“The rediscovery of the Breite Halbfette Grotesque, a forgotten sans serif typeface published by the German foundry Bauer & Co. during the 1880s, led Jean-Baptiste Levée to design his faithful, yet personal interpretation.” [Morlighem, printed specimen] Updated in March 2025 with italics and support for Greek and Cyrillic.
See also Proto Grotesk Mono, Proto Slab and Proto Slab Condensed.