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Milano

Alex Lescieux · Alex Lescieux · 2022

serifsturdy display serifcondensed
Milano specimen from Alex Lescieux

A revival of Sidney Gaunt's 1906 Adstyle series, redrawn as 36 styles across six weights and six widths.

About

Milano brings back Adstyle, launched by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in 1906, with a smooth, slightly synthetic finish. Six weights from Thin to Bold run across six widths, from Compressed to Expanded, so one family covers tight headlines and wide display lines.

Classification

A low-contrast, heavy-serifed revival of the Adstyle series, drawn as a superfamily of six weights across six widths from Compressed to Expanded.

Weights

ThinExtraLightLightRegularMediumBold

Optical sizes and widths

CompressedCondensedNormalSemiExpandedExtendedExpanded

Family

Milano CompressedMilano CondensedMilano SemiExpandedMilano ExtendedMilano Expanded

Languages

Latin

Tags

serifrevivaldisplayheadlineeditorialbrandingwidecondensed

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