Grotesque Sans

グロテスク・サンセリフ / 1816– / Style / Type Classification

褪去衬线的无装饰字母最初被称作“怪诞”——它别扭的均匀感成了告示与标题的新声音。

没有衬线 / 收紧的字腔开口 / 宽窄不一的怪癖 / 标题般的浓黑

辞典词条

适用场景: Comparing primary sources and canonical works；Extracting principles that transfer to other media
字体: Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
版面: Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
材料: Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
注意: Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
延伸阅读: William Caslon IV, Egyptian (1816) / Akzidenz-Grotesk / the 19th-century foundry race