YOU CAN
ALWAYS
RELY ON
Brut Grotesque
Your most faithful ally: he’ll never let you down.
- Art Direction:
Bureau Brut
- Typeface design:
Yoann Minet
- Design date:
2015
- Published by:
Bureau Brut
- Initial release:
2020
- Current version:
7.1
Brut Grotesque was designed to be your everyday partner. Inconspicuous, sturdy and efficient, it’ll follow you in every situation.
Its design is reminiscent of Helvetica and other similar classical typefaces 1 They share a quest towards a proud impersonality, which grants Brut Grotesque the versatility of a Swiss-army knife—no pun intended. Its discreet design doesn’t step over the message and knows when to step down so that projects and ideas can shine.
Practical and level-headed, its family extends over 10 weights; from Line, its thinnest version, to Black powerful and dense. The character set contains many glyphs and special symbols; which has given the foundation for every type collection developed by Bureau Brut since. 2
Beatrice Warde might have qualified it as a crystal glass: invisible, it enhances its contents3. For us, it is more likely to be a Duralex tumbler: transparent and sturdy, almost unbreakable. A faithful companion who’s ready to resist time and use.
- This typeface family also finds its inspiration in unforgettable grotesque and neo-grotesque references, such as Folio (Bauer, 1956), Akzidenz-Grotesk (Berthold, 1898) or Neue Haas Grotesk (Haas, 1957–1961).
- This typeface was originally conceived to be Bureau Brut’s signature and day-to-day typeface, as it brilliantly completes its mission: being practical and discreet.
- The Crystal Gobelet, or Printing Should Be Invisible, by Beatrice Warde
Brut Grotesque is part of the Brut Collection
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- Brut Grotesque Line
- Brut Grotesque Line Italic
- Brut Grotesque Thin
- Brut Grotesque Thin Italic
- Brut Grotesque Extralight
- Brut Grotesque Extralight Italic
- Brut Grotesque Light
- Brut Grotesque Light Italic
- Brut Grotesque Book
- Brut Grotesque Book Italic
- Brut Grotesque Regular
- Brut Grotesque Italic
- Brut Grotesque Medium
- Brut Grotesque Medium Italic
- Brut Grotesque Bold
- Brut Grotesque Bold Italic
- Brut Grotesque Extrabold
- Brut Grotesque Extrabold Italic
- Brut Grotesque Black
- Brut Grotesque Black Italic
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- Brut Grotesque Mono Line
- Brut Grotesque Mono Line Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Thin
- Brut Grotesque Mono Thin Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Extralight
- Brut Grotesque Mono Extralight Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Light
- Brut Grotesque Mono Light Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Book
- Brut Grotesque Mono Book Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Regular
- Brut Grotesque Mono Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Medium
- Brut Grotesque Mono Medium Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Bold
- Brut Grotesque Mono Bold Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Extrabold
- Brut Grotesque Mono Extrabold Italic
- Brut Grotesque Mono Black
- Brut Grotesque Mono Black Italic
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