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Ege Basalt

From Spirit & Bones

  • Ege Basalt 01
  • Ege Basalt 02
  • Ege Basalt 03
  • Ege Basalt 04
  • Ege Basalt 05
  • Ege Basalt 06
  • Ege Basalt 07
  • Ege Basalt 08

Ege Basalt Full family

  • Ege Basalt Bold
  • Ege Basalt Extra Bold
  • Ege Basalt Heavy
  • Ege Basalt Medium
  • Ege Basalt Regular
$140   $112

Contrast Mix

  • Ege Basalt Heavy
  • Ege Basalt Regular
$50
About Ege Basalt
The »Basalt« typeface itself was a simplified version of the »Ege-Schrift«, also designed by Eduard Ege in 1921 and published by Genzsch & Heyse. Initially, both typefaces were exclusively all-caps. In 1934, »Basalt« was enhanced with a lowercase alphabet, which has unfortunately been largely lost to time. The only surviving example of the lowercase letters is found in a flyer distributed in the Netherlands during World War II, showcasing the letters a, c, g, h, i, n, r, s, u, and w. Drawing inspiration from the design principles of these surviving letters, type designer Lena Schmidt crafted the remaining lowercase letters, resulting in a complete alphabet.
Designed by
Eduard Ege, Lena Schmidt
EULA
End-user license agreement (EULA)
Specimen
PDF Specimen
Current release
Apr 20, 2026
Initial release
Apr 20, 2026
Script(s)
Latin
Language support

Afar, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asu, Bemba, Bena, Bosnian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chiga, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, Taita, German, Lower Sorbian, English, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Filipino, Faroese, French, Friulian, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Swiss German, Gusii, Manx, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Ido, Icelandic, Italian, Lojban, Machame, Jju, Makonde, Kabuverdianu, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Shambala, Colognian, Kurdish, Cornish, Latin, Luxembourgish, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Luo, Luyia, Latvian, Morisyen, Malagasy, Makhuwa-Meetto, Maori, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, North Ndebele, Low German, Norwegian, South Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Romansh, Rundi, Rombo, Kinyarwanda, Rwa, Samburu, Sangu, Sardinian, Sena, Sango, Sidamo, Slovak, Slovenian, Southern Sami, Lule Sami, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Serbian, Swati, Saho, Southern Sotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Teso, Turkmen, Tswana, Taroko, Tsonga, Volapük, Vunjo, Walloon, Warlpiri, Xhosa, Soga, Zulu

Features
Discretionary Ligatures, Standard Ligatures, Small Capitals, Small Capitals from Capitals, Case-sensitive Forms, Superscript, Lining Figures, Old-style Figures, Fractions
Font formats
.OTF, .WOFF, .WOFF2
Individual weights & styles (5 fonts)
Bold, ExtraBold, Heavy, Medium, Regular
Categories
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