Komplekt
East of Rome · Lewis McGuffie
A 162-style grotesque by Lewis McGuffie rooted in pre- and post-war Estonian printed ephemera, available across nine widths and nine weights with Latin and Cyrillic coverage.
About
Komplekt draws from hand-done grotesks and geometric gothics found in everyday Estonian printed matter from the mid-twentieth century, interpreting their inky letter-squash and irregular stroke quality rather than reproducing them exactly. Nine width families run from 020 to 100, each with nine weights from Thin to Ultra and accompanying italics, giving 162 styles in total. Stylistic alternates reference 1920s and Bauhaus forms, alongside Cyrillic localisations for Bulgarian and Serbian.
Classification
Drawn from twentieth century Estonian grotesk lettering and hand-done geometric gothics, with explicit references to 1920s and Bauhaus forms via stylistic alternates; the inky, irregular quality distinguishes it from a clean geometric grotesque.