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A stack of small orange cards sits atop white printed papers. The top card reads “Cash Value” and lists the dates “14.12.12” and “27.01.13” above the word “at Oz.”.

Colophon show off their latest work at new exhibition in Amsterdam

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Date
24 January 2013

See that sans-serif dotted around on our website? That’s Aperçu, a font designed by the inimitable Colophon Foundry, and probably one of the most recognisable faces around right now. We’re massive fans of Ant and Ed, the guys behind the type – heck we use their letters every day of the week – so we were pretty excited to hear about their show in Amsterdam that started just before the festive season.

No Cash Value serves as a showcase for Value, a brand new font that comes in both serif and sans-serif faces. The show demonstrated the font in all its glory, plastered on walls, installations and in a seriously nice catalogue, designed in collaboration with Benjamin Critton that was themed around the Dollar, Euro and Pound symbols. What other foundries do you know that throw a party to celebrate a new font? Now you know why we like them so much.

You can see No Cash Value at Oz Gallery, Amsterdam until January 27.

A bright, white corridor featuring a grey floor with white markings. The walls are decorated with red and blue letters and numbers, while a black sculptural light fixture hangs from the ceiling.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

A blue typographic wall graphic displays the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase letters. Below the letters, a row of numbers and currency symbols including “£”, “€” and “$” are shown.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

A blue and red doormat lies on a grey floor against a white wall. Red lines form a path connecting the labels “NL”, “UK” and “US”.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

A white booklet lies on a grey surface marked with thick white lines. A red box on the cover contains the blue text “No Cash Value”.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

An open booklet shows a red page with the “Compact Disc Digital Audio” logo. The opposite page displays a red alphabet sample featuring the letters “Aa”, “Bb”, “Cc”, “Dd” and “Etc.”.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

An open booklet lies on a grey surface. One page shows the flags of the US, UK and France, while the opposite page features a red border containing the text “USD”, “GBP” and “EUR”.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

An open booklet lies flat on a grey surface. The left page contains columns of small black text, while the right page features three large orange crosses and the word “Proxxxy”.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

A printed booklet lies on a grey surface, framed by a white border. The cover features a blue halftone pattern with the words “Cost Value” and the number “24” in red.
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Colophon Foundry: No Cash Value

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James Cartwright

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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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