Acid Grotesk type specimen on black

Acid Grotesk type specimen on black, minimal, swiss, dark

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Type specimen poster setting the name Acid Grotesk in large white at top and a weight list below, all centered on a stark black field.

Summary

A type-specimen card for the grotesque "Acid Grotesk," with the name set large and white in the upper third and a centered weight list anchored at the bottom of a black field.

Visual description

A tall black poster split into two text blocks separated by a large empty middle. At top, "Acid" and "Grotesk" stack on two lines in a thin-to-light weight of the typeface, white, centered. The lower third holds a centered paragraph reading that the family "Comes in 7 different weights and it's variable," then names each weight inline, with the weight words actually set in their corresponding weights so the line steps from a hairline Thin and Extra Light up through Light, Normal, and Regular to a heavy Medium and Bold. The deliberate empty band between the two blocks does all the spacing.

Key takeaway

Demonstrating a variable family by setting each weight name in its own weight, so the specimen shows the range while it lists it. The large negative gap between title and body keeps a single typeface from feeling crowded.

Reuse notes

A clean template for a foundry release card, a portfolio type page, or a social tile announcing a typeface. Reads best as a vertical or square format. White-on-black makes light weights legible only at large sizes, so keep the body copy big.

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