Jan 11, 2023
Grandsans
I have been a lifelong Red Sox fan, and Fenway Park has always been a special place for me and my family going back generations. We’re even season ticket holders as of last year.
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The type around the historic park has always been inspirational. Thick, cream-colored, painted letters on green iron columns and tin signs throughout. All with an early-mid 20th century vibe. There is so much history at Fenway, which was built back in 1912.
Last year, I came across this old ticket stub and was immediately struck by the hand-drawn lettering. The curves in letters like E and H and the movement that letters like M and N in “1946 WORLD SERIES” create felt so unique and worthy of becoming a typeface.
So, I set out to create a new font based on those handful of letters from the ticket. And yesterday, we released Grandsans—an all-caps display font with those sign painting qualities and vintage vibes. It comes in two styles: Regular and Rough.
There are also some fun alternates (E, H, Y), discretionary ligatures for prices (.00, .50, .99, etc.) and also some vintage-y baseball-related icons thrown in (baseball, homeplate, diamond, bat, etc.).
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Oh, and there’s an alternate backward “K” when you’re box-scoring those “struck out swinging” plays. We even made a limited edition baseball card to show the font in use. We gave away 50 of these yesterday and will probably do that again soon.
Fun fact: 1946 was the only time the legendary Ted Williams played in a World Series. Unfortunately it didn’t go very well for him (or the Red Sox). The Sox lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. They wouldn’t win a World Series for another 58 years.
You can test out and purchase Grandsans right here.
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