Central Avenue Next
About
Fifteen years ago, Central Avenue was released as a single-style condensed headline face. Now it’s being reissued as a three style family – Central Avenue Next.
The typeface began in 2010 as the identity for an exhibition celebrating Birmingham's landmark 1886 exhibition of Local Manufacturers and Natural History. Then Colophon Foundry released it to the world the following year. Its underlined superiors, used to set minor words, made it instantly popular for identities by creating visually memorable and space-efficient arrangements.
Two things were left out first time round: a true lowercase, for more versatility, and a companion stencil (briefly explored for a bench at the 2010 exhibition). Central Avenue Next adds both, along with a shadow cut which works with either Bold or Stencil.
Central Avenue Next has been completely redrawn from the ground up, with lowercase, new punctuation, symbols, circled and lozenged numerals. Plus the two new styles.
It feels right to have put the work in to extending Central Avenue and make it fit for modern use, rather than adding another new typeface to the pile. Thank you to Ollie, Anthony, Edd and Kasper for all of your input on the Central Avenue over the last 15 years.
Technical
Designed by:
Year: 2026
Styles: 3
Encoding: Latin Extended
Formats: OTF, WOFF, WOFF2
Source Material
Bold
Recut
Bold + Shadow
Recut
Recut
Stencil
Recut
Stencil + Shadow
Recut
Recut
Bold
Remastered
Bold + Shadow
Remastered
Remastered
Stencil
Remastered
Stencil + Shadow
Remastered
Remastered
Bold + ShadowSMALL CAPITALS
@ ABBEY rd
@ ABBEY rd
BoldSMALL CAPITALS
No1
StencilSMALL CAPITALS
No2
Bold + ShadowSMALL CAPITALS
No3
No3
StencilLOZENGED NUMBERS
<- Studio 3 -> Studio 4
Stencil + Shadow
Extended Play
Extended Play
Stencil + Shadow
Extended Play
Extended Play
BoldSMALL CAPITALS
180gsm
Bold
Digitally remastered for the modern listener
Stencil CIRCLED + LOZENGED NUMBERS
((33))[[45]]RPM
Stencil
Includes the lost B-side
Bold + ShadowCIRCLED NUMBERS
2026 Edition
2026 Edition
Shadow Construction
Aa + Aa = Aa Aa
Shadow Construction
Aa + Aa = Aa Aa
Type Tester
OpenType Features
Glyphs
Supported Languages • 211
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