Stempel Type Foundry

Thanks to Thomas Gravemaker for sending in these photographs that he took on a visit to the Stempel Type Foundry, Darmstadt, Germany.

Thomas said: “The photographs were taken on my visit to the Stempel Foundry in Darmstadt, Germany. They’re housed in the Haus fur Industriekultur, where they have a fantastic working museum, presses, type, A complete range of Linotypes (from the earliest ones to the latest versions) and some Monotype material as well.

Stempel is run by M. Gerstenberg, who still supplies the world with brand new foundry type, using the matrices of Stempel, Deberny & Peignot, Nebiolo and Haas.

An overview of the type foundry
An overview of the type foundry.
Mr Gerstenberg at work in the foundry
Mr Gerstenberg at work in the foundry.
Matrices
Matrices.
Completed foundry type
Completed foundry type.
Double-headed casters
Double-headed casters.
Kulco Caster
Kulco Caster.
Presses in the Industry Museum
Presses in the Industry Museum.
Monotype Casting
Monotype Casting.
Monotype Casting
Monotype Casting.
Monotype Casting
Monotype Casting.
More Monotype casting
More Monotype casting.
Older Linotypes in the museum
Older Linotypes in the museum.
More recent Linotypes
More recent Linotypes.

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