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One family, many voices

Verdigris sets everything in Cormorant, and gets its range from light, italic and semibold. Here is what each voice is for.

· Type · 1 min read

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An engraved rosette of fine overlapping lines in verdigris and copper on a cream ground
  1. Setting a grid before the words

    Columns decided up front keep labels, titles and descriptions lined up on every page. A short walk through the kit's one grid.

    Layout · Tailwind · 2 min read

  2. The green that copper grows

    How a pigment made with vinegar gave this theme its name, and why the kit keeps copper beside it.

    Color · 1 min read

  3. The scotch rule

    Printers have long set a thick line and a thin one side by side. In this kit that pair opens every section.

    Layout · 1 min read

  4. Why there are no capitals

    Verdigris has no all-caps text and no small caps. Labels are short and semibold, in sentence case, for readers who find capitals hard.

    Type · Writing · 1 min read

  5. Why the bars stay dark

    The panel, the drawer and the toast are a deep green-black in both themes. That contrast with the cream page gives each page its structure.

    Color · 1 min read