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Matex

HAL Typefaces · HAL Typefaces · 2019

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sans-serifschoolbook grotesque
Matex specimen from HAL Typefaces

A schoolbook-influenced grotesque referencing Herbert Bayer's Universal and Bauhaus-era geometric lettering.

About

Matex takes its numerous spurless characters and stylistic alternates from a lineage running through Herbert Bayer's 1920s Universal, AG Schoolbook, ITC Ronda and Helvetica Textbook, landing on a plain, legible six-weight grotesque.

Classification

A grotesque referencing schoolbook and textbook typefaces alongside Bauhaus-era geometric lettering, taking cues from Herbert Bayer's Universal and related historical designs.

Weights

ThinLightBookRegularMediumBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

grotesquegeometricschoolbookeditorial