Leroy

Leroy was originally produced for use on Bonobo’s Black Sands album, released on Ninja Tune in 2010. It is based on a technical drawing found in a 60’s model car magazine. The type was drawn with a lettering set, a system used around that time to letter maps and other precision drawings. Many of Leroy’s quirks were embellished from that particular drawing, such as the pregnant ‘B’, tilted ‘e’ and short tails on the 6 & 9, which differ from those on the lettering templates we’ve seen.

The commercial release through Colophon has been refined since its first incarnation with a full character set and a backslant cut referencing the lettering templates, where the characters slant backwards in order to draw them with the scribe. Buy Leroy from Colophon Foundry.

Text source – Focused by Will Ashon

Typeface
2012