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GT Alpina

Grilli Type · Reto Moser · 2020

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GT Alpina specimen from Grilli Type

A workhorse serif by Reto Moser that revives expressive historical shapes inside a pragmatic 70-style system.

About

A serif family by Reto Moser, released in 2020 and available in 70 styles. Grilli pitch it as a workhorse that delights in playing with the term, melding distinct historical shapes with a pragmatic execution. The family spans Condensed, Standard and Extended widths plus matching Fine cuts for display and a Typewriter set, with alternates for J, ?, & and @.

Classification

Grilli call it a workhorse serif that plays with the meaning of the term, reaching into typographic history to resurrect shapes some may see as too expressive and pairing them with a pragmatic execution.

Weights

ThinLightRegularMediumBold

Optical sizes and widths

CondensedStandardExtended

Family

CondensedStandardExtendedFine CondensedFine StandardFine ExtendedTypewriter

Languages

Latin Extended

Tags

serifworkhorseeditorialexpressivehistoricalalpinetypewriter