Industry: Design

Display Typeface for Expressive Headlines

Unicase meets monospaced in a brush-informed display family

Grima is a bold display typeface by Todor Georgiev, released by Fontfabric in March 2023. It draws on experimental 'Unispace' concepts that merge unicase and monospaced traits, originating from pencil sketches of faux flat-brush lettering with calligraphic nuances. The family spans five width variants—Narrow through UltraWide—plus a variable font, with Extended Latin and Cyrillic support and OpenType features including ligatures, ordinals, and localization.

Set in Grima

Insights

The 'Unispace' concept deliberately fuses unicase letterforms with monospaced spacing logic as a structural design premise.
Letterforms originated from pencil sketches simulating flat-brush strokes, retaining calligraphic nuance within a display register.
Width variants progress across five named steps (Narrow, Medium, Wide, Extended, UltraWide), complemented by a variable font.
Font production was separated from type design, with Plamen Motev and Stefan Yatanski handling production while Todor Georgiev led design and art direction.