Commercial · Sans serif · Dinamo
ABC Monument Grotesk
ABC Monument Grotesk is a licensed font from Dinamo: no price is printed on the pages read for it. The 3 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. ABC Monument Grotesk is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Kasper-Florio (Larissa Kasper & Rosario Florio) and Dinamo (Robert Janes, Fabiola Mejía)
- Styles
- 16
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- Not read from the foundry’s page on 2026-09-04; see the page.
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
A grotesque reinterpreted from contours in Palmer & Rey's 1884 specimen book, with a compact skeleton, high vertical contrast and sharp end strokes; described by Dinamo as raw and unpolished. Includes Mono and Semi-Mono.
Free alternatives to ABC Monument Grotesk
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. ABC Monument Grotesk is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Work Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Work Sans.
same classification
A grotesque built from 19th-century models with similar unrefined charm; less compact than Monument Grotesk.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Libre Franklin webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Libre Franklin.
same classification
A 19th-century American grotesque revival; more regularised than Monument Grotesk's idiosyncrasies.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Archivo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Archivo.
same classification
A grotesque with early American roots and a compact feel; smoother details.
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