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Grato Classic
A secretly geometric humanist
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Grato Classic is the humanist voice of the Geometric Suite. A timeless typeface with sharply cut terminals and apexes, it combines a pure, present voice with idiosyncrasy and luxury.

Ignoring most calligraphic conventions, Grato is shaped by pure forms, low stroke modulation that contrast with almost perfect circles. Grato Classic takes that core and pursues the classical proportions and calligraphic detailing of early British geometric typefaces. The result is a typeface of quirks and clarity, a substantial family for identity and editorial work.

With a spectrum of nine weights, from fine Hairlines to super heavy Blacks, Grato can organise complex typographic hierarchies with ease. A bonus is that Grato’s weight gradation allows users to maintain stroke weight while doubling type sizes: just use the next lighter weight for the larger size.

OpenType features ensure Grato is adaptable. First stylistic set activates more legible letter variants, while the second stylistic set embraces a fundamentalist approach to geometry. Grato has what you need to organise data into information. Subscripts, fractions plus oldstyle and lining figures, each in proportional and tabular widths; a complete range of figure sets.

Carefully engineered, Grato is a long-lasting companion for those who value diverse language support and strong screen performance. Including Vietnamese, Grato supports more than 270 languages across the Greek, Cyrillic and Latin alphabets and its glyphs has been carefully reviewed by skilled consultants. For best on-screen performance, all TrueType files for web and desktop have been improved with manual hinting.

The Classic is available in two optical sizes. If you need less geometry and more legibility, Gratimo Classic is fine-tuned for text and interface design.

Designed by
Jakob Runge
in 2021
Contributions
Mona Franz
Consulting & Help
Irene Vlachou, Ilya Ruderman & Yury Ostromentsky, Donny Truong, Christoph Koeberlin, Igino Marini
Modern Cyrillic Award 2021
On the shortlist of Modern Cyrillic 2021 competition as a well example of current state of Cyrillic type development.
Specs
Providing 12 styles, 6 weights and more than 1100 glyphs per font.
Formats
otf and ttf for desktop and apps, and woff and woff2 for web
Tags
SansRegularHeadlinesInterfaceIdentitySignageLatinCyrillicGreekVietnameseGeometricCleanFriendlyElegantVariable FontSuper FamilyAlternates
Related Typefaces
Gratimo Classic, Grato Marker

Styles

  • Hair
  • Thin
  • xLight
  • Light
  • Regular
  • Medium
  • Bold
  • Black
  • Super
Character Set
Language Support
Supports more than 270 Languages: Abenaki, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, Amis, Anuta, Aragonese, Aranese, Aromanian, Arrernte, Arvanitic, Asturian, Atayal, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bemba, Bikol, Bislama, Bosnian, Breton, Cape Verdean Creole, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chichewa, Chickasaw, Cimbrian, Cofán, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dawan, Delaware, Dholuo, Drehu, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Folkspraak, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gagauz , Galician, Ganda, Genoese, German, Gikuyu, Gooniyandi, Greenlandic, Guadeloupean Creole, Gwich’in, Haitian Creole, Hän, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hopi, Hotcąk, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Interglossa, Interlingua, Irish, Istro-Romanian, Italian, Jamaican, Javanese, Jèrriais, Kaingang, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kapampangan, Kaqchikel, Karakalpak, Karelian, Kashubian, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kiribati, Kirundi, Klingon, Kurdish, Ladin, Latin, Latino sine Flexione, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, Maasai, Makhuwa, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Māori, Marquesan, Megleno-Romanian, Meriam Mir, Mirandese, Mohawk, Moldovan, Montagnais, Montenegrin, Murrinh-Patha, Nagamese Creole, Nahuatl, Ndebele, Neapolitan, Ngiyambaa, Niuean, Noongar, Norwegian, Novial, Occidental, Occitan, Oshiwambo, Ossetian, Palauan, Papiamento, Piedmontese, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Q’eqchi’, Quechua, Rarotongan, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Sami Inari , Sami Lule, Sami Northern, Sami Southern, Samoan, Sango, Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Seri, Seychellois Creole, Shawnee, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Slovio, Somali, Sorbian (Lower, Upper), Sotho (Northern, Southern), Spanish, Sranan, Sundanese, Swahili, Swazi, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tetum, Tok Pisin, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvaluan, Tzotzil, Uzbek, Venetian, Vepsian, Vietnamese, Volapük, Võro, Wallisian, Walloon, Waray-Waray, Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xavante, Xhosa, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Zapotec, Zarma, Zazaki, Zulu, Zuni

Cyrillic: Abaza, Adyghe, Agul, Avar, Azerbaijani, Balkar, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Dargin, Dargwa, Dungan, Erzya, Hill Mari, Ingush, Judeo-Tat, Kabardian, Kalmyk, Karachay, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Khinalugh, Komi, Komi-Permyak, Kumyk, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgian, Macedonian, Meadow Mari, Moksha, Moldovan, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Muslim Tat, Nanai, Nogai, Northern Yukaghir, Russian, Rusyn, Rutul, Serbian, Southern Altai, Tabasaran, Tajik, Tat, Tatar, Tsakhur, Turkmen, Tuvan, Udi, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek

Greek: monotonic Greek
OpenType Features
All OpenType Features included: Access All Alternates, Case Sensitive, Contextual Alternates, Denominator, Fractions, Glyph Composition/Decomposition, Kerning, Ligatures, Lining Figures, Localized Forms, Mark to Mark Positioning, Numerators, Old style Figures, Ordinals, Proportional Figures, Scientific Inferiors, Slashed Zero, Stylistic Alternates, Stylistic Set: Alternate 1, Stylistic Set: Bulgarian Cyrillic Alternates, Stylistic Set: Circled Figures, Stylistic Set: Contrasting Square Dots, Stylistic Set: Double-storey g, Stylistic Set: Geometric, single-storey a, Stylistic Set: Infant and Friendly Set, Stylistic Set: Johnston Remembrance Set, Stylistic Set: Legible Gratimo Set, Stylistic Set: Most Geometric Set, Stylistic Set: Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic Alternates, Stylistic Set: Smart Typography, Stylistic Set: Solid Circled Figures, Stylistic Set: Tabular Width Set, Subscript, Superscript, Tabular Figures

In-Use & Articles

All About Variation
Making Of Gratimo and Grato
Helsinki City Transport
Grato Classic in Use
Melbourne Theatre Company
Grato Classic in Use