Exhibition: Colophon celebrate five years by creating a fictional world for their fonts

Date
18 March 2014

Since 2012 we’ve posted about Colophon Foundry, directly or indirectly, eight times. We use their Aperçu font on the It’s Nice That website, and on most of our other platforms. When they do new stuff, we pay attention. In short, we love these guys, for their unflinching devotion to their output and the sheer quality of their work – they’re a clever bunch of chaps. And yet Colophon is a mere five years old, making them positively youthful in business terms. To celebrate reaching this modest age they’re holding a show at KK Outlet next month, creating an exhibition of 26 fictional possibilities for 26 existing typefaces, imagining the potential of each without the constraints of commercial realities. We’re excited to see how it all turns out!

Five Years runs from 3 April to 26 April at KK Outlet.

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Colophon Foundry: Five Years

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Colophon Foundry: Five Years

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Colophon Foundry: Five Years

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Colophon Foundry: Five Years

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Colophon Foundry: Five Years

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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