Werksatz — The everevergreen Grotesque by Identity Letters
People have identities. So do typefaces. Fonts matter because identity matters.

Werksatz

Inspired by early grotesque typefaces such as Akzidenz Grotesk and Venus, Werksatz is our contemporary interpretation of this beloved genre. With 10 weights from Thin to Black, each with obliques and more than 940 characters, this font family is ready for the future. The classic industrial warmth of these letterforms will age like fine wine.

Werksatz – The complete family

These are all the styles contained in the Werksatz font family. You can purchase single fonts or family packages.

Werksatz (20 Fonts)

From €255.00 excl. VAT
Thin Thin Italic Extra Light Extra Light Italic Light Light Italic Book Book Italic Regular Regular Italic Medium Medium Italic Semi Bold Semi Bold Italic Bold Bold Italic Heavy Heavy Italic Black Black Italic

Werksatz – Styles

Write your own words — like a book or movie title, business name, brand claim, advertising slogan, or a short text — to see how they look typeset in Werksatz.

Werksatz Black
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Werksatz Heavy
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Werksatz Bold
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Werksatz Semi Bold
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Werksatz Medium
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Werksatz Regular
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Werksatz Book
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Werksatz Light
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Werksatz Extra Light
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Werksatz Thin
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Werksatz Thin Italic
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Werksatz Extra Light Italic
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Werksatz Light Italic
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Werksatz Book Italic
€40.00
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Werksatz Regular Italic
€40.00
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
Werksatz Medium Italic
€40.00
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
Werksatz Semi Bold Italic
€40.00
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
Werksatz Bold Italic
€40.00
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
Werksatz Heavy Italic
€40.00
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
Werksatz Black Italic
€40.00
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Werksatz – Character Set

These are all the characters contained in the Werksatz glyph set. It’s a great way for you to check the language support, stylistic alternates, OpenType features, and special characters like dingbats and icons. Click a character to see more details.

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Werksatz – Design Information

Inspired by early grotesque typefaces such as Akzidenz Grotesk and Venus, Werksatz is our contemporary interpretation of this beloved genre.

Some things are timeless. These are the things that only get better with use. The aforementioned typefaces certainly belong into this category. Rediscovered by designers from every generation again and again, they are here to stay.

However, as tools evolve and technology moves on, even a well-tried design has to adapt to this evolution continuously in order to stand the test of time. Werksatz is such an adaptation, taking the best from the invincible classics and infusing them with the warm blood of today’s tech.

With 10 weights from Thin to Black, each with painstakingly fine-tuned obliques, and more than 940 characters per style, this font family is ready for the future. Its Extended Latin support ensures you won’t miss a letter in any of hundreds of languages. Special glyphs like three variations of arrows and additional shapes will make your design work so much easier—for well-structured forms as well as radical editorial layouts.

Among a treasure trove of OpenType features, you’ll find essentials such as Capital Spacing, Case-Sensitive Forms, and Ligatures, but also advanced functions like Small Caps, Subscript and Inferior figures and letters, plenty figure sets (Lining Figures, Tabular Figures, Old-Style Figures, circled and squared figures, figures for small caps … you get the idea), Slashed Zero, and more.

You’ll discover that Werksatz is less formalistic and rigid than your average neogrotesk typeface. Sure, you can use it for serious business—whether in corporate design, branding, editorial design, publication design, or web design for industries and topics ranging from politics, government, management, or law to technology, entrepreneurship, commerce, or finance. However, Werksatz is much more versatile than that. Its more human appearance also allows for effective use in culture, fashion, art, entertainment, sports, exhibitions, leisure, and luxury. It’s an excellent choice for wayfinding applications, apps, packaging, and all kinds of nonfiction books.

Other Grotesks with big names are left behind outdated by their proprietors, but Werksatz is here to stay. The classic industrial warmth of these letterforms will age like fine wine.