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URW Grotesk™

by URW Type Foundry

Individual Styles from $35.00 USD

Complete family of 59 fonts: $104.99 USD

URW Grotesk Font Family was designed by URW Design Staff and published by URW Type Foundry. URW Grotesk contains 59 styles family package options.

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Aa Glyphs
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URW Grotesk Pro Extra Light ▲

URW Grotesk Pro Extra Light

URW Grotesk Std Extra Light Oblique

URW Grotesk Light

URW Grotesk Std Small Caps Light

URW Grotesk Std Light Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Light Italic

URW Grotesk Regular

URW Grotesk Std Small Caps Regular

URW Grotesk Std Regular Oblique

URW Grotesk Pro Regular Italic

URW Grotesk Std Medium

URW Grotesk Std Medium Oblique

URW Grotesk Pro Medium Italic

URW Grotesk Pro Bold

URW Grotesk Std Bold Oblique

URW Grotesk Pro Bold Italic

URW Grotesk Pro Light Condensed

URW Grotesk Pro Bold Condensed

URW Grotesk Extra Light Extra Narrow

URW Grotesk Extra Light Extra Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Light Extra Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Light Extra Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Regular Extra Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Regular Extra Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Medium Extra Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Medium Extra Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Bold Extra Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Bold Extra Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Extra Light Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Extra Light Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Light Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Light Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Regular Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Regular Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Medium Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Medium Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Bold Narrow

URW Grotesk Std Bold Narrow Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Extra Light Wide

URW Grotesk Std Extra Light Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Light Wide

URW Grotesk Std Light Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Regular Wide

URW Grotesk Std Regular Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Medium Wide

URW Grotesk Std Medium Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Bold Wide

URW Grotesk Std Bold Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Extra Light Extra Wide

URW Grotesk Extra Light Extra Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Light Extra Wide

URW Grotesk Std Light Extra Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Regular Extra Wide

URW Grotesk Std Regular Extra Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Medium Extra Wide

URW Grotesk Std Medium Extra Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std Bold Extra Wide

URW Grotesk Std Bold Extra Wide Oblique

URW Grotesk Std E Light Condensed

URW Grotesk Pro Extra Light - Glyph count:

This is a listing of all glyphs contained in the font, including OpenType variants that may only be accessible via OpenType-aware applications.

Each basic character (“A”) is followed by Unicode variants of the same character (Á, Ä…), then OpenType variants (small caps, alternates, ligatures…). This way you can see all the variations on a single character in one place.

URW Grotesk Complete Family Pack

59 fonts

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Per Style:

$1.77 USD

Pack of 59 styles:

$104.99 USD

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Licensing Options

You can use this font in any of the following places. Read the full EULA text for details about each license. If you have a usage in mind that's not covered by these licenses, contact us and we'll see what we can do.

Desktop: for use on a desktop workstation

For the most common uses, both personal and professional, for use in desktop applications with a font menu.

For example:

Install the font on your Mac OS X or Windows system
Use the font within desktop applications such as Microsoft Word, Mac Pages, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, etc.
Create and print documents, as well as static images (.jpeg, .tiff, .png)

Desktop licenses are based on the number of users of the fonts. You can change the number of users by clicking the quantity dropdown option on Buying Choices or Cart pages.

Please be sure to review the listing foundry's Desktop license agreement as some restrictions may apply—such as use in logos/trademarks, geographic restrictions (number of locations), and products that will be sold.

URW Grotesk Desktop EULA

Electronic Doc: for embedding in e-text products

You can use an Electronic Doc license to embed the font in an electronic publication such as an eBook, eMagazine, eNewspaper, or interactive PDF.

An Electronic Doc license is based on the number of publications in which the font is used. Each issue counts as a separate publication. Regional or format variations don't count as separate publications.

Updated versions of publications that are free to previous customers do not need a new license; otherwise, each new version that is released counts as a separate publication.

For font usage in graphic images shown as the ePub cover, consider a Desktop license instead as most allow for it.

URW Grotesk Electronic Doc EULA

Digital Ad/Email: for use in HTML5 ads

You can use this type of license to embed fonts into digital ads, such as ads built using HTML5.

We'll supply a kit containing webfonts that can be used within digital ads, such as banner ads. This kit may be shared with third parties who are working on your behalf to produce the ad creatives, however you are wholly responsible for it.

HTML5 ads use webfonts, so why purchase a Digital Ads license rather than a Webfont license?

There are a few reasons, such as the Digital Ads EULA having terms that enable usage in digital ads and on advertising networks.

Digital advertisements also have different usage patterns compared to websites. Most websites generally have consistent pageviews month-to-month whereas advertising impressions can vary wildly month-to-month. Prices reflect this, making it much less expensive to use a Digital Ad license.

If you know the number of impressions the campaign requires, that amount can be ordered before the campaign begins. For campaigns where number impressions is unknown until the end of the campaign, you can true up at the end of each calendar month.

URW Grotesk Digital Ad/Email EULA

Webfonts: for your website

Webfonts allow you to embed the font into a webpage using the @font-face rule, so paragraphs and headings of text can be styled as the webfont. You will be serving the webfont kit for your own site and linking it in the CSS.

Webfonts can be used on a single domain. Agencies responsible for multiple websites, for example web design agencies or hosting providers, may not share a single webfont license across multiple websites.

If the font file itself won't be embedded in the website (for example, when the font is used in a static graphic image such as a logo) you should purchase a Desktop license instead.

Most foundries on MyFonts offer their webfonts with the Annual license model. Click here to Learn more.

URW Grotesk WebFont EULA

App: for embedding in mobile applications

Select this license type when you are developing an app for iOS, Android, or Windows Phone, and you will be embedding the font file in your mobile application's code.

URW Grotesk App EULA

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About the family

URW Grotesk was designed exclusively for URW by Prof. Hermann Zapf in 1985. At the same time, Zapf designed URW Antiqua to go with URW Grotesk. At that time, we were working with a large German publishing house (Axel Springer) on type design solutions to replace certain of their newspaper fonts. Test pages of large German newspapers (e.g. Bildzeitung) were printed with URW Grotesk and URW Antiqua font families. For reasons not disclosed to us, the project was dropped and Springer never used URW Grotesk and URW Antiqua for that purpose. Anyway, Zapf finished his designs and URW produced both families. Zapf’s intention for the two typefaces was to design two highly legible, open and classical fonts that could be used for any kind of typography, especially books, newspapers, magazines, etc. However, we realized later on, that URW Grotesk is very well suited for multi media applications on screen.

Designers: URW Design Staff

Publisher: URW Type Foundry

Foundry: URW Type Foundry

Design Owner: URW Type Foundry

MyFonts debut: Mar 17, 2000

URW Grotesk™ is a trademark of URW++.

About URW Type Foundry

URW Type Foundry GmbH is a German company with a long and rich history in type design and engineering. As the direct successor of digital type pioneer URW GmbH, it continues to design and develop first class typefaces and custom projects. URW Type Foundry GmbH is renowned for a comprehensive library, a specialization in global font technology, and its overall role in type development.

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URW Grotesk™

URW Grotesk Pro Extra Light - Glyph count:

URW Grotesk Complete Family Pack

Best Value!

Licensing Options

Desktop: for use on a desktop workstation

Electronic Doc: for embedding in e-text products

Digital Ad/Email: for use in HTML5 ads

Webfonts: for your website

App: for embedding in mobile applications

Licensing Options

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