Joh. Enschedé

Royal Joh. Enschedé (Dutch: Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé) is a printer of security documents, stamps and banknotes based in Haarlem, Netherlands - it specialises in print, media and security. The company hosted the Museum Enschedé until 1990 and has branches in Amsterdam, Brussels and Haarlem.

Royal Joh. Enschedé
Native name
Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé
TypePrivate company
IndustryPrinting
Founded
  • 1703 (1703),
  • in Haarlem
FounderIzaak Enschedé
HeadquartersHaarlem, Netherlands
Number of locations
Haarlem, Amsterdam and Brussels
Area served
European Community
Key people
  • Arie Piet (CEO)
ProductsSecurity documents, banknotes, stamps
ServicesDesign, print
Revenue€60 million
OwnerAuthentix (2023–present)
Number of employees
450
Websitejoh-enschede.nl

On April 17, 2023, Authentix announced that it had completed the acquisition of Joh. Enschedé.[1]

History

The company was founded in 1703, when Izaak Enschedé registered with the Printers Guild in Haarlem.[2]

Joh. Enschedé has long been associated with the printing of banknotes; the company printed the "Robin" (Dutch: Roodborstje), the very first Dutch banknote, in 1814.[3] Since then, Joh. Enschedé has printed the banknotes of the State of the Netherlands. In 1866, after the death of Johannes Enschedé III, Joh. Enschedé sold the family's book collection and began printing stamps.[2]

Typefounding

Enschedé began manufacturing type in 1743 after purchasing the foundry of Hendrik Wetstein, and the foundry soon became the most important part of Enschedé’s business.[2] The famous punch-cutter Joan Michael Fleischman was employed there in the eighteenth century.

Its type business flourished throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in the twentieth century the foundry achieved widespread international acclaim through the design and production of types of Jan van Krimpen.

During the foundry type era, Enschedé types were distributed in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association.

Foundry typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Enschedé:[4]

Enschedé produced many other typefaces with matrices from other typefoundries for handsetting:

  • Albertus (typeface)
  • Annonce vet
  • Folio Grotesk, halfvet, breed halfvet, small halfvet
  • Klang (typeface)
  • Promotor (typeface)
  • Orator (typeface)

Many Monotype faces were cast on Monotype machines and delivered to the customers.

Besides all this Enschedé offered in the 1968 character proof:

  • Monotype faces in small corpses:
  • Baskerville
  • Baskerville bold
  • Bembo
  • Bembo Bold
  • Century Schoolbook
  • Century Schoolbook bold
  • Garamond
  • Garamond italic
  • Garamond bold
  • Gill Sans
  • Gill Sans halfbold
  • Times New Roman
  • Times New Roman bold
  • Monophoto
  • Baskerville
  • Baskerville bold
  • Bembo
  • Bembo Bold
  • Century Schoolbook
  • Century Schoolbook bold
  • Garamond
  • Garamond italic
  • Garamond bold
  • Gill Sans
  • Gill Sans halfbold
  • Times New Roman
  • Times New Roman bold
  • Linotype
  • Baskerville, 11D, 10D, 9D, 8D
  • Spartan (typeface), 14D, 12D, 10D, 9pt, 8D, 6D
  • Times New Roman, 11D, 10D, 9D, 7D, 5,5D
  • Times New Roman Bold, 11D, 10D, 9D, 8D, 7D, 6D
  • Intertype faces.
  • Folio Grotesk 230, 12D, 10D, 9D, 8D, 6D
  • Folio Grotesk half bold 228, 12D, 10D, 9D, 8D, 6D

Anniversaries
Title page of Enschedé gedenkschrift 1743-1893.

In 1893 for their 150th anniversary, a memorial book was commissioned called Enschedé gedenkschrift 1743-1893. The book was such a success that ten years later they decided to open a museum with artefacts from their archives, and in 1904 Museum Enschedé was founded in the old type foundry.

In 1978, to celebrate their 275th anniversary, Enschedé commissioned Bram de Does, one of Holland’s leading typographers, to design a digital typeface specifically for phototypesetting. The result was Trinité, a face which clearly shows its provenance and which continues the tradition of type design established at Enschedé so many years before.

During the celebrations for the company's 300th anniversary of Joh. Enschedé in 2003, the company received the designation "Royal" from Queen Beatrix.[2]

  • Izaak and Johan Enschede, founders
    Izaak and Johan Enschede, founders
  • The Enschedé type foundry in Haarlem in 1768
    The Enschedé type foundry in Haarlem in 1768
  • Men at work in Haarlem type foundry in 1892
    Men at work in Haarlem type foundry in 1892
  • Memorial plaque on original site of Johan Enschede foundry on the Klokhuisplein behind the Sint-Bavokerk.
    Memorial plaque on original site of Johan Enschede foundry on the Klokhuisplein behind the Sint-Bavokerk.

Services

Today Joh. Enschedé specialises in security document design and printing (banknotes, postage stamps, parking permits, etc.), commercial print (annual reports, catalogues) and online document publication.[5]

The company is a certified Euro banknotes printer, and produces euro notes for five EU countries.[2]

Joh. Enschedé prints stamps for more than sixty countries.

Controversies

In 2016 reports emerged of the theft of 'a significant sum' of 50 euro notes at Joh. Enschedé during the course of two years. According to Dutch police, the theft was committed by several employees of the company.[6]

References
  • Enschedé, Letterproef van de drukkerij, Haarlem/Holland, 1968
  • Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
  • Friedl, Ott, and Stein, Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History. Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
  1. "Authentix® Completes Acquisition of Royal Joh. Enschedé Further Expanding Its Capabilities in Security Printing". Cision Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis. Jaargang 11". Uitgeverij Vantilt, Nijmegen and Nederlandse Boekhistorische Vereniging, Leiden. 2004. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. "Stempel in de Stad – 310 jaar Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé" (Imprint in the City – 310 years Royal Joh. Enschedé) in Haarlem, from May 4 until September 28, 2013
  4. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 2408-249
  5. "61st lustrum shortly noted (sic)". Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  6. "Enorme diefstal cashgeld uit gelddrukkerij in Haarlem". RTL Nieuws. 2016-02-10. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
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