Groot Thin
Groot Light
Groot Regular
Groot Bold
Groot Heavy
Groot Bau Thin
Groot Bau Light
Groot Bau Regular
Groot Bau Bold
Groot Bau Heavy
Designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini with the help of Mario de Libero and Nicolas Sendre Billout, Groot is a reinvention of the traditional industrial grotesque sans serif that adds a variable axis to control dinamically the superness of the curvature in inner space.
The traditional proportions of DIN-like industrial grotesques are respected faithfully in the proportions of the lowercase letters, while uppercase glyphs present many brutalist variations that reinforce the constructed and mechanical feel of the typeface. The Bau subfamily pushes the curvature variation to the limit, resulting in overlapping counters in the thin weight and in square counterspaces in the heavy one, and in a noticeable contrasted design overall.
The resulting superfamily, fully customizable thanks to the variable font version, can effortlessly switch from a transparent utilitarian sans optimized for body text to a quirky display font with logo and editorial use.
Features
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BauStylistic Set 1
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GagStylistic Set 2
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QBMWStylistic Set 3
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QuietStylistic Set 4
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ALMEWStylistic Set 5
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GroßeStylistic Set 6
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12/23Fractions
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H123Denominators
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H123Subscript
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H123Superscript
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H123Scientific Inferiors
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H123Numerators
Variable Typefaces
Groot Variable Regular
VARIABLE FONTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE WITH THE FULL FAMILY PACKAGE, MAY NOT WORK WITH ALL THE SOFTWARE
Groots Lied der Bau
“In den Wirren der Industrie, wo Stahl und Schrift sich treffen, Und Betonströme ewig fließen, Dort tanzen wir, ein Wirbel von Buchstaben und Balken.”
There - a cacophony of typographic innovation melded with the relentless rhythm of construction: there - in the heart of the industrial sprawl, where concrete rivers flow endlessly, and steel giants rise to pierce the sky: there - where the alphabet dances with the assembly line, typecasting machines hum their mechanical hymns, linotype cranes stretch their arms towards the heavens, constructing words from steel and glass. Imagine, now: the streets echo with the clang of metal and the hiss of hydraulic presses, as serifs and sans-serifs intertwine in a grotesque symphony. The typographers, with their stern countenances, oversee the meticulous choreography of letters and beams, ensuring every line is straight, every curve precise: and amidst this industrial ballet, emerges the legendary GROOT - his towering figure of brutal constructivism, his sans serif industrial skeleton apparently carverd out of stainless steel. His footsteps shake the very foundations of the city, leaving a trail of jagged serifs in his wake. Building twist and turn, morphing into a lysergic haze o of impossible geometry, while punctuation marks dance like dervishes in the night sky. Still, amidst this noise and apparent chaos, there is order, as each letter, each glyph, falls into place with mathematical precision, guided by the unseen hand of typographic fate. And in this dance of construction and typography, a new world is born, where words are not just written, but built, and the legend of Groot lives on.
