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Grotesk

American  
[groh-tesk] / groʊˈtɛsk /

noun

  1. Gothic.


Etymology

Origin of Grotesk

Variant of grotesque


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The font for Trump’s campaign logo, according to Hunter Schwarz at Yello, is Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Extended, which is a fitting assemblage of adjectives.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2020

Schwartz went back to the original forms of Neue Haas Grotesk, before it evolved through various compromises and mutated into Helvetica.

From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 20, 2013

Even typefaces, several examples of which are displayed on placards around the show, are treated as insurrectionary: Aktiv Grotesk, designed by Dalton Maag in 2010, is described as “a head-on challenge to the ‘over-hyped Helvetica.’ ”

From New York Times ● May 31, 2012

The roots of this new sans serif lay in Germany, in a font known as Akzidenz Grotesk, released in 1898.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 16, 2010

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