Typeface Design for Grot12 Font Family
Industrial-era grotesque revisited across three widths
Grot12 Extended is part of A2-TYPE's Grot12 family, a follow-up to their 2010 Grot10 release. The family draws on Industrial Revolution-era typography, with partial inspiration from Stephenson Blake's Grotesque series. It spans three widths — Extended, Normal, and Condensed — across weights from Thin to Black, with italics, totalling 42 styles.
Set in Grot12 Extended
Insights
- The family is structured around three coordinated width variants designed to work as an interconnected system.
- At 42 styles total, the range covers Thin to Black with italics across all three widths.
- Stephenson Blake's historical Grotesque series served as a partial reference, not a direct revival.
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