Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sunset Gothic by Colophon – the chosen typeface – strikes a balance between character and legibility, while the new colour palette mirrors the punchy and emotive essence of Italy: red terracottas, the sea and the warmth of the sun.

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Production Graphic Design Patterns Branding 468

Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It was only December last year when Monotype acquired the award-winning Colophon Foundry and its library of 85 fonts. The company will continue to develop historically conscious, deliberately original typefaces that are used globally by renowned designers and world-class brands such as Dropbox and Samsung.

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Fonts Branding Brand Typography 488

Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

DM Sans by Colophon. It was designed by Colophon as an evolution of the Latin portion of ITF Poppins by Jonny Pinhorn. Space Grotesk is a proportional sans-serif based on Colophon's fixed-width Space Mono family (2016). They're free and fast to download, with absolutely no commitment, so why not give them all try?

Fonts 367

Fonts Print Graphic Adobe 367

Creative Boom

JULY 12, 2023

This bespoke logo is supported by Basis Grotesque , a clean, straightforward and highly legible typeface from Colophon Foundry. Design elements At the centre of the system, the new logo builds on the idea of 'unlocking opportunities' through the symbol for opening doors, which is located in the negative space of the 'H'.

Portfolio 368

Portfolio Branding Brand Architecture 368

Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

And industrial-inspired Apercu Mono by Colophon Foundry in all-caps is used for supporting copy such as addresses and signage to establish a strong yet approachable tone. When it comes to typography, headlines are cast in the neo-grotesk font Aeonik, with bold weight in all caps; this "exudes a direct and simple tone of voice," says Jack.

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Branding Brand Fonts Graphic 485

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Lay Grotesk by Colophon Lay Grotesk is a contemporary sans-serif that reinterprets the style of the classics such as Helvetica, Neue Haas Grotesk and Folio, running with their Swiss neutrality but smoothing out their rigidity. Lay Grotesk by Colophon 16. Kibitz by Colophon Foundry 45.

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Fonts Branding Brand Typography 545

Designspiration

AUGUST 2, 2021

manystuff.org — Graphic Design daily selection » Blog Archive » Colophon #type #specimen #typography

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Graphic Design Typography Graphic 52

Creative Boom

JULY 5, 2023

Weave by Colophon Foundry Weave is a refined sans-serif that explores the movement and relationship between angular and smooth outlines via moments of high contrast paired with loose, soft curves. Touvlo by Emilios Theofanous via Monotype Touvlo by Emilios Theofanous via Monotype 4.

Fonts 543

Fonts Arts and Crafts Inspiration Graphic Design 543

Its Nice That

MAY 16, 2024

Working with Colophon foundry, Havas has opted for a totally unicase headline typeface, and pinched the crossbar of the pound sign to indicate pence.

Typography 114

Typography 114

Under Consideration / Brand

JANUARY 30, 2020

What was an exercise both in reduction of complexity and amplification of character resulted in a much simpler owl, and a complementary custom typeface by Colophon Foundry which could carry the weight of the real, global, human connection the brand believes in. Custom type family by Colophon Foundry. Rating icons.

Travel 144

Travel Color Animation Fonts 144

Design Week

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Anak has worked with type foundry Colophon on a new typeface Mandai Value Serif. Colophon’s Value Serif was the inspiration thanks to its warmth and clarity, they explain. According to Chua and Tan, the typeface needed to suit many needs – from corporate governance to a children’s book.

Animation 98

Animation Inspiration Graphic Publication 98

Its Nice That

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Called One Night Sans, the new typeface underpins the rebrand, which includes a logo refresh and a more inclusive approach to photography.

Photography 111

Photography 111

Design Week

AUGUST 21, 2020

Perhaps the most prominent part of the new identity is the mermaid emblem, which is used in a range of lock-ups including the colophon seen on all book spines. “Future-facing” In order to maintain a “future-facing” identity, a modern colour palette was picked to balance with the traditional illustrated colophon.

