MegaMegaTypeType
A 50-style family of super condensed grotesques derived from DeLittle's Elongated Sans, spanning seven weights across four extreme widths from XCompressed to Extended.
About
Coign takes DeLittle's wood type Elongated Sans as its starting point, stretching the concept of condensed letterforms to their structural limit. The 28 core styles combine the systematic weight progression of Univers with the raw eccentricity of 19th and 20th century wood type, exploring how counterform and letter spacing alter texture and expression. The family name references the quoin, a wedge-shaped tool used in letterpress printing to lock type into a chase.
Classification
An extreme condensed display sans-serif rooted in DeLittle's Elongated Sans wood type tradition. The design pushes condensation to structural limits across seven weights and four widths, drawing on both 19th-century wood type eccentricity and the systematic logic of Frutiger's Univers.