The industrial background of the early 20th century typography gave this neogrotesque well-adjusted foundational proportions and a robust appearance. While many neogrotesques aimed to tranquillize their rough old-grotesk origin with a homogeneous Helvetica-like style, Struve makes the opposite move. It preserves the dust of locomotives’ plates, reworking it in a consistent design approach.
A refined vertical stem-grid, building the regular rhythm of the type, provides clear legibility across various environments. Its closed aperture is balanced by full-bodied letterforms and a carefully defined large x-height, which together ensure proper reading experience for texts in extremely small sizes as well as in tightly composed poster titles. The style system of the type family is designed for a wide range of typesetting, providing a functional number of weight combinations.