Trio Grotesk is Florian Schick’s interpretation of Kaart Antieke, an early 20th century sans serif used by Piet Zwart in his influential essay on modern typography called “Van oude tot nieuwe typografie”. Discovering the two remaining copies of this essay at the Meermanno Museum in Den Haag and realizing the historical value of the booklet, Schick decided to revive the typeface it was set in. By enlarging and examining the original 7 pt printed text in great detail, he tried to replicate it as faithfully as possible. Certain features unique to letterpress printing, such as the rounding of terminals caused by ink spread, have been preserved. Trio Grotesk is available in three weights with Latin extended characterset, small caps, seven sets of figures, as well as numerous arrows, ornaments and dingbats. Bold Monday, 2012