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Colville

Canada Type · 2015

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Colville specimen from Canada Type

An art deco serif family originating as a bespoke headstone typeface for Canadian artist Alex Colville, expanded to four weights with broad glyph coverage.

About

The design began in 2015 as a commission for a headstone, with initial letterforms drawn from Colville's own hand on a Governor General medal he designed in the 1970s. The project grew into a four-font family ranging from Light to Bold, each with over 750 glyphs covering Pan-European languages, five figure sets, automatic fractions and ornaments. The overall aesthetic is strongly art deco.

Classification

Art deco serif with calligraphic influences, originally designed for a commemorative headstone. Forms partly derived from lettering by Canadian artist Alex Colville.

Weights

LightBold

Languages

LatinPan-European

Tags

art decorevivalcommemorativeserifhistorical