Huize
Brutal Types · Ramiro Espinoza · 2025
A single-weight display typeface digitised from the façade lettering of a 1930s Amsterdam housing complex, retaining the clean geometry and structured calm of interwar Dutch architectural lettering.
About
Ramiro Espinoza sourced the letterforms from the Huize Tesselschade complex at Stadionweg 61–63 in Amsterdam, a building designed by architect Co Franswa around the interwar period. The digitisation expanded the original character set and adjusted proportions to make the design functional beyond its architectural context. Its structured, Deco-inflected aesthetic suits logos, posters, packaging and editorial work that calls for historical grounding without period pastiche.
Classification
A display typeface derived from architectural lettering on a 1930s Dutch housing complex, with clean geometric forms and Deco proportions characteristic of interwar modernist typography.