Meet the F5 Nursery
Where our typographic seeds sprout into tomorrow's fonts!
Nursery
Botanic Grotesque
Font Details
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.
- Released
- 2024
- Designed by
- Kostas Bartsokas
- Script Support
- Greek, Latin
- Styles
- 1 Style (Beta V.0.1)
- Available Formats
- Available in .otf, .ttf, and .woff2
Opentype Features
Free for personal use
It‘s free! And it‘s personal! Our personal license is great for creating graphics, logos, and artwork for personal use across all surfaces and formats as outlined in Foundry5’s EULAs, and purchase a commercial license if the font is needed for client or commercial projects.
Commercial Licence
Our Nursery fonts are work in progress. By purchasing a commercial license you are actually buying the fonts at a fraction of their final price, with free updates as they grow. Sometimes some font may also be Free for Personal Use. Please make sure you read our EULA.
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