With Estilo and Estilo Script, Portuguese designer Dino dos Santos created one of the most professional and widely appreciated Art Deco-inspired display families available. Despite the geometric simplicity of its characters, The Estilo display fonts look elegant and classy, with a wide range of alternates, ligatures and swashes.
The latest addition to the Estilo family is Estilo Text, a three-weight family with small caps and italics. True to its pedigree, Estilo Text is a face with plain and simple forms, with rounded stems that soften the sternness of its consistent geometry. As the curves in letters like e, m, n, G and U are based on the circle and semicircle, the font is relatively wide; at the same time, its low x-height makes it look about 30% smaller than, say, Helvetica at the same point size. In other words, Estilo Text’s unusual proportions work both ways and may need some experimenting to get used to. Good things come to those with patience, though: a legible piece of text that looks absolutely unique.
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