Columbia Collection Columbia Sans Columbia Sans Display 2 families 24 styles 6 weights Roman & Italic Columbia Sans ExtraLight Columbia Sans Light Columbia Sans Regular Columbia Sans Medium Columbia Sans SemiBold Columbia Sans Bold Columbia Sans ExtraLight Italic Columbia Sans Light Italic Columbia Sans Italic Columbia Sans Medium Italic Columbia Sans SemiBold Italic Columbia Sans Bold Italic Columbia Sans Display ExtraLight Columbia Sans Display Light Columbia Sans Display Regular Columbia Sans Display Medium Columbia Sans Display SemiBold Columbia Sans Display Bold Columbia Sans Display ExtraLight Italic Columbia Sans Display Light Italic Columbia Sans Display Italic Columbia Sans Display Medium Italic Columbia Sans Display SemiBold Italic Columbia Sans Display Bold Italic Production Type www.productiontype.com 2016 Page 1/5
Columbia Collection Columbia is an unorthodox blend of multiple historical models. Initially commissioned by science magazine Sciences & Avenir, Columbia strikes a balance between rigorous topics and an approachable, informal tone. In its early drafts, the drawings could be considered a sans-serif version of Times New Roman, but Jean-Baptiste Levée soon extended the exploration to include the 16th- and 17th-century typography exemplified by Guillaume Le Bé and Christophe Plantin. Columbia also excavates the so-called Elzevir style, an example of permeability between French and Dutch flavours. It is a combination that establishes a confident and trustworthy voice. The type s restrained nature eschews caricature, giving paragraphs a clean texture while retaining the classical touch expected from late Renaissance typefaces. The family s lively italics brighten the mood. Columbia offers two optical sizes which do not follow the expected stylistic features of the genre. For the purpose of space-filling large headlines, Columbia Display has a rather generous x-height and dense coverage, while Columbia Text, with its smaller x-height, sculpts a more distinguishable word silhouette. Despite its initial relationship to Times New Roman, Columbia rejects the idea of a rotating contrast axis between weights. As a result, Columbia s oblique distribution of weight is maintained throughout the family. Production Type www.productiontype.com 2016 Page 2/5
Columbia Sans Family overview Genetics Journals ExtraLight Femto-Photography ExtraLight Italic Savannah Agaron Light Kentanna Biopunk Light Italic Megabias Ocelot Regular Policy Rattlesnake Italic Forth Brax Latin Medium Museology Galah Medium Italic Bole Swisscube SemiBold Isotope Dilution SemiBold Italic Savannah Cern Bold Ruby Fluxomics Bold Italic Production Type www.productiontype.com 2016 Page 3/5
Columbia Sans Display Family overview Cognition Rakosan ExtraLight Anthropology Space ExtraLight Italic Agaron Muendella Light Gaia Zoos Steenbok Light Italic Environment Java Regular Kantare Bare-Faced Italic File Sharing Eden Medium Neural Engineering Medium Italic Stereochemistry SemiBold Network Inference SemiBold Italic Megabias Huron Bold Phlogiston Theory Bold Italic Production Type www.productiontype.com 2016 Page 4/5
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