Inspiration 91

Inspiration Publishing Publishing Advertising 91

Creative Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The refresh also includes a new bespoke type family, Cadillac Gothic, which was developed with Colophon. Plus, there’s always the heritage element: you could argue the black and white design harks back to the brand’s earliest logos at the beginning of the 20th century.

Manufacturing 114

Manufacturing Branding Brand Media 114

Abduzeedo

JULY 6, 2020

We enhance narratives by translating concepts into strategic visual systems that transit between digital, printed, spatial and audiovisual. Our production has versatility and tooling knowledge of the team as fundamental points. Typography: Universal Sans. Format: 420×594 mm. Paper: Coated Matte 150g / m2. Printing: Offset.

Inspiration 84

Inspiration Digital Printing Print Graphic Design 84

Identity Designed

AUGUST 6, 2019

Colophon: Opposit. The interior design continues the visual language of a Shokudo, translated into a casual bar with cosy lighting and tongue-in-cheek graphics in various corners. The lights and canvas at the bar counter are both inspired by the intricate folds of dumplings. Riso printing: Knuckles & Notch. Paper: Recypal.

Interior Design 103

Interior Design Print Inspiration Graphic 103

Design Week

JULY 15, 2020

A bespoke typeface has been created with type foundry Colophon. FutureBrand has also created a ‘Brand Hub’ which stores all the brand guidelines and assets in one place. This will be updated as new challenges arise for the brand. Currys Sans.

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Brand Branding Animation Photography 101

Shillington

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Created as a bespoke typeface for Visuelt , a design conference in Oslo, this typeface by Colophon spawned from a “more considered and constrained version” of Aperçu. Colophon revised and revisited the font and produced additional weights – the lightest of which has thin, precise curves.

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Fonts Branding Brand Inspiration 115

Creative Boom

APRIL 20, 2023

It was chosen as the Spicer Warin brand font thanks to its classic, delicate feel; and is paired with UK foundry Colophon's geometric sans-serif Relative.

Art 542

Art Branding Brand Fonts 542

Under Consideration / Brand

JUNE 8, 2020

Colophon Foundry's Mabry does a great job as the " straight man " that helps the handwritten typeface, scribbles, and illustrations stand out. We want to steer away from staged photography and move towards something more realistic and unscripted. MagicLab Design project page. Out of home advertising.

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Illustration Illustrator Color Media 115

Creative Boom

APRIL 20, 2023

It was chosen as the Spicer Warin brand font thanks to its classic, delicate feel; and is paired with UK foundry Colophon's geometric sans-serif Relative.

Art 477

Art Branding Brand Fonts 477

Design Week

MARCH 20, 2020

The fonts have been designed by the Cardiff office of design studio Smörgåsbord, in collaboration with the Colophon Foundry. A typeface has been created for the Welsh language which celebrate the country’s heritage. Graphic designer Joseph Burrin also consulted.

Fonts 101

Fonts Tourism Consulting Graphic 101

Design Week

AUGUST 4, 2021

The studio has worked with London-based foundry Colophon on developing a bespoke typeface for the project, called 1906. Greenspace had already developed a logotype for the new name with an overlapping ‘W’ letter, and Colophon created a full font family with three different weights. ” [link].

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Inspiration Coding Patterns Graphic 93

Creative Review

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Grilli Type’s G America and Colophon’s Nib accompany Pentagram’s custom type. This extends to a custom alphabet built using similarly changeable shapes, allowing people to use different glyphs as “personal icons”, or “typographic accents” to be deployed across the Serif network.

Networking 90

Networking Typography Theme Graphic 90

Under Consideration / Brand

AUGUST 10, 2020

I also like the supporting serif, a customized version of Colophon Foundry’s Brick. To their credit, the one cool thing the identity does is take the patterns from the clothing in the illustrations as a significant design element that gets funneled through large crops of bits and pieces of the wordmark. That’s nice.

Patterns 89

Patterns Marketing Marketing Client 89

Shillington

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Colophon then developed and released the font, three years later, for commercial use. This font’s four weights have a nearly constant hairline weight, offering several degrees of drama and impact, as the stems thicken from regular to black. Basis Grotesque.

