Joh. Enschedé

Printing house and type foundry in Haarlem with one of the world’s largest collections of historical punches and matrices.

Isaac Enschedé started a printing works in Haarlem, and the family later bought type foundries and punches from other Dutch printers. The firm became known for banknotes, stamps and securities.

Jan van Krimpen designed the typefaces Lutetia, Romanée and Spectrum for Enschedé. In the 1990s Bram de Does drew Lexicon, and the collection of historical punches is one of the richest in the world.

Enschedé’s name in specimens; Jan van Krimpen’s typefaces such as Lutetia and Romanée.

• Typography