Includes “Proto Grotesk: The typeface as atlas”, an essay by historian Sébastien Morlighem: a study about the origins of the word “Grotesk”, as well as a lengthy research on German Grotesk typefaces. The original material that ignited Proto Grotesk was found among these many late 19th-century designs.
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Design by Emmanuel Besse/Large. Photography by Julien Lelièvre.
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