FF Bauer Grotesk is a revival of the metal type Friedrich Bauer Grotesk, released between 1933 and 1934 by the foundry Trennert & Sohn in Hamburg Altona, Germany. The geometric construction of the typeface, infused with the art deco zeitgeist of that era, is closely related to such famous German designs as Futura, Erbar, Kabel and Super Grotesk that debuted a few years earlier.
However, FF Bauer Grotesk stands out for being less dogmatic with the geometry, lending the design a warmer, more homogenous feeling. The oval “O” is a good example of that, as well as characteristic shapes like the capital M or the unconventionally differing endings of “c” and “s” which make for a less constructed look. The design was started by Thomas Ackermann, and he collaborated with Felix Bonge to evolve his original ideas into this fresh, modern geometric typeface family.
FF Bauer Grotesk contains 6 weights with accompanying italics, and a wide range of OpenType typographic features including small caps, figure styles, fractions and contextual alternates.
NEW: the new FF Bauer Grotesk W1G versions features a pan-European character set for international communications. The W1G character set supports almost all the popular languages/writing systems in western, eastern, and central Europe based on the Latin alphabet including Vietnamese, and also several based on Cyrillic and Greek alphabets.
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Bauer Grotesk is a trademark of Monotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FF is a trademark of Monotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
Case-Sensitive Forms
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Denominators
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Fractions
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Standard Ligatures
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Lining Figures
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Localized Forms
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Numerators
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Old Style Figures
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Ordinals
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Proportional Figures
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Scientific Inferiors
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Superscript
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Tabular Figures
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Contextual Alternates
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Small Capitals From Capitals
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Small Capitals
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Stylistic Alternates
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Subscript
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Titling
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Mathematical Greek
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Sylistic Set 1
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Sylistic Set 2
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Sylistic Set 3
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Sylistic Set 4
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Sylistic Set 5
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Sylistic Set 6
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Sylistic Set 7
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Sylistic Set 8
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Sylistic Set 9
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Sylistic Set 10
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Sylistic Set 11
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Capital Spacing
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Kerning
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Alternate Annotation Forms
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Required Ligatures
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Sylistic Set 12
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Sylistic Set 13
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Sylistic Set 14
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These fonts support the Basic Latin character set. Each font is Unicode™ encoded, and available in d
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These fonts support the Latin Extended character set. Each font is Unicode™ encoded, and available i
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These fonts support the modern Greek language. Each font is Unicode™ encoded, and available in diffe
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These fonts support the Cyrillic script. Each font is Unicode™ encoded, and available in different f