GD Grio — Imperfectly Perfect
GD Grio is built on a simple yet generous idea, a typeface designed to fill space. It can condense to fit within tight compositions or expand to occupy room with confidence, maintaining rhythm and clarity across its full range.
Inspired by Venus Grotesk (1907, Bauer Type Foundry), it celebrates the raw, human charm of a transitional era in typography – when 19th-century eccentricity met 20th-century clarity. Grio embraces imperfection: uneven proportions, shifting rhythm, and curious terminals lend a living texture to every word.
Reimagined as a variable font, it translates these historic quirks into a fluid digital form, moving seamlessly between refined text and expressive display.
Year
2025
Designer(s)
Marcus Gärde,
Christoffer Granström,
Anders Wikström
Style
Grotesk
Weights
Regular
Medium
Semibold
Bold
Narrow Regular
Narrow Medium
Narrow Semibold
Narrow Bold
Extra Narrow Regular
Extra Narrow Medium
Extra Narrow Semibold
Extra Narrow Bold
Condensed Regular
Condensed Medium
Condensed Semibold
Condensed Bold
Features
Open Type Alternates
Proportional Numbers
Tabular Numbers
Languages
200+
UPM
2816
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
Functional without being dull, minimal without being sterile, a typeface that works effortlessly in body text but still knows how to hold a headline. It balances practicality with personality, delivering clarity without ever feeling cold. It’s versatile, confident, and quietly expressive, the kind of typeface that adapts to every context while retaining its own distinct character.
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