Allrounder Grotesk Mono

Allrounder Grotesk Mono is a non-proportional typeface that brings the neutral modernist shapes of Allrounder Grotesk into the world of contemporary correspondence, computer code, and corporate affairs.

Fixed-pitch fonts add an interesting tone of voice to the adept typographer’s repertoire. The mechanistic approach to type design, forcing every letterform into the same amount of horizontal space, was born out of necessity in the typewriter age but has developed a life and personality of its own over the years.

It’s an intriguing paradox: on the one hand, monospace fonts per se signify that something has been created on a machine or even by a machine in the way that a cog might signify that something is manufactured in a factory rather than an artisanal workshop. On the other hand, monospace can communicate that a human being has been involved: we’re used to the front-end of apps and websites automatically churning out high-gloss text in quality proportional fonts—but we expect the backend code to be written by capable human programmers. And in spite of the demise of typewriters, a monospace feels somehow “hand-typed” (as opposed to handwritten, since we’ll suspect a script font rather than a capable calligrapher whenever we see a beautiful cursive).

Allrounder Grotesk Mono lets you use this spectrum of typographic moods for your own purposes.

Your voice as editor should stand out against the content of your literature magazine? Allrounder Grotesk Mono for the editorial. Your hipster art collective doesn’t like a “designy” branding? Allrounder Grotesk Mono for the proper non-designed look. Programming in any old monospace font is tedious and doesn’t reflect your structured mind? Allrounder Grotesk Mono for your code. The client wouldn’t pay the bill set in Allrounder Grotesk? Allrounder Grotesk Mono for the dunning letter.

Granted, a monospace font is never the most versatile instrument in your typographic toolbox. But the neutral shapes of Allrounder Grotesk Mono will make sure you can use it for all of the aforementioned—and much more. It avoids the atavism of typewriter fonts and it doesn’t look like it’s been beamed down straight from Alpha Centauri, either. It’s just as reliable, adaptable, and capable as its Allounder kin.

Allrounder Grotesk Mono consists of five weights from Light to Bold with 580+ glyphs per font. The family supports more than 200 Latin-based languages, containing the complete “LatinPlus” glyph set developed by Underware. It provides you with plenty of OpenType features and additional goodies, like boxed and circled positive and negative arrows, superiors, fractions, and localized forms.

Use it for personal correspondence, hero copy, and even in display sizes if you want an edgy look. Use it for tables that need to radiate trustworthiness and authority. Use it for business reports, magazines and editorial layouts, nonfiction books, branding and packaging work, forms and contracts, or contemporary posters. Like its proportional sibling [LINK: Allrounder Grotesk], Allrounder Grotesk Mono is up for it.

Allrounder Grotesk Mono will meet all of your expectations toward an Allrounder font: its metrics and texture are adjusted to those of the other members of the superfamily, e. g., Allrounder Grotesk, Allrounder Antiqua, or Allrounder Monument. All of them may be easily combined with Allrounder Grotesk Mono. It’s a complete typesetting system whose components match each other perfectly.

If there is such a thing as a monospace workhorse, this is it.

Perfect Pairing: Allrounder Grotesk Mono + Allrounder Grotesk

Allrounder Grotesk is the ideal complement to Allrounder Grotesk Mono. They both share common vertical metrics and a common color. This allows you to pair both typefaces within the same layout—even within the same paragraph—without creating visual disruption. Head over to the Family Page of Allrounder Grotesk to get more information about this typeface.

Design Trick: Writing About Code With the Allrounder Superfamily

If you have a tech blog or publication or if you write about code in any context, the Allrounder superfamily is just the right tool for you.

Combining Allrounder Grotesk with Allrounder Grotesk Mono makes layouts with inline code snippets a walk in the park. Your body text in Allrounder Grotesk will get the same emphasis as your code snippets in Allrounder Grotesk Mono, yet both are distinguished with two different typefaces. No more tedious size-adjusting and browsing for monospace fonts that harmonize with your copy: You can apply the same size, the same line-height, the same settings to both typefaces—your text will look fresh and crisp right out of the box.

In any kind of design, in any type of medium, working with Allrounder fonts is effortless. That’s why Allrounder got its name.

Credits
Graphics & Editing: Johannes López Ayala