Botanic Grotesque is a single style, high-contrast, all-caps display sans-serif that is part of Foundy5’s “Nursery”, our experimental type design playground. Inspired by the charming letterforms of a hand-painted sign at Kandy’s Botanic Garden in Sri Lanka, it follows in the high-contrast footsteps of typefaces like Globe Gothic, Taylor Gothic, and Binner.
Unapologetically embracing the painter’s hand gestures, Botanic Grotesque’s unique character lies in details like its uneven H stem structure and unconventional M thick-thin dynamics, possibly influenced by Tamil letterforms seen on the same sign. Some ideas were kept intact while others made their way as stylistic alternates.
The first Beta version comes with Greek and Latin support, localised features, fractions and small numbers, as well as a variety of alternates. Currently a typographic hypothesis, Botanic Grotesque has the potential to evolve into a comprehensive family, delving deeper into its core idea.
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