Grendex

Grendex is a modular display typeface designed by Ramiro Espinoza and inspired by the three-dimensional lettering that once identified the former Grendel Apotheek at Dunantsingel 27 in Gouda, the Netherlands. The original sign was likely designed by, or strongly influenced by, Dutch designer Jurriaan Schrofer, whose experimental and systematic approach to modular lettering had a significant impact on postwar graphic design.
Espinoza examined the structure, proportions, and spatial logic of the original letters and translated them into a contemporary digital typeface. In the process, irregularities were refined and the character set expanded, while preserving the modular framework and sculptural quality of the source. Rather than recreating the signage literally, Grendex extracts its underlying system and adapts it into a versatile typographic tool.
With its solid geometry and pronounced three-dimensional character, Grendex is well suited for posters, branding, computer games, packaging, signage, editorial design, websites, and cultural projects that benefit from a clear, constructed visual language. It bridges mid-twentieth-century lettering experiments and contemporary typographic practice, offering a font rooted in architectural signage and modernist design principles.