Fonts 145

Fonts Arts and Crafts Banners Graphic Design 145

Under Consideration / Brand

JANUARY 24, 2020

Typeset in Colophon Foundry's Transcript , the boxes and tubes have a striking simplicity thanks to a lack of any distractions and some really bold and intense colors -- even the off-white, tan-ish color has a real depth to it.

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Packaging Design Typography Color Publication 72

Spine Magazine

JUNE 10, 2020

Fortescue – from the Colophon foundry – and Albertus black have a good balance of contemporary cleanliness and razor-sharp edges. I ended up using another Colophon font – Aperçu – for the typography.

Typography 59

Typography Layout Textures Advertising 59

We And The Color

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Space Mono by Colophon Foundry A retro-inspired monospace font with futuristic undertones, Space Mono brings a playful touch to tech branding and experimental design projects. Decorative and Custom Fonts Grenette Font by Colophon Foundry As brands seek to stand out in a crowded marketplace, custom fonts are becoming more popular.

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Fonts Typography Digital Branding 69

Canny

MAY 3, 2023

Nomad collaborated with Colophon, a font foundry, to create a unique typeface called ‘Pets Headline’ for the new wordmark.This is carried through every channel in the Pets brand world, again bringing the separate entities together to create one tight visual system.

Branding 78

Branding Brand Photography Education 78

Abduzeedo

APRIL 9, 2021

Space mono: Colophon Foundry. Art direction & graphic design: Lina Forsgren. Development: Sam Skogh. Fonts in use: happy times at the ikob new game plus edition by Lucas le Bihan / Velvetyne foundry. Epilogue: Tyler Finck.

Web Design 53

Web Design Web Design Graphic Design Fonts 53

Design Week

JANUARY 8, 2021

“Rounded, bold, yummy” The rebrand features a redrawn logo and a bespoke typeface – a bold serif called Flame – designed by Colophon Foundry. Burger King has said it expects the roll out of the visual identity to be completed “over the next few years” [link].

Inspiration 101

Inspiration Sports Fonts Photography 101

Design Week

JUNE 18, 2021

The bespoke type work – designed in collaboration with Colophon foundry – had to complement the logo. While this was not a guiding principle, Cook points out that it’s made up on five solid parts, one for each nation involved. Designing a “dynamic” typeface.

Patterns 101

Patterns Branding Brand Sports 101

Design Week

JANUARY 23, 2020

” Colophon Foundry’s Castledown was used as the primary typeface. Hudson-Powell says: “We paid attention to who the primary audience was at each moment. Packaging is equally parent and child, the app and web is parent, whereas the physical product had to appeal to parents but be delightful for kids.”

Industrial Design 95

Industrial Design Production Graphic Design Magazine 95

Shillington

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Released by Colophon in 2010, the original concept behind Aperçu was to create a synopsis or amalgamation of classic realist typefaces: Johnston, Gill Sans, Neuzeit, and Franklin Gothic. Released in 2014 by Colophon Foundry, this sans-serif has a distinctive tone of voice and is particularly striking when used in headlines.

Fonts 69

Fonts Typography Magazine Publishing 69

Mindsparkle Mag

APRIL 4, 2023

It features a new logotype and typeface, using Quadraat, a classic and delicate highcontrast serif typeface designed by Fred Smeijers, paired with Relative, a wellproportioned, geometric sansserif typeface designed by UKbased type foundry Colophon. The post Spicer Warin Brand Identity appeared first on Mindsparkle Mag.

Brand 52

Brand Branding Arts and Crafts Marketing 52

Logo Design Love

APRIL 17, 2023

Photo via Type Punch Matrix The colophon states that 750 copies were printed in December 1930, with 650 copies for sale. He designed for book publishers such as Encyclopedia Britannica, Vanguard Press, and the Book League of America.

Arts and Crafts 72

Arts and Crafts Advertising Advertising Graphic Art 72