Brockmann
atipo foundry · Raul Garcia del Pomar, Ismael Gonzalez · 2022
A neo-grotesque sans by atipo named for Josef Muller-Brockmann, sitting in the Swiss modernist tradition with four weights and italics.
About
A neo-grotesque sans by Raul Garcia del Pomar and Ismael Gonzalez at atipo foundry, named for Swiss designer Josef Muller-Brockmann. Brockmann offers four weights from Regular to Bold with matching italics, with stylistic alternates, tabular figures and fractions in the OpenType layer. The drawing leans Swiss and rational rather than humanist, sitting close to Helvetica and Akzidenz Grotesk in tone, and is positioned for editorial systems and identities that want quiet authority.
Classification
A neo-grotesque sans named for Josef Muller-Brockmann, drawing on Swiss modernist sans serifs in the lineage of Helvetica and Akzidenz Grotesk. Built for editorial and identity work that wants a quiet, rational tone.