Obelysk Grotesk was designed by the Lanston Drawing Office in the late 1980s.

This face is a reconstruction of Spire (1937) drawn by Sol Hess. The skeleton of Spire Roman stands with the serifs removed. Like Spire, this font has no lower case, but does offer alternate cap styles in some of the lower case positions.

Spire and Obelysk have both been used prominently in the fashion industry.