Woellmer Type Foundry
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| Company type | Defunct |
|---|---|
| Industry | Type foundry |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Founder | Wilhelm Wöllmer |
| Defunct | 1938 |
| Headquarters | Germany |
Key people | Wilhelm Wöllmer |
The Wöllmer Type Foundry was founded by black-letter and script-type designer Wilhelm Wöllmer. Wöllmer was first an assistant in the commercial-type foundry of Eduard Haenel before founding his own company in 1854 in Berlin as a commercial printing business. Ten years later, in 1864, he supplemented the business by opening a type foundry which remained in operation until 1938.
