Typeface Design for Gregory Grotesk
Geometric sans with wood-type patina
Gregory Grotesk is a geometric sans-serif family by TypeMates, designed by Jakob Runge and Antonia Cornelius in 2025. It balances a playful, offbeat character with functional performance across branding, interface, and information-design uses. The family spans 24 styles across three widths and eight weights, unified in a single variable font with weight and width axes. Greek and Cyrillic scripts were reviewed by native designers, extending support to over 270 languages.
Set in Gregory Grotesk
Insights
- Stroke joints taper rather than using conventional ink traps, referencing 19th-century Grotesque construction and making contrast visible at large sizes.
- Rounded inner corners at angular junctions and top-heavy letter shapes give the family an offbeat character distinct from neutral system fonts.
- Thirteen named stylistic sets cover script-specific alternates for Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Greek, alongside legibility and figure variants.
- The family was a finalist at the European Design Award 2026.
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