Sans Contrasted Ilpi 13 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
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A geometric, high-contrast display sans built from bold, flat strokes paired with extremely thin hairlines. Many letters appear split into solid black masses and delicate outline segments, creating a bicolor/positive-negative effect and a sculpted, cut-paper feel. Bowls tend toward near-circular geometry (C, O, Q), while verticals are strongly emphasized and terminals are crisp and unbracketed. The lowercase is compact and clean with a tall x-height and simple, modern forms, while the figures and capitals use striking internal divisions and sharp diagonals for emphasis.
Best suited to large-size typography where the extreme contrast and bicolor construction can be appreciated—magazine headlines, fashion/editorial layouts, poster titles, and brand marks. It can work for short subheads or pull quotes when given ample size and spacing, but is less suited to long-form text or small UI labels where hairlines may break up.
The overall tone is sleek and theatrical—luxury-minded, graphic, and attention-seeking. The severe contrast and modular black/line construction evoke vintage-modern glamour with a contemporary editorial edge, giving headlines a sense of drama and sophistication.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual impact through a modern geometric skeleton and a deliberately split stroke treatment that alternates solid weight with hairline scaffolding. It prioritizes distinctive silhouette and stylistic rhythm over uniform texture, aiming for display settings where character shapes can act as graphic elements.
The thin strokes can visually disappear at smaller sizes or on low-contrast backgrounds, while the heavy strokes dominate, so the design reads best when the black/line interplay is preserved. The rhythm alternates between dense blocks and airy hairlines, producing a distinctive sparkle in longer strings of text.