Visuelt

Originally created as a bespoke typeface for the 2013 and 2014 identity of design conference and competition Visuelt (Oslo, Norway) – also known as the National Norwegian Design Awards – Visuelt spawned from a more considered and constrained version of our earlier 2010 type family, Aperçu. From its initial roots and underlying aesthetic, new details were brought in to remove some of the more distinguishable features of Aperçu and make way for a new tone of voice and trajectory.

We revised and revisited the typeface, producing additional weights to accompany the pre-existing Regular. The lightest of these weights took on thin precise curves, while on the heaviest weight counters were opened and sharp terminal ends chiseled to provide small technical details to an otherwise brutish and heavy face.

Since these developments, and as part of an ongoing remastering of the Colophon Foundry library, we further expanded Visuelt to include extensive Eastern European language support, Cyrillic and Greek scripts and extensive OpenType features.

Visuelt is available in seven weights — Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold and Black — all with corresponding Italics. It is available to license in both Standard (‘STD’) and Professional (‘PRO’) variants, the latter containing additional Latin language support, Cyrillic and Greek scripts, OpenType features and copious stylistic alternates.