A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, recently mentioned that he thought there were four American type foundries that were truly top notch.

He listed Font Bureau, House Industries, H&FJ, and Emigre, and implied that there weren’t really any others that came close.

I mentioned a couple that I thought were contenders, but he contended that these four were THE rock stars, and that any other than them were more like ’indie rock.’

There are obviously lots of talented individuals outside of these, but what about other companies?