http://www.colophon-foundry.org Colophon Foundry RSS Feed en-en http://www.colophon-foundry.org/images/logos/colophon_rss.png http://www.colophon-foundry.org http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2012/04/57 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2012/04/57 This update includes a new font family of 2 cuts named Leroy designed by Oscar amp; Ewan, as well as 2 new products in the form of posters. Leroy is based on a technical drawing found in a 60's model car magazine. The type was drawn with a lettering set, a system used around that time to letter maps and other precision drawings. It was presumably similar to Keuffel amp; Esser's Leroy set, hence the name. You can view and buy Leroy here. To mark the update of Aperçu Pro, an A1 silkscreen has been produced in a limited edition of 50. As well, a specimen for Raisonné which is available five fluorescent colours. View the Aperçu poster here. View the Raisonnamp;eacute; poster here. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:35:43 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2012/02/55 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2012/02/55 Since its release in August 2010, Aperçu quickly found its position in the market, being used across a variety of different media and sectors around the world in both print and web. It has been utilized by institutions such as MOMA, De Wiels, Zeit Magazine and the Walker Art Center. Our initial aim at its inception, was to make a typeface for a variety of projects and uses, we feel has been fulfilled. With its balance of realist characteristics based on classic realist typefaces such as Johnston, Gill Sans, Neuzeit and Franklin Gothic, and its ability to sit well in running text at a variety of sizes, it has proven itself to be a usable typeface for both others and ourselves. After its release we have continued to use Aperçu in our studio practice. A year later and it seemed a fitting point to look at extending its support for Central Eastern European and Cyrillic-based languages. Now with more than 530 characters per weight, Aperçu Pro arrives. A printed supplement is also scheduled for release in the coming weeks. If you have already purchased Aperçu you can upgrade here by entering your unique Transaction ID and following the instructions. View Aperçu in Cyrillic here. With thanks to Edgars Zvirgzdiamp;#326;š. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:34:07 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/12/51 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/12/51 Initiated as a project at Werkplaats Typographie, Dries Wieuwaters began exploring a stencil based system originally designed by Joseph A. David. In 1876 David acquired the patent for a system that he had invented for sign-writers. With a universal stencil, all UPPERCASE, lowercase, numbers, punctuation, accents etc could be sourced from the grid of the stencil. Dries used this stencil or Plaque Découpée Universelle (PDU) and began an exploration into the liberties and restrictions of a unified grid. We are happy to now present this new release. The font itself has 2 cuts, regular (a filled version of the stencil), and outline (this cut staying true to the hand rendering via the stencil). Alongside these cuts are corresponding pattern cuts in outline and regular. Boasting a glyph count of 1578 for each cut of PDU, alongside 229 glyphs included inthe patterns. The corresponding pattern is provided free with the purchased with the regular and outline cuts of PDU. Alongside this font release, a reproduction of the stencil itself in thin sheet metal, and a corresponding 12-page newspaper designed by Dries Wieuwaters, with an essay documenting and explaining the process of the exploration and reproduction is available via the products page. View PDU here Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/11/46 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/11/46 From 9th—11th December (inclusive) we will be in Zurich, Switzerland to participate in Zurich Font Fair on the 10th December. We will be selling our full catalogue in person, as well as accompanying specimen books. Colophon collaborator Dries Wiewauters will be in attendance also, with the soon to be released PDU. Font Market On December 10th 2011 At Bleicherweg 21, 8002 Zurich http://www.dezemberbuecher.ch Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/10/45 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/10/45 Two years after creating the original identity and typeface for the Made in Birmingham exhibition, we created a more refined, commercial version of the typeface, Central Avenue. After working with this typeface almost exclusively in black and white, we felt that it would be more interesting to explore it in colour for the type specimen. The unbound booklet also works as a series of 4 posters — abstract and bright. View amp; buy here. £7 Format 210mm x 297mm 16 page printed 4 colour GF Smith Naturalis Absolute Smooth 120gsm Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/09/44 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/09/44 Our new publication is an in-depth specimen of