Grotesque (typeface classification)
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Grotesque, or Grotesk in Germany, is a style of sans-serif
typeface from the 19th century. The name was coined by William Thorowgood, the first person to produce a sans-serif type with lower case, in 1832. Capital-only faces of this style were first available from 1816, made by William Caslon IV of the Caslon foundry under the name 2 Line English Egyptian.
Examples of Grotesque designs are:
Later designs are sometimes classified as neo-grotesque.
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif or san serif typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without"....
typeface from the 19th century. The name was coined by William Thorowgood, the first person to produce a sans-serif type with lower case, in 1832. Capital-only faces of this style were first available from 1816, made by William Caslon IV of the Caslon foundry under the name 2 Line English Egyptian.
Examples of Grotesque designs are:
- Akzidenz GroteskAkzidenz GroteskAkzidenz-Grotesk is a grotesque typeface originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry in 1896 under the name Accidenz-Grotesk...
(1896) - Franklin GothicFranklin GothicFranklin Gothic and its related faces are realist sans-serif typefaces originated by Morris Fuller Benton in 1902. “Gothic” is an increasingly archaic term meaning sans-serif. Franklin Gothic has been used in many advertisements and headlines in newspapers. The typeface continues to maintain a...
(1905), Morris Fuller BentonMorris Fuller BentonMorris Fuller Benton was an influential American typeface designer who headed the design department of the American Type Founders , for which he was the chief type designer from 1900 to 1937... - Monotype GrotesqueMonotype GrotesqueMonotype Grotesque is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Frank Hinman Pierpont and released by the Monotype foundry in 1926.Pierpont based his design for Monotype Grotesque on Ideal, an earlier more idiosyncratic sans-serif by the H...
(1926) by F.H. Pierpont - UniversUniversUnivers is the name of a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1954.Originally conceived and released by Deberny & Peignot in 1957, the type library was acquired in 1972 by Haas. Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei was later folded into the D...
(1957), Adrian FrutigerAdrian FrutigerAdrian Frutiger is one of the prominent typeface designers of the 20th century, who continues to influence the direction of digital typography in the 21st century; he is best known for creating the typefaces Univers and Frutiger.-Early life:Adrian Frutiger was born in Unterseen, Canton of Bern, as... - HelveticaHelveticaHelvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann.-Visual distinctive characteristics:Characteristics of this typeface are:lower case:square dot over the letter i....
(1957), Max MiedingerMax MiedingerMax Miedinger was a Swiss typeface designer. He was famous for creating Helvetica in 1957...
, based on Akzidenz Grotesk
Later designs are sometimes classified as neo-grotesque.