DDOTT Type foundry

This is Auto Grotesk: a wood-type-inspired sans with letterpress quirks alive on screen. Adjust pressure and weight, or make bold statements with the Cameo styles.

Auto Grotesk
12 Styles
2 Families
New
From €75
Rob Roy Kelly: “My initial contact with Victorian wood types was in a loft containing used printing equipment. When the dust had been cleared from the top case and the type exposed, I saw little resemblance between these curved, pointed, and nervous-looking types and the clean Peignot sans serif that was in the back of my mind.” Rob Roy Kelly: “My initial contact with Victorian wood types was in a loft containing used printing equipment. When the dust had been cleared from the top case and the type exposed, I saw little resemblance between these curved, pointed, and nervous-looking types and the clean Peignot sans serif that was in the back of my mind.”
Auto Grotesk Cameo
2 Styles
1 Family
New
From €75
#(2The#)1whole#(12of#)12printing#4was#((2bound#))2by#3constraints#)4There#)4was#)4#(5little#3freedom#)4to#((5invent#3or#3experiment#))4#(12And yet it was the restrictions which led to typographic experiments#)12 #((1(...)#))1 ALAN KITCHING #(2The#)1whole#(12of#)12printing#4was#((2bound#))2by#3constraints#)4There#)4was#)4#(5little#3freedom#)4to#((5invent#3or#3experiment#))4#(12And yet it was the restrictions which led to typographic experiments#)12 #((1(...)#))1 ALAN KITCHING
Aether
4 Styles
2 Families
Version 1.010
From €75
In the math world they still use sign language. (…) a soundless world in which the most complex and delicate statements can be made, to anyone in the world who can read them without any trouble about the language barrier. ARTHUR PHILLIPS In the math world they still use sign language. (…) a soundless world in which the most complex and delicate statements can be made, to anyone in the world who can read them without any trouble about the language barrier. ARTHUR PHILLIPS
Aether Mono
4 Styles
2 Families
Version 1.011
From €75
PAUL FISCHER:“Mission Control figured out that by retracting the point of the AG-7, Grumman could use the pen casing to throw the switch. The Space Pen saved the mission.” PAUL FISCHER:“Mission Control figured out that by retracting the point of the AG-7, Grumman could use the pen casing to throw the switch. The Space Pen saved the mission.”
Archive01 – Aether
32 pages + 2 poster
22,2 x 31,4 cm
Edition of 150
€25
Blending myth and science, this specimen shapes a new typographic reality.
Nouveau Grande
22 Styles
2 Families
Version 2.001
From €75
T!Uwhen my pencil starts moving, S it must be allowed its head or ☆ nothing more happens. @henri de toulouse-lautrec: T!Uwhen my pencil starts moving, S it must be allowed its head or ☆ nothing more happens. @henri de toulouse-lautrec:
Nouveau Grotesque
22 Styles
2 Families
Version 2.000
From €75
“Even when I have to write a simple letter ⟶ I’m scared as stiff, as if faced with looming seasickness!”GUSTAV KLIMT “Even when I have to write a simple letter ⟶ I’m scared as stiff, as if faced with looming seasickness!”GUSTAV KLIMT
T-01
XS, S, M, L, XL
Reflective Screen Printing
Limited Edition
€35
This unisex T-shirt is a tribute to the beauty in spelling mistakes.
Diverse C
36 Styles
3 Families
Version 1.000
From €75
GERRIT NOORDZIJ*Writing is not a series of strokes, but space, divided into characteristic shapes by strokes. GERRIT NOORDZIJ*Writing is not a series of strokes, but space, divided into characteristic shapes by strokes.
Diverse B
36 Styles
3 Families
Version 1.000
From €75
Life is way too short for kerning. (→). How many more pixels can I push before they start pushing me? ERIK SPIEKERMANN: Life is way too short for kerning. (→). How many more pixels can I push before they start pushing me? ERIK SPIEKERMANN:
Diverse A
36 Styles
3 Families
Version 1.000
From €75
ADRIAN FRUTIGER: When I put my pen to a blank sheet, black isn’t added but rather the white sheet is deprived of light. [...] Thus I also grasped that the empty spaces are the most important aspect of a typeface. ADRIAN FRUTIGER: When I put my pen to a blank sheet, black isn’t added but rather the white sheet is deprived of light. [...] Thus I also grasped that the empty spaces are the most important aspect of a typeface.