Double
Coppers and Brasses · Étienne Aubert Bonn, Alexandre Saumier Demers · 2015
A five-style display family drawn from painted building advertisements in Old Montreal, where weight and width expand together along a single axis.
About
Inspired by the hand-painted signage covering brick buildings in Vieux-Montréal, the family follows a linked progression: as each style grows heavier, it also grows wider. This means the five styles, from X Small to X Large, each carry a distinct spatial logic suited to different compositional problems. X Small fills space with words; X Large leaves it conspicuously bare.
Classification
A display typeface with a two-axis progression linking weight to width simultaneously, drawn from painted sign lettering traditions. Its extreme proportions and poster orientation place it firmly in the display category.