Sans Contrasted Lelag 2 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: editorial, book design, magazines, invitations, branding, elegant, literary, refined, expressive, classic, stylish italic, editorial tone, calligraphic feel, refined emphasis, calligraphic, bracketed, tapered, fluid, bookish.
This typeface has a lively italic skeleton with gently tapered strokes and clear stroke modulation. Curves are smooth and slightly asymmetric, with a consistent rightward slant and a rhythmic, handwritten-like flow. Terminals often finish in pointed or teardrop shapes, while joins feel softly bracketed, giving forms a polished, pen-driven character. Proportions are fairly traditional: rounded letters are open and generous, ascenders are prominent, and the figures show a mix of oldstyle-like movement and crisp diagonals.
It suits editorial typography where an italic voice is needed for emphasis, pull quotes, or headlines, and it can also work for refined branding and packaging that benefits from a classic, crafted feel. In longer passages it will be most comfortable when set with ample spacing and moderate sizes to let the tapered details remain clear.
The overall tone is graceful and literary, balancing formality with a human touch. It evokes editorial sophistication—more poised than casual—while still feeling expressive and warm due to its calligraphic stress and tapering terminals.
The design appears intended to provide an elegant italic with calligraphic nuance—more expressive than a purely mechanical oblique—aimed at adding sophistication and motion to both display and text settings.
The caps read clean and composed in display sizes, while the lowercase carries much of the personality through flowing entry/exit strokes and pointed finishing details. Numerals appear slightly stylized and dynamic, matching the slanted texture of the text and reinforcing a continuous, cursive-like rhythm across lines.