H. Berthold was founded in 1858 by Hermann Berthold in Berlin, initially to make brass printer’s rules. By 1893, it began casting hand-set metal type, and over the next 25 years became one of the largest type foundries in the world. Following World War II, Berthold developed machine-set metal typesetting equipment, and released its first phototypesetting machine, in 1950. H. Berthold AG’s most cel