Clerk is a one-weight display-typeface in which each letter features more gaps than functionally necessary (a hyper stencil?). Instead, these gaps become ornamental and contribute to define the typeface’s texture. Clerk is based on a piece of lettering, likely drawn by the Dutch architect Samuel de Clerq (1876-1962) in the 1920s for facade on the savings bank of The Hague – a building which he designed. The typeface features an array of bowl-ligatures as well as a flat-top ‘8’. Clerk shines in titling and headlines, while its modular construction suggests various takes such as animation and dismantling.