Colby
J Foundry · Jason Vandenberg · 2017
A hand-drawn workhorse sans spanning six widths and 72 styles, with genuine warmth that holds up from display headings through to body text.
About
Colby by Jason Vandenberg for J Foundry balances the texture of hand-drawn letterforms with the legibility of a clean sans. The family covers six widths – Compressed, Condensed, Narrow, Regular, Extended and Wide – each in six weights with italics. Five stylistic sets, discretionary ligatures, alternate characters and a slashed zero give designers control over how much character they let through.
Classification
Hand-drawn workhorse sans serif designed to balance the texture and warmth of drawn letterforms with the legibility of a clean geometric sans. Available in six width variants – Compressed through Wide – each with six weights and italics, totalling 72 styles. Sits closer to humanist than geometric despite the hand-drawn DNA.