The Intertype Corporation produced the Intertype, a hot metal typesetting machine closely resembling the Linotype, and using the same matrices as the Linotype. It was founded in New York in 1911 by Hermann Ridder, of Ridder Publications, as the International Typesetting Machine Company, but purchased by a syndicate for $1,650,000 in 1916 and reorganized as the Intertype Corporation.[1]
Originally, most of their machines were rebuilt Linotypes. By 1917, however, Intertype was producing three models of its own machine. Most of the original patents for the Linotype had expired and so the basic works of the Intertype were essentially the same, though incorporating at least 51 improvement patents. The standard Intertype could cast type up to thirty points and they also offered a "Composing Stick Attachment" that allowed their caster to be used to cast headlines up to 60 points.[2]
Despite initial liquidity problems, Intertype was quite successful in later years, producing mixer machines, high speed machines, and the first photo-type compositor. In 1957, Intertype merged with Harris-Seybold, a manufacturer of presses and paper cutters, to become Harris-Intertype Corporation. After the merger, the Harris-Intertype Fotosetter was introduced. It was the first photo-typesetting machine and was based upon the standard Intertype machine, replacing the brass type matrices with small film negatives and instead of casting, used these to expose photographic paper.
Throughout its history, Intertype machines were typically better built and engineered than Mergenthaler's Linotype, with simpler, more effective mechanisms. However, while both Mergenthaler and Lanston Monotype were known for producing new and innovative type designs, virtually all of Intertype's typefaces were derivatives of, or supplied to them, by the Bauer Type Foundry. The only type designer of note associated with Intertype was Edwin W. Shaar, who pioneered in adapting script faces for machine composition.[3]
Vogue Bold Condensed also known as Vogue Headletter
Vogue Medium Condensed
Vogue Bold Extra Condensed
Vogue Extra Bold + Oblique
Vogue Extra Bold Condensed + Oblque
Lining Vogue + Bold
Intertype Berlinedit
The Berlin branch of Intertype was actually more active in producing new designs than the parent company. The following matrices were produced there:
Berlin (1962)
Referencesedit
^"NEW TYPE MACHINE CO.; Intertype Corporation to Take Over the International". New York Times. January 26, 1916. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
^The Book of Intertype Faces, Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., p. 561.
^McGrew, Mac, American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE, 1993, p. 359. ISBN0-938768-39-5.1993
^"THE MEDIA BUSINESS; A Face-Lift for The Times, Typographically, That Is". The New York Times. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 7 August 2018. The Times's text typeface, for news and editorials, remains Imperial, designed in the 1950s by Edwin W. Shaar and adopted by the newspaper in 1967.
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Book of Intertype Faces is a catalogue showing the typefaces and fonts available for Intertype machines
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