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Archive™ Variable

by Colophon Foundry
Individual Styles from $192.00 USD
Complete family of 2 fonts: $768.00 USD
The Archive Variable Font Family was designed by Colophon Foundry and published by Colophon Foundry. Archive Variable contains 2 styles and family package options.

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Per Style:

$384.00 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$768.00 USD

About the family


Developed and refined through various projects and design commissions by Colophon Foundry, Archive was initially conceived as a workhorse Serif typeface for a publication for Brighton-based photographic publisher Photoworks — The Myth of the Airborne Warrior by Stuart Griffiths, edited by Gordon MacDonald, documenting the troubles in Northern Ireland during the 1980s. Collected ephemera by the artist used lo-fi reproduction techniques such as photocopying and primitive variants of Offset printing which led to distortion of the typography. Observing this, Colophon Foundry set out to draw a Serif that encapsulated the qualities of these production methods. Small indents on both the top and bottom of each serif, aligning parallel to the baseline and cap height, gave each letterform an independent ‘pre-existing’ and, when applied through complete alphabet, rhythmic quality.

Archive is available in four weights — Roman, Roman Italic, Semibold, Semibold Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Italic and with corresponding Italics. It also boasts a Monospaced variant in a Roman weight. Archive is open to licensing in both Standard (‘STD’) and Professional (‘PRO’) variants. The latter contains a full set of small capitals, discretionary ligatures and additional typographic alternates, as well as further language support for Cyrillic and Greek.

Designers: Colophon Foundry

Publisher: Colophon Foundry

Foundry: Colophon Foundry

Design Owner: Colophon Foundry

MyFonts debut: Mar 1, 2024

Archive™ Variable is a trademark of AS & EH Partnership Limited, trading as Colophon Foundry, and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

About Colophon Foundry

Colophon is an award-winning international type foundry based in London. Colophon is recognized for its custom typeface designs, library, creative team, and font technology tools. Colophon has created custom typographic assets for world-recognized brands including Burger King, Canva Sans, Cadillac, Twickenham, and Central Saint Martins. The Colophon library consists of new classics that feel both historically rooted and contemporary including Aperçu, Basis Grotesque, Fann Grotesque, Fortescue, Value Sans, and Value Serif.

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