“Swiss styling collides with the unexpected construction and wonky imperfections of 19th-century American wood type in Lucas Sharp’s monument to Adrian Frutiger: Sharp Grotesk. With such an intense range of width and weight in roman and italic, nearly endless variety is possible. From the sprawling 25s to the barcode narrow 05s, from the Thins to the incredibly dense Blacks, Sharp Grotesk goes to wild extremes and contains everything in-between.”
