dutch koninklijke joh . ensched logo on johan ensched hof type private company industry printing founded haarlem 1703 founder izaak ensched headquarters haarlem netherlands number of locations haarlem amsterdam and brussels area served european community key people arie piet chief executive officer products security documents banknotes stamps services design print revenue 60 million number of employees 450 website www.joh enschede.nl royal joh . ensched dutch koninklijke joh . ensched is a printer of security documents stamps and banknotes based in haarlem netherlands . joh . ensched specialises in print media and security . the company hosts the museum ensched and has branches in amsterdam brussels and haarlem . contents 1 history 2 typefounding 2.1 foundry typefaces 3 anniversaries 4 services 5 controversies 6 references 7 external links history edit the company was founded in 1703 when izaak ensched registered with the printers guild in haarlem . 1 joh . ensched has long been associated with the printing of banknotes ; the company printed the robin dutch roodborstje the very first dutch banknote in 1814 . 2 since then joh . ensched has printed the banknotes of the state of the netherlands . in 1866 after the death of johannes ensched iii joh . ensched sold the family s book collection and began printing stamps . 1 typefounding edit ensched began manufacturing type in 1743 after purchasing the foundry of hendrik wetstein and the foundry soon became the most important part of ensched s business . 1 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 ensched types were distributed in the united states by continental type founders association . foundry typefaces edit these foundry types were produced by ensched r 3 bavo 1939 56 robert harling originally cast by stephenson blake as chisel . cancelleresca bastarda 1934 jan van krimpen civilit 1584 plantin based on the 1557 design of robert granjon . didot floriated capitals 1820 pierre didot emergo 1948 53 s.l. hartz fleischman 1700 s joan michael fleischman houtsneeletter 1927 a. van der vossen lutetia 1925 jan van krimpen open roman capitals 1929 jan van krimpen roman e 1928 49 jan van krimpen romulus 1931 jan van krimpen rosart 1759 j.f. rosart spectrum 1952 jan van krimpen ensched produced many other typefaces with matrices from other typefoundries for handsetting albertus typeface annonce vet folio grotesk halfvet breed halfvet smal halfvet klang typeface promotor typeface orator typeface many monotype faces were cast on monotype machines and delivered to the customers . baskerville typeface bembo bodoni gill sans typeface lutetia typeface perpetua typeface spectrum typeface times new roman besides all this ensched 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 edit title page of ensched gedenkschrift 1743 1893 . in 1893 for their 150th anniversary a memorial book was commissioned called ensched 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 ensched was founded in the old type foundry . in 1978 to celebrate their 275th anniversary ensched commissioned bram de does one of holland s leading typographers to design a digital typeface specifically for phototypesetting . the result was trinit a face which clearly shows its provenance and which continues the tradition of type design established at ensched so many years before . during the celebrations for the company s 300th anniversary of joh . ensched in 2003 the company received the designation royal from queen beatrix . 1 izaak and johan enschede founders the ensched type foundry in haarlem in 1768 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 . services edit today joh . ensched specialises in security document design and printing banknotes postage stamps parking permits etc. commercial print annual reports catalogues and online document publication . 4 the company is a certified euro banknotes printer and produces euro notes for five eu countries . 1 joh . ensched prints stamps for more than sixty countries . controversies edit in 2016 reports emerged of the theft of a significant sum of 50 euro notes at joh . ensched during the course of two years . according to dutch police the theft was committed by several employees of the company . 5 references edit ensched letterproef vsn 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 . a b c d e jaarboek voor nederlandse boekgeschiedenis . jaargang 11 . uitgeverij vantilt nijmegen and nederlandse boekhistorische vereniging leiden . 2004 . retrieved 2015 12 06 . stempel in de stad 310 jaar koninklijke joh . ensched imprint in the city 310 years royal joh . ensched in haarlem from may 4 until september 28 2013 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 61st lustrum shortly noted sic . koninklijke joh . ensched . retrieved 2008 11 07 . enorme diefstal cashgeld uit gelddrukkerij in haarlem . rtl nieuws . 2016 02 10 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to johan ensched . official website joh . ensched amsterdam department joh . ensched it & consultancy joh . ensched belgium department joh . ensched online publication platform retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title joh . ensched & oldid 721092347 categories haarlemcompanies of the netherlandsbanknote printing companiestype foundriesletterpress font foundriesphilately of the netherlandshidden categories articles containing dutch language textcommons category with local 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