Gridnik
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Gridnik is a geometrical sans serif typeface designed by Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in 1974. It is the digital version of the typewriter typeface Olivetti Politene.
Gridnik is a geometrical sans serif typeface designed by Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in 1974. It is the digital version of the typewriter typeface Olivetti Politene. ==History== Around 1974, Crouwel was commissioned by typewriter manufacturer Olivetti to design a typeface for their new electric typewriters. The result was a sans serif monoline (all lines are of equal thickness) typeface. Olivetti called it Politene. All characters are based on a square grid, with the 45-degree corners. Before Crouwel could finish the design, the interest for electric typewriters declined, so much so that they did not need the type design anymore. As a consequence, the copyrights of the design went back to Crouwel. At the same time they commissioned Crouwel, they asked Josef Müller-Brockmann to design a typeface as well. ===Other typefaces by Crouwel=== Fodor New Alphabet ==References== ==External links== The more recent Foundry Gridnik on The Foundry 3 Crouwel on The Foundry and [http://www.nago.nl/dossier.php?id=19127 Sketches of Gridnik on NAGO.nl Sketches and information about the number stamps
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