Tor grotesk arrives from the railway tracks and train depots. The design follows the strict geometric doctrine of DIN's typographic family of fonts initially developed for industrial uses. Our interpretation and adaptation of this functional fonts category carry heavily slanted weights (also exist as a Variable font version where the angle of italic could be adjusted). Tor grotesk was primarily designed for a book about radical train enthusiasts and the world's longest produced electric train. This project is more than the 500 pages book recently published by Torypress (and copublished by us).The authors spent four years traveling around Poland, interviewing passionate spotters, graffiti writers, model makers, photographers, painters, and train drivers. This diverse community often has clashing points of view but share a love for this same object. This book features previously unpublished content, drawn from private and long-forgotten archives. You can see Tor Grotesk in action throughout the Radical Passion book, where it’s used in titles and other display elements of the graphic design and layout.


Norms defined by the Committee for Standardization, describing modern lettering on railways used after World War II, 1990s, Poland.

Specimen of letterforms, numbers and inscriptions on trains, 1930s, Poland.

Spreads from Kult Jednostki/Radical Passion book with Tor grotesk in use.



