Auto Grotesk Cameo
DDOTT · Dominik Thieme · 2025
A two-style cameo (negative) display family by Dominik Thieme, derived from historic wood type production and offered in two body heights matching 19th-century Bauer'sche Giesserei practice.
About
Auto Grotesk Cameo translates letterpress cameo type into digital form, with Part and Full variants corresponding to differing body heights as found in historical wood type catalogues. The family ships with a suite of adaptive ornaments and coded ligatures that automatically switch to the correct ornament piece, enabling modular, block-style compositions in the tradition of display jobbing work. With 899 glyphs and 20 OpenType features including nine stylistic sets, it carries significant technical depth for a two-style release.
Classification
A display-weight grotesque derived from historic wood type production, specifically cameo (negative) type traditions, with two body-height variants echoing 19th-century letterpress practice.