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Acel Gothic

by Monovo
Individual Styles from $15.00 USD
Complete family of 21 fonts: $89.00 USD
The Acel Gothic Font Family was designed by Amondó Szegi and published by Monovo. Acel Gothic contains 21 styles and family package options. More about this family

About the family


ACÉL Gothic is a constructivist display family built from industrial logic — angular, uncompromising, and forged for maximum visual impact. No curves, no compromise: 21 fonts across three styles — Roman, Italic, and Backslant — cut from the same raw material, ready to hammer your headlines into shape. What you get: 3 styles × 7 weights — Thin through Black Roman / Italic / Backslant Proportional & Tabular figures, Slashed Zero Extended Central European character set OpenType features: ligatures, fractions, currency symbols The Story ACÉL Gothic began its life under a different name. Published as Munka — the Hungarian word for "work" — it spent years quietly available on Creative Market, waiting for the right moment. Like many things worth keeping, it needed time. The name was never accidental. It was a nod to Lajos Kassák, the great Hungarian avant-garde poet, painter, and typographer, who titled his most celebrated poem-sequence A ló meghal a madarak kirepülnek — and who, like the designer, began his career as a worker. Kassák built his art from labor, from the factory floor, from the raw material of everyday life. So did this typeface. The rename to ACÉL — Hungarian for "steel" — adds another layer. In Hungary, the word carries a sharp historical echo: György Aczél was the notorious cultural commissar of the Kádár era, the man who controlled what could and could not be published, performed, or exhibited for decades. Kassák and the spirit of the avant-garde frequently clashed with exactly that kind of power. Naming a typeface ACÉL is a small provocation — a knowing wink to anyone who catches it, invisible to everyone else. Now reforged with 3 styles and 7 weights, ACÉL Gothic returns not as a revival but as a reckoning. Raw material, sharp result.

Designers: Amondó Szegi

Foundry: Monovo

MyFonts debut: May 1, 2026

Acel Gothic

About Monovo

Monovo is the innovative type universe crafted by Amondó Szegi, a distinguished type designer and educator at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Budapest. As the founder of Fontanatype, Hungary's first internationally recognized digital type foundry established in 1999, Szegi brings over 25 years of expertise to the field. His typefaces have gained prominence through T-26, where several designs reached bestseller status, alongside P22/IHOF and The Type Foundry. Licensed by Canva, his work continues to enhance editorial design, brand identity, and cultural projects globally. Fontanatype uniquely bridges historical references with contemporary practices, translating rhythm, structure, and typographic intelligence into functional type systems that respect tradition while innovating. Monovo builds upon this legacy with a conceptual focus, embodying the belief that letterforms are dynamic tools of communication—shaped by history, culture, and practical application, from editorial text to expressive design. Drawing inspiration from the rich lineage of typographic forms and the intentional challenge of rule-breaking, Monovo produces flat, iconic, and versatile typefaces that convey clarity, warmth, and purpose. Through Monovo, Szegi delves into appropriation, revival, and reinterpretation, treating letters as conceptual ready-made objects while broadening the creative horizons of type in contemporary design.

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