Typeface Design for Fontfabric
Stan Partalev's first typeface, released through Fontfabric
Colus is Stan Partalev's debut professional typeface, released by Fontfabric in February 2018. It is a display serif drawn from the aesthetic of carved stone and wood letterforms, with sharp serif finishes suited to headlines, signage, and logotypes. The family ships as a single style with extended Latin and Cyrillic coverage and OpenType features including lining and old-style figures, localizations, and stylistic alternates.
Set in Colus
Insights
- The typeface was Partalev's first professional release, with Plamen Motev contributing type and art direction alongside him.
- Formal references to incised letterforms—carved stone and wood—informed the sharp serif construction.
- Despite its single-style scope, the family includes OpenType stylistic alternates and proper script localizations for extended Latin and Cyrillic scripts.
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