BB Modern Variable Font Family was designed by Colophon Foundry and published by Colophon Foundry. BB Modern Variable contains 1 styles and family package options. BB Modern is both a reference and a shortened ode to its original source of a Barnhardt Bros & Spindlers’ 1868 specimen catalog. This original source, an ungainly, super condensed Scotch Roman, was the first point of reference for BB’s most condensed width.Its unique angular diamond round forms, such as «O», are overly exaggerated and amplified throughout the widths. Indented notched ink-traps in forms such as «M» and «n» apply a contemporary lens to the type family.Variable Font Technology allowed the merging of the XX (extra extra) Condensed and Modern Roman to create a flexible type family that can be utilized as both a Display and Text typeface, traversing through the family’s widths from the Proportional Regular to XX (extra extra) Condensed style.
