A contemporary grotesque derived from Wim Crouwel's 1959 hand-lettered poster for a Jean René Bazaine exhibition at Eindhoven's Van Abbemuseum.
About
The letterforms originate from a single word on a Crouwel exhibition poster, extrapolated into a full family spanning seven weights from Thin to Bold. Compact boxy widths, a high x-height and tight apertures give the typeface a taut, distinctive silhouette, while asymmetric junctures introduce an uncommon tension across both display and text settings. OpenType features include unicase capitals, small caps and alternate forms for further typographic control.
Classification
Described explicitly as a contemporary grotesque, drawing from hand lettering on a Wim Crouwel poster; its high x-height, tight apertures and asymmetric junctures are characteristic of expressive grotesque design.