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Goodall Variable™

by Colophon Foundry
Individual Styles from $240.00 USD
The Goodall Variable Font Family was designed by Colophon Foundry and published by Colophon Foundry. Goodall Variable contains 2 styles. More about this family

About the family


Goodall is a contemporary take on the geometric slab serif genre; bringing together a melting pot of 19th century wood type influences and more contemporary reference points such as Memphis (Dr. Rudolf Wolf, 1929) and Rockwell (Monotype, 1934).

Initial sketches of Goodall were far more gestural and inspired by Vincent Figgins’ Four Line Pica Antique No. 2. Particularly intriguing was Figgins’ peculiar combination of round punctuation and square tittles on characters such as the ‘i’ and ‘j’ — one of the few design features that endured the design process.Goodall’s open apertures and ink traps improve legibility at smaller sizes, but are balanced with a geometric drawing approach so the forms retain a graphic disposition at larger scales. The italic forms have fewer serifs than the uprights — an idea adapted from classical serif italic models that helps create a variation in texture between the uprights and italics.

Designers: Colophon Foundry

Current Foundry: Colophon Foundry

MyFonts debut: Mar 1, 2024

Goodall 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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