![]() Fortunately for us, this led him to design Founders Grotesk Text. Originally designed for display usage with tight letter spacing, when the typeface was first put to work at text sizes in The Weekend Herald, and ultimately in Il Magazine, Sowersby found that it did not hold up well. Sowersby’s approach to Founders Grotesk, initially inspired by a 1912 Miller & Richard specimen, involved careful curation of various century-old grots. ![]() ![]() It has become hard to expect anything less from Kris Sowersby, who turns out to be The Blues Brothers of revivals - resurrecting entire movements to create something new and unique. Those shoulders! That ‘a’! Tight apertures! As I turned the pages of Il Magazine (filled with the skillful typography of Francesco Franchi), I fell in love.įounders Grotesk is one of those faces that simultaneously seems like it has always existed and has never been seen before. Aria di rivoluzione - those were the words that first made me swoon.
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