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Cringe Gothic

Latinotype · Luciano Vergara, Jorge Cisterna, Daniel Hernández, Alexis Navarro · 2025

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Cringe Gothic specimen from Latinotype

An eight-weight grotesque sans with intentionally awkward curves and off-kilter terminals, designed for brands that favour personality over polish.

About

Cringe Gothic leans into deliberate typographic discomfort, with exaggerated forms, wide apertures and terminals that sit just outside conventional grotesque logic. Its compact construction keeps it functional across headlines and broader design systems despite the eccentric detailing. Eight weights from Thin to Heavy give it enough range for varied typographic hierarchies.

Classification

A grotesque sans-serif with deliberately awkward curves and unconventional terminals, placing it firmly in the grotesque tradition while pushing toward expressive display territory through exaggerated forms and wide apertures.

Weights

ThinLightRegularMediumSemiboldBoldBlackHeavy

Languages

Latin

Tags

grotesquedisplayexpressivebrandingquirkywide-aperturespost-ironicbold