Setup Grotesk
Setup Type · Ondrej Jób
A wide, low-contrast geometric sans by Ondrej Jób, offered in eight weights from Hair to Black with two constructional variants for diagonal stroke joints.
About
Built on geometric principles closer to Futura than Avant Garde, Setup Grotesk differentiates itself through higher width variability between glyphs and a choice between pointy and flat diagonal connections via stylistic sets. Eight weights from Hair to Black cover display-oriented use, while broad script support spanning Latin Extended, Vietnamese, Cyrillic and Greek extends its reach across more than 110 languages. A full suite of figure styles, small capitals and ordinals rounds out a well-specified OpenType feature set for a typeface primarily aimed at display work.
Classification
Explicitly geometric construction with tightly closed counters, horizontal stroke terminals, and two constructional variants (pointy and flat joints), placing it squarely in the geometric sans tradition, drawing from Avant Garde and Futura lineages.