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Extraset · Alex Dujet
A Swiss Grotesk designed by Alex Dujet across ten weights and matching italics, guided by Frutiger's theory of positive and negative space balance.
About
Built on classical Swiss Grotesk references, the family offers ten weights from Skeleton to Extrabold with corresponding italics and a variable font, totalling 20 styles. Ten stylistic sets give access to alternate letterforms and allow shifts between neutral text setting and more graphic titling. The drawing is rationalised to suppress visual noise while preserving a distinct minimalist character across broad Latin coverage.
Classification
Explicitly positioned within the Swiss Grotesk tradition, drawing on classical references and formal reduction consistent with the neo-grotesque genre, with attention to positive and negative space balance in the manner of Frutiger.