Basement
Grotesque

Basement Grotesque is the studio’s first venture into the daunting but exciting world of type design. Of course, we had to start with a heavyweight: striking and unapologetically so; flawed but charming and full of character.

We set out inspired by the expressiveness of early 19th-century grotesque typefaces and the boldness and striking visuals of the contemporary revival of brutalist aesthetics. Grotesque is the first step in a very ambitious path we’ve set for ourselves.

The typeface is a work in progress, open to anyone who shares our visual and graphic sensibilities. You're invited to check our journey as we iterate, change, and add new weights and widths in the future as we learn by doing.

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Characters

413 glyphs
Black (800)
OTF

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Lëtzebuerg
Moscow
Genève
Roma

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CATACOMBS, ALTHOUGH MOST NOTABLE AS UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAYS AND CEMETERIES, ALSO HOUSE MANY DECORATIONS.

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There are thousands of decorations in the centuries-old catacombs of Rome, catacombs of Paris, and other known and unknown catacombs, some of which include inscriptions, paintings, statues, ornaments, and other items placed in the graves over the years.

MANY ACCENTS,
OBVIOUSLY

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CAPITAL VARIABLES,
BECAUSE, WHY NOT?

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1918-2021
£ 206.10
€ 37,00

1918-2021

£ 206.10

€ 37,00

WHO NEEDS NUMBERS?

Try this beauty :)

Handcrafted
for strong designs

S: 108PX | T: -2px | L: 110%

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S: 108PX | T: -2px | L: 110%

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Size

108PX

Tracking

-2px

Leading

110%

Forget morality

Moral philosophy is bogus, a mere substitute for God that licenses ugly emotions.

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In every Mithraeum the centerpiece was a representation of Mithras killing a sacred bull, an act called the Tauroctony.

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CHANGELOG

Version History

1.2

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Refined shapes for certain glyphs. Adjusted kerning and addition of more variants and ligatures.

24 Sep 2021

1.1

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Refined and redrawn shapes. Masters set up for additional weights and widths. Renaming from Bold to Black to comply with the new weight spectrum.

08 Aug 2021

1.0

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Private release. Bold weight, full set of glyphs with support for most Latin languages, full set of punctuation and symbols.

28 May 2021

0.9

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Capital letters, alternative glyphs, stylistic sets, regular and discretionary ligatures, lining and old-style figures.

24 May 2021

0.5

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Lowercase and some capital letters.

17 Apr 2021

Stats

Features status

Family styles

1/5

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Character set

4/5

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Spacing & Kerning

3/5

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Hinting

4/5

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14:00 pm - 25 Jul 2022

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I’m downloading the #basementgrotesque typeface, the boldest font I’ll ever use on my side-projects. Thank you guys @basementstudio 🏴 Get it now: https://t.co/em2pfREC4G

13:18 pm - 22 Jul 2022

1.2

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