UWT Grotesk
UWT Grotesk splits the difference between grotesque and geometric. It's inspired by Helvetica for the tight, dependable text-setting and by Avenir for the clean geometric shapes, then softens the terminals and evens out the stroke contrast so it doesn't go cold at length. The grotesque side keeps it grounded and legible; the geometric side keeps it from feeling dated.
Nine weights, each with a matching italic — eighteen styles in total, built to move as one coherent system rather than a pile of unrelated cuts. It holds up at 9pt body copy without the letters clogging together, and scales just as well onto signage, where you need shapes that read fast from a distance.
A couple of details worth knowing. The lowercase l has a tail, which helps it stay distinct from a capital I at small sizes — a small fix for a problem most grotesques never bother to address. There's also an optional single-storey "Schoolbook" a you can swap in if you want something a little friendlier or more approachable in tone. Together, they keep the letterforms legible whether you're reading them on a screen, on a printed page, or from across a room on a wall.
*This site is set in UWT Grotesk.
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