Grotesk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Grotesk
Variant of grotesque
Example Sentences
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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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