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Founders Grotesk is a contemporary amalgamation of classic grotesks. Millar & Richard’s early 20th century Grotesque series provided rudimentary geometry, serpentine curves, and the narrow but welcome aperture of certain forms. Further details were inspired by H. W. Caslon’s Doric series from the same era. These details are coupled with tight spacing strategies from Helvetica’s Halbfett (Medium) headline-sized metal cuts from the late 1950s. Founders Grotesk is not intended as strict revival, it resolves the best details from the last century into a large family designed for modern typography.
- Design
- Kris Sowersby
- Engineering
- Noe Blanco
- Chester Jenkins
- Ben Kiel
- Awards
- Best Awards, Design Craft, Finalist2014
- Australian Design AGDA Award2012
- Best Awards, Design Craft, Gold Pin2012
- Creative Review Type Annual, Text Faces2011
- Release date
- 2014
- Current version
- 2.005
- Classification
- Modern: Lineal/Grotesque Monospaced
- Font formats
- OTF DesktopWOFF2 WebTTF App
- OpenType features
- Slashed zerozero
- Fractionsfrac
- Superiorssups
- Inferiorssinf
- Ordinalsordn
- Capital formscase
- Glyph count
- 478 per style2,390 total
- Font styles
- 5
- Hinting
- Manual VTT hinting
- Kerning
- Manual kerning0 pairs per style
| Font name | File size |
|---|---|
| Founders Grotesk Mono Light | 24kb |
| Founders Grotesk Mono Regular | 24kb |
| Founders Grotesk Mono Medium | 25kb |
| Founders Grotesk Mono Semibold | 25kb |
| Founders Grotesk Mono Bold | 26kb |