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• Post #3125644

  Coming soon to Brutal Types 😜

• Post #3125643

  Don't miss this interview we have just published with Lennert Stok: https://www.brutaltypes.com/news/fresh-graphics-and-handmade-energy-interview-with-lennert-stok

• Post #3125642

  Niiiice: A mural celebrating the work of Hildo Krop. More information: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYM9BiTjOLP/?img_index=1

• Post #3125641

  Introducing Pawla, a compressed, ultra-thin display typeface designed by Ramiro Espinoza and inspired by the Deco-style lettering found on the façade of a former pharmacy in Hilversum, the Netherlands. https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/pawla

• Post #3125640

  Prototypes of our recent font release Botter were used in the past for poster and brochures by Rob van Hoesel. https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/botter

• Post #3125639

  Coming soon to Brutal Types. Stay tuned 😜

• Post #3125638

  One more fine book cover featuring Guyot Headline. Design by Moker Ontwerp.

• Post #3125637

  New at Brutal Types: Minibieb is a compressed informal sans typeface inspired by a lettering work by painter Theo Kurpershoek for the dust jacket of the 1961 Querido edition of Kleine Mensen in de Grote Wereld by A. den Doolaard. https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/minibieb

• Post #3125636

  Lovely letters from Gouda: the inspiration behind our next Brutal Types font. Coming soon. 👍

• Post #3125635

  Stuurman is a display stencil typeface inspired by the vintage signage of the former Bedford–Vauxhall dealership located at Spoorstraat 6 in Gouda, the Netherlands. The iconic building, also known as Garage Zevenhoven, was designed in 1935 by Dutch architect Dirk Stuurman. https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/stuurman

• Post #3125634

  Coming soon to Brutal Types... 😜

• Post #3125633

  New interview available at Retype's weblog: Henk van Assen: On Teaching, Curiosity, and Craft https://www.re-type.com/news/2026/05/06/henk-van-assen-on-teaching-curiosity-and-craft/

• Post #3125632

  Read about Karma Kebab and the Kraai font at Font in Use: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/77438/karma-kebab (Thanks Matthijs and Florian!)

• Post #3125631

  Meet Dikehouse, an expressionist display typeface inspired by a ceramic tile sign located at the intersection of Tjark Jans Giezestraat and Molenstreek in Veendam, the Netherlands. https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/dikehouse

• Post #3125630

  Music is cool but the covers are a plus.

• Post #3125629

  Yes, we have some haters 😬 At pod hotel 'De Lola' at the #HaagscheBluf in #TheHaag a man with a hammer smashed windows of the hotel. A short time later, he returned with a jerry can filled with gasoline and tried to set the hotel on fire. The suspect has been detained.

• Post #2166258

  New font release: Botter is a sans-serif typeface developed in collaboration between David Quay and Ramiro Espinoza. Its design is based on a series of sketches and early font prototypes created by Quay in 2007. https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/botter

• Post #2166256

• Post #2166255

  New font at Brutal Types: Kazemat is an expressionist display typeface inspired by a design created in 1927 by architect C. M. Bakker for the Nederlandschen Protestanten Bond (Dutch Protestant Union). https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/kazemat

• Post #2166254

  Amsterdam’s facade lettering never stops amazing me.

• Post #2166252

  Dutch brands making good use of Brutal Types: Kraai font in use at https://www.karmakebab.nl. Design by lennertstok.com

• Post #1435303

  https://www.brutaltypes.com is online, folks! Enjoy the delightful quirkiness of early 20th-century avant-gardes.

• Post #1083664

  In case you know someone...

• Post #1047059

  And I forgot to mention that the fabulous portraits in our Team section (https://www.brutaltypes.com/team) were made by the incomparable Laura Serra @laureola 👍

• Post #908836

  One more beauty by Anton Kurvers coming soon to Brutal Types. 😜

• Post #908835

  New acquisition for Brutal Types’ collection

• Post #908834

  FYI, we are also designing and about to produce a Brutalist mug. Its design is inspired by Het Schip's tower.

• Post #908832

  A small sample of what I photographed yesterday while going through Anton Kurvers’ family archive. An article on Kurvers will be published on Brutal Types soon. He was a brilliant designer, yet his contributions remain largely unknown. Thanks to #allardpierson for facilitating access to the archives.

• Post #908831

  Instead of news, this morning is for Chet.

• Post #908830

  Tramstop is a font inspired by the lettering found at a former tram station located at Verspycklaan 1 in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands. The original inscription features a distinctive technical serif style—a constructed, modular alphabet that combines the structure of a geometric sans serif with short, carefully attached terminal serifs. https://www.brutaltypes.com/fonts/tramstop