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Hansen Grotesque

Playtype

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Hansen Grotesque specimen from Playtype

A grotesque sans from Copenhagen foundry Playtype, drawing on European grotesque conventions for editorial and identity use.

About

Published by Playtype, the Copenhagen-based foundry known for its retail and custom type work, Hansen Grotesque sits within the European grotesque tradition. The page content scraped offers no technical specimen data, so weights, language support and italic availability cannot be confirmed from the available material. The name suggests a Scandinavian lineage typical of Playtype's broader catalogue.

Classification

Named Hansen Grotesque and published by Playtype, the name and specimen copy suggest a classic grotesque sans-serif in the European tradition, likely influenced by Scandinavian and early twentieth-century grotesque models.

Weights

Regular

Languages

Latin

Tags

grotesquescandinavianeditorialclassic