Castcraft was founded in 1946 by
David L. Kreiter (1915–1975) with brothers
Harry (1918–2018) and
Abe (d. 2005) [1947
mention] and later led by
Herbert “Manny” (1928–2005) and
Ned (d. 2019) A.k.a.
Typefounders of Chicago. Acquired Pittsburgh-based
Neon (in 1959, continued as Neon Type Division) and
Missouri-Central (after 1964). Distributed type imported by
Amsterdam Continental Types incl. by Johannes
Wagner in the US.
Notorious in the 1960s and 1970s for pirating film fonts for
headline setting machines. [Simonson]
Dba Type Films of Chicago in
1977. Published the
Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles in 1978. Transfertech
was a subsidiary [Art
Material Trade News, 1991] that offered
dry-transfer More…
Castcraft was founded in 1946 by David L. Kreiter (1915–1975) with brothers Harry (1918–2018) and Abe (d. 2005) [1947 mention] and later led by Herbert “Manny” (1928–2005) and Ned (d. 2019) A.k.a. Typefounders of Chicago. Acquired Pittsburgh-based Neon (in 1959, continued as Neon Type Division) and Missouri-Central (after 1964). Distributed type imported by Amsterdam Continental Types incl. by Johannes Wagner in the US.
Notorious in the 1960s and 1970s for pirating film fonts for headline setting machines. [Simonson] Dba Type Films of Chicago in 1977. Published the Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles in 1978. Transfertech was a subsidiary [Art Material Trade News, 1991] that offered dry-transfer adaptations. Produced some of the earliest digital fonts under the OPTI label. The OPTIFONT trademark was filed in 1990. [USPTO] Appears to be defunct since around 2005.
