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BB Modern™

by Colophon Foundry
Individual Styles from $60.00 USD
Complete family of 6 fonts: $240.00 USD
The BB Modern Font Family was designed by Colophon Foundry and published by Colophon Foundry. BB Modern contains 5 styles and family package options.

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BB Modern is both a reference and a shortened ode to its original source of a Barnhardt Bros & Spindlers’ 1868 specimen catalog. This original source, an ungainly, super condensed Scotch Roman, was the first point of reference for BB’s most condensed width.

Its unique angular diamond round forms, such as «O», are overly exaggerated and amplified throughout the widths. Indented notched ink-traps in forms such as «M» and «n» apply a contemporary lens to the type family.Variable Font Technology allowed the merging of the XX (extra extra) Condensed and Modern Roman to create a flexible type family that can be utilized as both a Display and Text typeface, traversing through the family's widths from the Proportional Regular to XX (extra extra) Condensed style.

Designers: Colophon Foundry

Publisher: Colophon Foundry

Foundry: Colophon Foundry

Design Owner: Colophon Foundry

MyFonts debut: Mar 1, 2024

BB Modern™ 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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