“BB Modern is both a reference and a shortened ode to its original source of a Barnhardt Bros & Spindlers’ 1868 specimen catalogue. This original source, an ungainly, super condensed Scotch Roman, was the first point of reference for BB’s most condensed width. Variable Font Technology allowed the merging of the ExtraCondensed and Modern Roman to create a flexible type family that can be utilised as both a Display and Text typeface, traversing through the family's widths from the Proportional Regular all the way through to the XX (extra extra) Condensed style.⁠ BB Modern is available in a single weight […] across five widths from XX (extra extra) Condensed to Normal.” — Colophon