What is the Foundry Gridnik font?

The new Foundry Gridnik typeface family features an expressive range of 10 weights – from Light to Extra Bold, each with accompanying Italics. Foundry Gridnik was developed from the single weight monospaced 'typewriter’ face, originally created by Dutch designer Wim Crouwel in the 1960s. Crouwel’s devotion to grids and systems led to his affectionate nickname of ‘Mr Gridnik’, and this inspired the new typeface family name. Foundry Gridnik’s distinct geometric design has been described as ‘the thinking man’s Courier’. Crouwel said, ‘I am a functionalist troubled by aesthetics’, and although Gridnik is based on logic, rationality and strict adherence to the grid, it also has a human dimension that sets it apart.

Foundry Gridnik Font families

The Foundry Gridnik includes the following font families:

• Foundry Gridnik Light
• Foundry Gridnik Light Italic
• Foundry Gridnik Regular
• Foundry Gridnik Italic
• Foundry Gridnik Medium
• Foundry Gridnik Medium Italic
• Foundry Gridnik Bold
• Foundry Gridnik Bold Italic
• Foundry Gridnik ExtraBold
• Foundry Gridnik ExtraBold Italic

Foundry Gridnik Preview

Here is a preview of how Foundry Gridnik will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.