Garamond Grotesk
E162 · Loan Bottex · 2017
A grotesque sans drawn from Garamond's classical structures by Loan Bottex, available on request from the E162 foundry.
About
Released in 2017 by Loan Bottex under the E162 label, Garamond Grotesk takes the proportions and skeleton of Garamond and reinterprets them through a sans-serif grotesque lens. Currently available in a single Semi Bold weight with a character set of 441 glyphs, the typeface is distributed on request rather than through a conventional retail channel. The project sits within a broader inquiry into digital interfaces and the inherited conventions of print typography.
Classification
The name references Garamond as a historical serif source, but the typeface is presented as a grotesque sans-serif, suggesting a hybrid drawing that strips serif structures from classical Garamond forms.