Castillon
Where the chisel meets the broad nib
Castillon is a serif typeface by Malou Verlomme for 205TF that synthesises two historically parallel traditions: the British calligraphic lineage of Edward Johnston and David Kindersley, and the French Latin tradition of Vox, Mendoza y Almeida, and Excoffon. The design is grounded in the shared tools of both—broad-nib pen and stone chisel—producing pronounced stroke contrast, structurally emphatic capitals set against fluid lowercase forms, and serifs that oscillate between lapidary incision and calligraphic stroke. The family spans six weights with matching italics; the italic is slightly inclined and intentionally narrow, conceived as a distinct voice rather than a mechanical oblique.
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Insights
- The design frames British and French calligraphic-lapidary traditions as complementary rather than contradictory, using shared tooling as the conceptual bridge.
- Capitals are designed to emphasise structural geometry while lowercase forms are deliberately more fluid, creating intentional tension within the same typeface.
- The italic is kept narrow and only slightly inclined to function as a genuine companion rather than a slanted roman.
- The family is offered in 12 styles alongside two variable fonts.
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