the Relative family and is now available to purchase. The 24 page catalogue showcases the concept and technical aspects of our Relative family. This includes a 6 page essay, explaining the concepts and thoughts behind the project. Each catalogue is posted in a sturdy corrugated cardboard envelope, with a compliment slip. View amp;amp; buy here. A bundle of Aperçu, Monosten amp; Relative will be available for a limited time only. Format 200mm x 266mm Edition of 500 24 pages printed 3 PMS 4 page cover Designed by The Entente Printed by KP Litho, Brighton Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/09/43 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/09/43 As part of 'A Product of Design' we exhibited at Scion Installation, Los Angeles. Exhibitors included: The Solitary Arts, The Quiet Life, Best Made Company, Various Projects, Hugo amp; Marie, Booji, Ben Blanc Studio amp; JB Lab. Curated by the wonderful: Gluekit. The exhibition runs till October 8th 2011. We would like to extend our thanks to everyone at Scion, Gluekit and all the exhibitors, as well as to Mr. Benjamin Critton. Shown is our installation at the gallery. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/08/42 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/08/42 Formed in two halves Relative is a family of both proportional graded weights and corresponding italics, as well as pitched monospaced versions. Bridging these two categories is a Faux monospace cut. Initially drawn in August 2010 for Outside In by Stephen Gill; a book designed for the Brighton Photo Biennale 2010 (curated by Martin Parr). We have continued to develop this into a fully fledged 10 weight family over the past year. With extensive OpenType features allowing for advanced typographic control and support for Central European languages across all weights. Relative is designed by Brighton-based studio, The Entente. A 28 page catalogue will be released in the coming weeks. Available to view here. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/08/41 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/08/41 From September 17th we will be taking part in an exhibition at Scion Installation LA named 'A Product of Design'. On this occasion we have published 'From Aperçu to Untitled'. A 20 page overview of our font library to date. Only 70 of the edition of 400 will be available from this website. Available to buy here Each catalogue is posted in a sturdy corrugated cardboard envelope. Format 190mm x 250mm Edition of 400 (Only 70 sold online) 16 page text printed 3 colour risograph 4 page cover printed 2 colour offset Designed by The Entente Cover printing amp; finishing by KP Litho, Brighton Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/06/38 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/06/38 Central Avenue is a new display typeface designed by StudioMakgill. We have built it to take full advantage of the Opentype superscript feature. From this you can create a multitude of word logos from with in the typeface itself. Originally created for the graphic identity of an exhibition celebrating Birmingham's infamous 1886 exhibition of Local Manufacturers and Natural History, the typeface is based on the signage from the original show. It has been designed to retain some of the awkwardness and personality that the hand painted letter forms have. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/05/37 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/05/37 After extending Monosten and releasing it in March of this year we are now happy to present a specimen catalogue to accompany the project. This specimen catalogue showcases the six weights of the Monosten family on three sheets that are folded and collated into a folder, thus working as an unbound publication. Each sheet shows one weight and two styles of the Monosten family. The package also includes a die-cut postcard. Each catalogue is posted in a sturdy corrugated cardboard envelope, with a compliment slip. For a limited time only we are selling the Monosten specimen in a bundle with the Apercu specimen. This bundle is limited to 100. There are more photos here. Format 208mm x 275mm Edition of 300 3 x loose sheets collated into a folder 1x die-cut (edge not letters) postcard Designed by The Entente Printed by Aldgate Press, London Postcard printed amp; die-cut by KP Litho, Brighton Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/05/36 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/05/36 In the summer of 2010 we were commissioned by Studio Baer, to develop a typeface for Centrefold magazine No. 6. In early 2011 we decided to re-visit this bespoke typeface and extend it into a single weight release. We present Transcript Bold, a slightly condensed grotesque. Released with full Latin-A character set and supplied in OpenType format. Centrefold images courtesy of Studio Baer. Thu, 05 May 2011 12:37:31 +0200 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/34 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/34 We released Monosten A amp;amp; B in February 2010. At the beginning of this year we decided to extend this single weight, two style font into a full family. The full family now includes three weights (A – Regular, C — Bold, E — Light) three styles (B, D amp;amp; F). As always, with Full Latin-A character set and supplied in OpenType format. Monosten is designed by Brighton-based studio, The Entente. