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Xenia Western

ParaType · Lyubov Kuznetsova · 1992

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displayItalian displaycondenseditalic
Xenia Western specimen from ParaType

A bold extra-condensed display face in the 19th-century Italian style, designed by Lyubov Kuznetsova for ParaType in 1992 as a decorated companion to her earlier Xenia typeface.

About

Derived from Kuznetsova's 1990 Xenia, this variant applies the reversed-contrast conventions of the Italian woodtype tradition to an extra-condensed structure suited to poster and advertising work. Only two styles are offered: Bold and Bold Italic. Its decorative character makes it unsuitable for continuous text but effective at large sizes.

Classification

A bold extra-condensed display face in the 'Italian' style, characterised by reversed stroke contrast typical of 19th-century woodtype poster letterforms, designed for advertising and headline use.

Weights

Bold

Languages

Latin

Tags

displaypostercondenseddecorativeitalianadvertisingboldvintage

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