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Colophon

Colophon™

by Roy Cole
Individual Styles from $34.00 USD
Complete family of 6 fonts: $136.00 USD
Colophon Font Family was designed by Roy Cole and published by Roy Cole. Colophon contains 6 styles and family package options.

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    About Colophon Font Family


    During development of Colophon 30, the base font of the typeface family, two requirements emerged; namely that it should demonstrate good legibility and robustness when used for text composition, and where individual characters become more apparent, as in much larger sizes, these should appear well formed. Colophon 60 and 90 progressively increase in x-height to allow the counters to retain openness. The italics lean towards informality, this being apparent in the descender tails. On account of its neutrality there are few instances where the use of Colophon would be inappropriate; a quality that can also be attributed to Roy Cole's other typeface families: Lina, Zeta and Coleface.

    Designers: Roy Cole

    Publisher: Roy Cole

    Foundry: Roy Cole

    Design Owner: Roy Cole

    MyFonts debut: May 14, 2009

    Colophon™ is a trademark of Roy Cole Typography.

    About Roy Cole

    Roy Cole typography was formed in 2003 by the British typographer Roy Cole (1932–2012); a foundry dedicated to the development of sanserif typeface families that are characterized by their strong legibility, rhythmic elegance and timelessness. Cole was the only British compositor to study at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel (Basel School of Design) under the tutelage of Emil Ruder, the master of modern typography. In the 1950s–60s, the Ge...

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