“Gleaning vernacular letterforms from the realm of 19th and 20th century headstones (including from the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris) as initial inspirations, I revisited these varied sources into a new display typeface with a modern sensibility. Discreet and elegant in its contrast, Granit is a sharp serif typeface that speaks with refinement and achieves the perfect balance between gravity and delicacy. The proportions of its capitals—loosely based on the monumental Roman models—give it the austere ‘gravitas’ and graceful confidence of historical inscriptional letters, while on the other hand, its lowercases tend to be slightly more condensed—thus creating an unexpected contrast in text settings.”