{"title":"Barnhart Brothers \u0026 Spindler","description":"Opened in Chicago as the Great Western Type Foundry. It became Barnhart Brothers \u0026amp; Spindler in 1883, and was acquired by \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/foundry\/atf\"\u003eATF\u003c\/a\u003e in 1911; it closed in 1933. Three of its typefaces in particular have had a lasting impact: the world’s first grunge typeface, \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/fonts\/barnhartbrother\/fifteenth-century\"\u003eFifteenth Century\u003c\/a\u003e (released c1897 but unpopular until its rebranding as \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/fonts\/barnhartbrother\/fifteenth-century\"\u003eCaslon Antique\u003c\/a\u003e around 1918); \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/person\/cooper\/oswald\/bruce\"\u003eOz Cooper\u003c\/a\u003e’s \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/fonts\/bitstream\/cooper\"\u003eCooper Black\u003c\/a\u003e, sometimes seen in bright orange, 12 feet high on the side of airliners in European skies; and \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/fonts\/bitstream\/caslon-open-face\"\u003eCaslon Openface\u003c\/a\u003e.","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.myfonts.com\/fr\/collections\/barnhart-brothers-and-spindler-foundry.oembed","provider":"MyFonts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}