Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was an American company founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and Sidney Gaunt all designed for BB&S. It was bought out by American Type Founders in 1911 with the proviso that the merger would not take effect for twenty years, so that the employees would have a chance to find new work or retire over time. The foundry was finally closed in 1933. Mergers and acquisitions Advance Type Foundry (AKA Wiebking, Hardinge & Company), Chicago, bought out by Western Type Foundry in 1914. Western Type Foundry, Saint Louis, Missouri, bought by B.B.&S in 1918. Typefaces These foundry types were originally cast by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler: A Adcraft Adcraft lightface, 8-48pt, or Puritan, Hansen (8-48pt) ATF 1501 Adcraft Medium, 6-72pt, ATF 1502 Adcraft Bold or Plymouth, 6-120pt Adcraft Black or Plymouth Bold, 6-72pt, ATF 1500 Adstyle design: Sidney C. Gaunt, 1906, 6-120pt, ATF 1503 Adstyle Italic 6-72pt, ATF 1509 Adstyle Condensed 10-120pt, ATF 1506 Adstyle Extra Condensed 10-108pt ATF 1507 Adstyle