foundries, principally those of the Woellmer Type FoundryWoellmer Type Foundry
The Wöllmer Type Foundry was founded by black-letter and script type designer Wilhelm Wöllmer. Wöllmer was first assistant in the commercial type foundry of Eduard Haenel. Wöllmer founded his own company in 1854 in Berlin as a commercial printing business...
and Edmund Koch. Later types were designed by a number of people from within and outside the foundry including Jose Ausejo Matute, Antonio Bilbao, the founder’s son Ricardo Gans, and Carlos Winkow
Carlos Winkow
Carl Winckow known in Spain where he spent most of his working life as Carlos Winkow was a German type designer who worked primarily for the Naçional Typefoundry.-Fonts Designed by Carlos Winkow :...
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Exported Typefaces
- Atlantida
- Dalia (1931), known as Ibarra Vaciada in Spain.
- Egipcia Progreso (1923)
- Gloria (c. 1930), known in Spain as Fulgor.
- Greco (1925), sold in Spain as Antigua El Greco, also sold by Stephens, Shanks & Sons Ltd.Stephens, Shanks & Sons Ltd.Stephens, Shanks & Sons Ltd. was an English type foundry formed in 1933 by the merger of the Figgins Foundry with P. M. Shanks to form Stevens, Shanks. Sometime after 1971 the foundry ceased operations and all materials went to St...
as Bristol and Rosart. - Ibarra (1931, Carlos WinkowCarlos WinkowCarl Winckow known in Spain where he spent most of his working life as Carlos Winkow was a German type designer who worked primarily for the Naçional Typefoundry.-Fonts Designed by Carlos Winkow :...
), known in Spain as Elzeviriano Ibarra, digitized in 2011 by Lucia Walter. - Italiana Cursiva (1951)
- Juventud (1950, Joan Trochut-Blanchard), known in Spain as Escritura Juventud, released by Française as Muriel, digitized by Canada Type as Blanchard.
- Progresso (1923)