A contemporary grotesque drawing on Akzidenz Grotesk and Venus, offered across 10 weights with obliques and a variable font.
About
Built in the tradition of early European grotesques, Werksatz takes the low-contrast, industrially warm character of Akzidenz Grotesk and Venus and redraws it for present-day use. The family spans 10 weights from Thin to Black, each with a matching oblique, and includes a variable font covering the full weight axis. Over 940 characters per style give it broad Latin Extended coverage including small capitals, oldstyle figures and a comprehensive set of OpenType features.
Classification
Explicitly inspired by Akzidenz Grotesk and Venus, two canonical 19th-century grotesques; the design follows their low-contrast, upright, industrial warmth characteristic of the genre.