Rietveld is a geometric typeface based on the design of Maxeville, following its proportions. Expanding the idea of constructed typography. The Rietveld family is designed in the Dutch tradition of reduction and soberness and influenced by the work of Gerrit Rietveld, more so of his colleague and fellow De Stijl member Bart van der Leck. Specifically his studies of deconstructing images to abstract compositions and his typographic expressions from the 1930s’. Resulting in letterforms composed exclusively from vertical, horizontal and diagonal shapes - creating an abstract but legible rhythm.

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