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Parent™

by Colophon Foundry
Individual Styles from $60.00 USD
Complete family of 10 fonts: $480.00 USD
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The Parent Font Family was designed by Colophon Foundry and published by Colophon Foundry. Parent contains 10 styles and family package options.

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Parent Family Package

 10 fonts

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Per Style:

$48.00 USD

Pack of 10 styles:

$480.00 USD

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About the family

On initial inspection, Parent presents a classically designed Serif typeface intended for body copy use at a range of point sizes, with traditional half ball terminals and refined levels of contrast. Partly inspired by old-style Serif typefaces, a more covert origin for Parent was found in an image from Adrian Frutiger’s “Typefaces. The Complete Works”, where outward strokes referred to as “Daggers” had been manually taped to letterforms to retain sharp edges throughout the printing process.

The design intent behind Parent was to reinterpret the functionality of this original feature into a deliberate design characteristic. As such, a specialised ‘Ink’ variant uses a combination of extreme incisions and reverse tapers to create unique, curling forms. The ‘Ink’ variant of Parent can be used in a multitude of ways, not only becoming a functional component facilitating the correct rendering of type at the most extreme small point sizes but also producing ornate and purposefully dramatic details for headline use at large point sizes.

Designers: Colophon Foundry

Publisher: Colophon Foundry

Foundry: Colophon Foundry

Design Owner: Colophon Foundry

MyFonts debut: Mar 1, 2024

Parent™ 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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