MegaMegaTypeType
A geometric stencil typeface digitised by Colophon from a metal stencil Anthony Burrill discovered in a Lisbon sign-maker's shop, first used for British Council posters in 2010.
About
The uppercase letterforms are taken directly from the original found stencil, with Colophon developing the missing lowercase, punctuation and accented characters to match its strict geometric logic. The typeface was first deployed on a series of posters for the Experimenta cultural biennale in Lisbon in 2010, setting a Portuguese aphorism in both English and Portuguese. Its single weight reflects the constraints of the source artefact.
Classification
A geometric stencil typeface derived from a found metal stencil artefact, placing it firmly in the display category. Its strict geometric construction and stencil letterform origins distinguish it from conventional serif or sans-serif classifications.