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Raisonne Variable™

by Colophon Foundry
Individual Styles from $288.00 USD
Complete family of 2 fonts: $630.00 USD
The Raisonne Variable Font Family was designed by Benjamin Critton, Colophon Foundry and published by Colophon Foundry. Raisonne Variable contains 2 styles and family package options.

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Per Style:

$315.00 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$630.00 USD

About the family


Raisonné is a geometric sans-serif type initially designed in and around the summer of 2010 and subsequently expanded upon, first in 2012 and again in 2018–19. After several years of internal and external customisations, assorted expansion inquiries, and miscellaneous bouts of sketching, its original single weight—DemiBold—is now complemented by Light, Book, Regular, Bold, ExtraBold, and Poster weights in tandem with corresponding obliques and an expanded character set.

Raisonné was initially conceived as a single font, replete with idiosyncrasies, that would comprise the written portions of a comprehensive catalog raisonné: an output required of each Graphic Design MFA candidate at the Yale School of Art. The typeface is parodic-serious, intended to be blunt, candid, and affable all at the same time. It outwardly pays homage to noteworthy precedents, among them Rudolf Koch’s Kabel (1927) & Victor Caruso’s later redrawing for ITC (1976), Joseph Churchward’s Crossbred (1970s), Paul Renner’s Futura (also 1927), and Herb Lubalin’s Avant Garde (1968).

Designers: Benjamin Critton, Colophon Foundry

Publisher: Colophon Foundry

Foundry: Colophon Foundry

Design Owner: Colophon Foundry

MyFonts debut: Mar 1, 2024

Raisonne 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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