Pictures from the East-German type foundry Typoart

Making zinc sheet stencils

Engraver at work

Transferring the letter shape from the finished stencil

Making a punch

Punchcutter at work

Making matrices for type casting

Type casting machines

Close-up of a type casting machine at work

In-house printing with foundry type

In-house press

Making matrices for hot metal typesetting

Checking the matrices

Making phototypesetting fonts

Digital font production at the end of the 1980s

Photographic reproduction to test the design in smaller sizes