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/31 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/31 As part of Red Nose Day 2011, we promise to donate £1 from every sale we make over the next seven days, until March 18th 2011. If you do not wish to purchase something, but still donate, you can do so directly here: Red Nose Day Every year Red Nose Day helps to raise millions of pounds for poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people across the UK and Africa. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/30 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/30 We are happy to announce the release of Raisonné. Raisonné is a contemporary sans-serif typeface, designed by Benjamin Critton over the course of several months during the summer of 2010. Its single weight—demibold—was drawn for use at all scales. Raisonné was initially conceived as a typeface that would comprise the written portions of of a comprehensive catalogue raisonné, the creation and publishing of which is required of each MFA candidate in the Department of Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. The typeface is parodic-serious, intended to be a bit dumb, blunt, candid, affable—honest in the same way Modernism liked its materials. It pays homage here and there to noteworthy precedents, among them Rudolf Koch's Kabel, Sol Hess' Twentieth Century, Joseph Churchward's Crossbred, and Herb Lubalin's Avant Garde. Raisonné is published with a full set of upper amp; lowercase letterforms, as well as a full latin character set and several stylistic alternates; it is distributed in OpenType format. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:00:31 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/29 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/29 With an extended character set and re-drawn characters we release an updated version of Peggs Regular. If you have purchased Peggs Regular previously, we are able to offer the updated version for FREE! Simply e-mail us your unique transaction ID (received from PayPal), and we will send you your unique link to download your font. Please note: Your old version of Peggs will still be licensed. By downloading the updated version you will be agreeing our EULA. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:00:25 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/28 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/28 After 6 months of work we are re-launching Colophon with a re-mastered back catalogue of fonts, new releases and a whole new website. We now offer the chance to test all of our fonts at varying sizes, colours and combinations! We also offer direct downloads of our typefaces straight from purchase. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:00:18 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/27 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/27 Colophon is currently (and always) expanding: BC (Benjamin Critton) Oscar amp; Ewan OB (Oscar Bauer) ER (Ewan Robertson) The Entente AS (Anthony Sheret) EH (Edd Harrington) AH (Alison Haigh) Studio Makgill HM (Hamish Makgill) Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:52:21 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/26 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/26 Each font family released by Colophon utilises a referenced source book of content. This content has a relation to the history, conception or idea of the typeface it is twinned with. Aperçu — Light amp; Sound Fortescue — World Aircraft Monosten — Everyday Writing Montefiore — Minibeasts Pantograph — Standard Codes For Telegrams Peggs — Through the Microscope Perfin — Gambling Raisonne — Concise Repair Manual Reader — Novum Jun 6/75 Reader Black — Tonight Moon Men Face New Peril Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:45:17 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/25 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/03/25 Along with all of the most apparent features and changes to the Colophon website, there are some more tucked away and hidden features. For example, when looking at a particular font, you can navigate the different phrases with the arrow keys (left amp;amp; right) and also get to the source with the down arrow. There are lots of other hidden Easter eggs, so have a look around and see what you can find. Remember, we're gonna gonna give you up... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:59:10 +0100 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/02/24 http://www.colophon-foundry.org/news/2011/02/24 Please note that as of from 10th February 2011 The Entente / Colophon Foundry will be located at: Northern Unit, Ground Floor, The Ironworks, Cheapside, Brighton BN1 4GD United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)1273 606341 Email. abc@colophon-foundry.org Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:22:27 +0100