{"id":550,"date":"2017-06-12T16:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2023-01-28T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T09:17:39","slug":"stempel-type-foundry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/stempel-type-foundry\/","title":{"rendered":"Stempel Type Foundry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Thomas Gravemaker for sending in these photographs that he took on a visit to the Stempel Type Foundry, Darmstadt, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas said: &#8220;The photographs were taken on my visit to the Stempel Foundry in Darmstadt, Germany. They&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Stempel is run by M. 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foundry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/517.jpg\" alt=\"Matrices\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matrices.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/511.jpg\" alt=\"Completed foundry type\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Completed foundry type.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/510.jpg\" alt=\"Double-headed casters\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Double-headed casters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/513.jpg\" alt=\"Kulco Caster\" width=\"500\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kulco Caster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/512.jpg\" alt=\"Presses in the Industry Museum\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presses in the Industry Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/518.jpg\" alt=\"Monotype Casting\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monotype Casting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/519.jpg\" alt=\"Monotype Casting\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monotype Casting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/520.jpg\" alt=\"Monotype Casting\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monotype Casting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/521.jpg\" alt=\"More Monotype casting\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Monotype casting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/514.jpg\" alt=\"Older Linotypes in the museum\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><figcaption 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Don&#8217;t miss the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/forum\/index.php\/board,20.0.html\"><strong>Monotype Chat<\/strong><\/a> section of the Metal Type Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Thomas Gravemaker for sending in these photographs that he took on a visit to the Stempel Type Foundry, Darmstadt, Germany. Thomas said: &#8220;The photographs were taken on my visit to the Stempel Foundry in Darmstadt, Germany. 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