Cape Arcona Type Foundry - Introduction

Introduction

It is said, that the Cape Arcona Type Foundry has it’s headquarters at the fictional country of Cape Arcona. According to the founders, the country of Cape Arcona is really a small place. It was a little wonder nobody had ever heard of it before... It was really quiet for hundreds of years but then came two multi millionaires (in form of the founders) who took over the state and declared themselves King (Thomas Schostok) and President (Stefan Claudius) of this little spot. The new regents made a few minor changes to Cape Arcona. Within the borders of the country they abolished money and introduced the production of fonts

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