What is the Roc Grotesk font?
Roc is a sans serif grotesk inspired by American wood types from the end of the 19th century. With nine weights in five widths, this family contains 45 fonts in total. The character set supports Western and Central European languages, as well as Turkish. More…
Roc Grotesk comes in a range of five widths: Compressed, Condensed, Normal, Wide and ExtraWide, in order to cover a wide scope of applications. Although the styles at both ends of each range are made in their most pronounced form in terms of width and weight, they are not taken to such extremes as to become absurd, and are quite usable in display settings. The Normal width keeps all its nine styles in proportionally similar widths. The Compressed width, however, is deliberately made to be disproportionate, so that every style takes the least possible horizontal space. That is why the contrast between Compressed Thin and Compressed Heavy style is substantial.
As the weights progress from Thin to Heavy, the stroke contrast becomes more prominent. It is intentionally exaggerated in heavier weights, which is particularly apparent in the uppercase E and R of the Black and Heavy style. Roc has a large x-height and relatively short descenders and ascenders. No uppercase letter descends below the baseline, so the lines of an all-caps text can be packed tightly on a poster or a headline. The Regular style is somewhat generously spaced, as it is most likely to be used for setting longer passages of text. Its Bold counterpart is spaced in such a way that the width of the text column will be similar to the text set in Regular. Tabular figures in these two styles have exact matching widths, so for example, you could emphasize one row of numbers in a data column without visually disrupting the vertical order of the table. The lowercase g and r have alternatives to accommodate what most designers expect from a typical Grotesk typeface. The single-story g and the cut-off r are accessible via the OpenType feature.
Roc Grotesk Font families
The Roc Grotesk includes the following font families:
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Thin
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Extra Light
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Light
- Roc Grotesk Compressed
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Medium
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Bold
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Extra Bold
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Black
- Roc Grotesk Compressed Heavy
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Thin
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Extra Light
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Light
- Roc Grotesk Condensed
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Medium
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Bold
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Extra Bold
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Black
- Roc Grotesk Condensed Heavy
- Roc Grotesk Thin
- Roc Grotesk Extra Light
- Roc Grotesk Light
- Roc Grotesk Regular
- Roc Grotesk Medium
- Roc Grotesk Bold
- Roc Grotesk Extra Bold
- Roc Grotesk Black
- Roc Grotesk Heavy
- Roc Grotesk Wide Thin
- Roc Grotesk Wide Extra Light
- Roc Grotesk Wide Light
- Roc Grotesk Wide
- Roc Grotesk Wide Medium
- Roc Grotesk Wide Bold
- Roc Grotesk Wide Extra Bold
- Roc Grotesk Wide Black
- Roc Grotesk Wide Heavy
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Thin
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Extra Light
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Light
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Medium
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Bold
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Extra Bold
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Black
- Roc Grotesk Extra Wide Heavy
Roc Grotesk Preview
Here is a preview of how Roc Grotesk will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
