Sans Contrasted Elme 2 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, branding, editorial display, art deco, glamorous, theatrical, fashion-forward, retro, deco revival, visual drama, graphic impact, luxury tone, geometric, monoline accents, stencil-like, tapered terminals, high waistlines.
A high-contrast display sans with geometric construction and dramatic thick–thin modulation. Many letters use bold vertical stems paired with hairline joins, crossbars, or diagonals, creating a poster-like rhythm and a subtle stencil-cut feel in places. Curves are clean and near-circular, counters are open, and terminals tend to be flat or sharply tapered rather than rounded. Proportions run broad in the capitals, while the lowercase shows a tall x-height and simplified, architectural forms that keep the texture crisp at larger sizes.
Best suited to headlines, poster titles, magazine/editorial display, branding accents, and logotypes where its contrast and geometric rhythm can read clearly. It can also work for short pull quotes or packaging fronts, but is less appropriate for long-form text where the hairlines may become too fine.
The overall tone feels Art Deco and metropolitan—stylish, showy, and slightly cinematic. The contrast and alternating solid vs hairline elements add a sense of luxury and spectacle, suggesting nightlife, fashion, and editorial drama rather than quiet neutrality.
The letterforms appear designed to evoke early-20th-century geometric modernism with a contemporary, high-contrast twist—prioritizing striking silhouettes, rhythmic alternation of heavy and hairline strokes, and a polished display presence.
The design relies heavily on hairline features (notably in diagonals and some crossbars), which will appear more delicate as sizes get smaller or when reproduced on lower-resolution outputs. The figures and punctuation match the same bold–hairline logic, giving numerals a particularly graphic, sign-like presence.