The Devil’s Artisan
‘Though an angel should write, / still ’tis devils must print.’
— Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
CANADA TYPE SPECIMENS
BY PATRICK GRIFFIN
Colville
The Colville font family originated in 2015, custom-made to be used on the headstones commemorating Canadian painter Alex Colville. Some of the initial shapes came from letters Colville had used in his design of a Governor General gold medal in the 1970s. The resulting family has a strong art deco aesthetic and a humanist geometry that make it suitable for a variety of applications.
Colville contains:
- 4 fonts of over 750 glyphs
- stylistic alternates
- Pan-European language support
- 5 sets of figures
- automatic fractions
- ornaments
Purchase Colville at Canada Type.
The Devil's Artisan would like to acknowledge the generous financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.