Houtvaart
Brutal Types · Ramiro Espinoza · 2025
A single-style display typeface drawn from the geometric lettering on the façade of De Houtvaart, a 1927 Dutch Cubist swimming pool in Haarlem, digitised by Ramiro Espinoza.
About
Espinoza documented and digitised the original letterforms from the monumental De Houtvaart building, designed by architect P. F. de Bordes and now a protected heritage site. The resulting typeface retains the source material's compressed proportions, hard angles and complete absence of curves, producing a bold, architecturally charged display face with strong ties to early 20th-century European modernism. It suits museum communications, posters, architecture publishing and any context that calls for historically grounded geometric lettering.
Classification
A single-weight display typeface derived from architectural signage lettering, featuring minimalist geometric construction with no curves and compressed proportions rooted in early 20th-century Dutch Cubist modernism.