Costumes
25 styles, 5 slants, 1 variable font
From Condensed to Wide
25 styles, 5 slants, 1 variable font
From Condensed to Wide
About Costumes
Costumes is a five-width, five-slant typeface family designed by Omnigroup. It began as a project between friends, inspired by the vernacular lettering of Marseille. Halfway between Formagari’s Emmanuel Besse and Simon Mager’s homes stood an old shop sign reading “Farces et attrapes” (pranks and novelties), an early reference for the typeface. The lettering turned out to be as obscure as it was ubiquitous in Marseille — found in all sorts of widths and variations on garages, flower shops, laundries and elsewhere. Initiated as a modest single-weight display face, Costumes started growing in all directions. One width became several, a few angles became many, and fifteen masters emerged.
For its release, Costumes comes in 25 font styles, ranging from Condensed to Wide, and from a nearly falling − 24° backslant to an accelerating 24° slant. The whole family is also encapsulated in a single variable font. Boxy letter structures, tight spacing and sharp endings give Costumes a distinctly dynamic character, primarily suited to display use, but versatile enough for text.
Its constructed proportions recall certain forms of Eurostile and Futura Display, while its range of widths and slants allows these references to shift and overlap. Costumes can stretch from condensed to wide, lean back or push forward, and combine these directions within the same setting. With six stylistic sets and a wide range of alternates, the family offers different ways to dress up the same underlying structure.
Images © Moriz Oberberger
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DesignersOmnigroup (Simon Mager, Leonardo Azzolini)
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TeamLucas Portron
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MasteringSebastian Carewe
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Release2026
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Single weightFrom 75,00 €
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FamilyFrom 470,00 €
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ME!? & YOU
Carnival makes room for this temporary confusion, when names, clothes and roles can be exchanged and nobody quite behaves as expected. We dress for the occasion, for the party, for the stage, for the street.
We dress to belong, to disappear, to attract attention, to play a part. Clothes change the way we are seen, but they can also change the way we see ourselves. A costume is never only outside the body; it carries a gesture, a posture, a voice.
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Stripes Tonight Disguise
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THREE PHOTOS OF A MAN
EATING AN APPLE
Music for 18 Musicians / Clapping Music
IRON CURTAIN
FOUNDATION’S EDGE
The Chinese Southern Lion or Cantonese Lion dance originated from Guangdong and is the best known lion outside of China.
The Southern lion has a single horn, and is associated with the legend of a mythical monster called Nian.
12 (Road) 68 {Trail} 39 [Gravel]
Lightweight
