Tikte

Tikte is a squarish sans typeface designed by Paula Mastrangelo, inspired by the radically modular lettering featured on the cover of the November 1931 edition of Grafische Revue, a Dutch trade magazine for the printing and graphic industry. With its extreme geometry and strict grid-based construction, the original title lettering stands as a bold example of avant-garde design at the edge of functionality and abstraction.
In Tikte, Mastrangelo has expanded this striking concept into a full alphabet, preserving the visual tension between rigidity and rhythm. Its forms are unapologetically blocky and experimental, yet carefully balanced for impactful contemporary use. Ideal for editorial headlines, posters, innovative websites, museum publications, visual identities, and any project that dares to push visual boundaries, Tikte speaks in a loud, uncompromising voice.
By reviving this forgotten fragment of Dutch modernist design, Tikte celebrates a moment when typography became a space for radical play and structural clarity.