ATF (American Type Founders)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf type foundry
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ATF
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs American Type Founders Company
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1993
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:formedByMergerOf 23 type foundries
gptkbp:founded 1892
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Jersey_City,_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ATF (American Type Founders)
gptkbp:industry printing
type design
type manufacturing
gptkbp:notable_for influencing 20th-century typography
innovations in type design
large library of typefaces
standardizing type manufacturing in the US
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Frederic_Goudy
gptkb:Morris_Fuller_Benton
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Bodoni_typeface
Garamond typeface
Century typeface
Cheltenham typeface
Franklin Gothic typeface
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bookman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6