Founders Grotesk X-Condensed
Klim Type Foundry · Kris Sowersby · 2011
An extra-condensed grotesque inside the Founders Grotesk system, drawn for posters, mastheads and tight vertical headlines.
About
The extra-condensed cut of Founders Grotesk, by Kris Sowersby, narrower again than the Condensed and tuned for posters, mastheads and stacked headlines. Five weights from Light to Bold sit beside the standard Founders Grotesk, Text, Condensed and Mono cuts, sharing the same lineage of Miller & Richard's Grotesque series, Caslon's Doric and Helvetica's Halbfett headline metal cuts. The cut culture studios reach for when a grotesque has to set a long word in a short column without thinning the weight.
Classification
Klim classifies it as Modern: Lineal/Grotesque; the extra-condensed cut of Founders Grotesk, sharing the family's roots in Miller & Richard's Grotesque series, Caslon's Doric and Helvetica's Halbfett.