Chicago. Founded 1939. Harry Burke.
Their 1947 Catalog No. 6 has a section introducing "Acme Foundry Faces" (pp. 36-38). This states that all type shown which was not in this section of the catalog was cast on Thompson or Monotype equipment, but that the type shown in this section was cast on "foundry machines." It is not clear from the catalog whether or not Acme was doing this "foundry machine" casting themselves or was here selling type cast elsewhere. Most of the faces listed in the "Acme Foundry Faces" section bear no indication of origin. Three weights of "Piegnot", however, are noted as "Imported from France" (one would presume from the Piegnot foundry).
Catalog No. 6 (1947)
Specimens and Revised Price List Catalog No. 6, 1947-07-15.
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Supplement No. 1
New Faces from ACME Supplement No. 1. No date, but clearly after 1946 (witness a face named "Bikini").
This specimen is interesting because most of the faces is shows are not in McGrew (at least under the names used here). These include Bikini (an imitation of Trafton Script, a face which was drawn by Howard Allen Trafton for the Bauer Foundry in 1933, Cartune (an imitation of Cartoon, drawn by Trafton for Bauer in 1936), Tango Script, Lorraine, Biscayne, Beachcomber (a lot like Othello, English Monotype series 246), and Bali.
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Price List No. 1 (1960-08-01)
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Handy Index of Foundry Type Faces
Handy Index of Foundry Type Faces: Line Service or Reproduction Proofs. No date, but after Catalog 10.
This index is not offering fonts of type for sale. Rather, it is offering two product/service combinations: Line Service and Reproduction Proofs. See the ../../ (list of) Typefoundry Products for an explanation of these.
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Announcing New Products
Tri-fold mailable advertising flyer announcing one typeface (Eden Bold and Eden Light in 14, 18, and 24pt), the general availability of "Antique [= 19th century revival] Type and Cuts" ("specimen brochure available upon request"), stock cuts, and several composing room and bindery products (type cases, slug clipper, numbering machines, saddle stapler, benzene cans, padding cement, tweezers, steel perforating and brass rule, Rycoline HI-F88 Type and Roller Wash ("with a high toxicity rating"), pocket clip tweezers, and a pad counter.
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In addition to the "standard" Lanston Monotype faces, Acme offered a number of other typefaces. These included:
[TO DO: list faces in their Supplement No. 1, e.g. "Bikini" as clone of Trafton Script]
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