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Basis Grotesque

Basis Grotesque™

by Colophon Foundry
Individual Styles from $60.00 USD
Complete family of 16 fonts: $768.00 USD
Basis Grotesque Font Family was designed by Jelle Bosma, Steve Matteson, Robin Nicholas, Colophon Foundry and published by Colophon Foundry. Basis Grotesque contains 16 styles and family package options.

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About Basis Grotesque Font Family


Initially drawn in a single Regular style for the comprehensive re-design of photography magazine Hotshoe. Basis was exhaustively refined and extended into a seven-style brood, and in-so-doing has been tested in copious iterations and sub-iterations across countless platforms, printed and otherwise.

Initial points of inspiration — among them Akzidenz and various early Grotesques from Monotype — were ultimately eschewed-but-honored to create something slightly more behaved and shapely. An intentional skeletal similarity among the weights prompts an otherwise truly diverse clan of types, ranging from Light to Black.

Designers: Jelle Bosma, Steve Matteson, Robin Nicholas, Colophon Foundry

Publisher: Colophon Foundry

Foundry: Colophon Foundry

Design Owner: Colophon Foundry

MyFonts debut: Mar 1, 2024

Basis Grotesque™ is a trademark of AS & EH Partnership Limited, trading as Colophon Foundry, and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.