Action Grotesque

Erik van Blokland

Action Grotesque is a variable-first, reading-first sans serif that continues Erik van Blokland’s exploration of type created in and for the environments where it is most likely to find itself today: screens.

Images of Action Grotesque

  1. Image 1 — 120000 point sign 2x (Action Grotesque)
  2. Image 2 — Ampersand 2x (Action Grotesque)
  3. Image 3 — Big Arrow 2x (Action Grotesque)
  4. Image 4 — Qf 2x (Action Grotesque)
  5. Image 5 — Readable 2x (Action Grotesque)
  6. Image 6 — Savigny Platz 2x (Action Grotesque)
  7. Image 7 — Table of contents 2x (Action Grotesque)

    Erik van Blokland, Netherlands (2022)

    LettError has been producing groundbreaking designs since the early days of digital type. Curiosity about why things are done as they are, combined with a dedication to developing new tools...

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    Action Grotesque is a variable-first, reading-first sans serif that continues Erik van Blokland’s exploration of type created in and for the environments where it is most likely to find itself today: screens.

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    • Commercial Type
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    • Digital
    • Interface
    • Typeface
    • Typography
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    Erik van Blokland, Netherlands (2022)

    LettError has been producing groundbreaking designs since the early days of digital type. Curiosity about why things are done as they are, combined with a dedication to developing new tools, has resulted in a diverse body of work that pushes the boundaries of what type can be and do.

    Now we are a studio for type design and typography based in The Hague, Netherlands. We have developed typefaces for large organisations and brands and lettering for the University Library in Amsterdam, literally the size of buildings!

    We publish some amazing typefaces that you will immediately recognise, like this variable typewriter LTR NCND; and LTR Federal, the gold standard digitisation of the US currency engravings. Read more about how LTR Beowolf and BeoSans, the original randomfonts, returned safely to the LettError intellectual property portfolio. And let your imagination run free with LTR Principia, a spirited display, variable width serif headliner that is just hopping to be on books and brands.

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    Head of MA Type and Media

    • Postgraduate

    1999 – today

    • Royal Academy of Arts (Netherlands)

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