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Foundry Gridnik

Foundry Gridnik™

by The Foundry
Individual Styles from $96.00 USD
Complete family of 10 fonts: $740.00 USD
Foundry Gridnik Font Family was designed by Wim Crouwel, Freda Sack, David Quay and published by The Foundry. Foundry Gridnik contains 10 styles family package options.

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    The new Foundry Gridnik typeface family features an expressive range of 10 weights – from Light to Extra Bold, each with accompanying Italics. Foundry Gridnik was developed from the single weight monospaced 'typewriter’ face, originally created by Dutch designer Wim Crouwel in the 1960s. Crouwel's devotion to grids and systems led to his affectionate nickname of ‘Mr Gridnik’, and this inspired the new typeface family name. Foundry Gridnik’s distinct geometric design has been described as ‘the thinking man’s Courier’. Crouwel said, ‘I am a functionalist troubled by aesthetics’, and although Gridnik is based on logic, rationality and strict adherence to the grid, it also has a human dimension that sets it apart.

    Designers: Wim Crouwel, Freda Sack, David Quay

    Publisher: The Foundry

    Foundry: The Foundry

    Design Owner: The Foundry

    MyFonts debut: Mar 10, 2016

    Foundry Gridnik™

    About The Foundry

    Started in 1989–90 by David Quay and Freda Sack, with just two typefaces Foundry Sans and Foundry Old Style, The Foundry typeface library has grown into a unique range of font styles, covering a range of languages and formats. The partners continue to develop new typeface designs to expand The Foundry font collection. David and Freda bring a unique combination of traditional and modern approaches to font design and implementation, having worked in every technological development of type design sin...

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