A quoin, coyne, coigne or, in this case, Coign, is a wedge-like device used in letterpress printing to lock type and spacing material into place within a chase or directly onto a press.

Combining the systematic approach of Adrian Frutiger’s Univers and the eccentricities of 19th and 20th century wood type, Coign offers a vast range of condensed styles that explore how the relationship between counterform and letterspacing can alter the expression and texture of type.

Super condensed designs are typically limited to a small range of styles as part of a much larger family, whereas Coign offers 28 styles — comprising of seven weights in four different widths — all of them super condensed.

N.B. In a Desktop setting, some OpenType features (e.g. fractions) may require the use of the Adobe World-Ready Composer.