Sans Contrasted Daty 19 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: editorial, book text, magazines, headlines, branding, refined, literary, formal, classic, elegant reading, editorial tone, classic refinement, crisp contrast, crisp, calligraphic, bracketed, tapered, oldstyle.
A crisp, high-contrast text face with slender hairlines and more substantial main strokes, showing an engraved/calligraphic modulation. The letterforms are upright with relatively narrow lowercase proportions and a notably short x-height against tall ascenders, giving the page a poised, vertical rhythm. Serifs are sharp and lightly bracketed, with tapered terminals that keep joins clean and outlines precise. The capitals feel stately and open, while the lowercase has bookish details such as a two-storey “g” and a delicate, slightly curved “y,” contributing to an elegant, consistent texture in paragraphs.
Well suited to editorial design—magazine typography, book interiors at comfortable sizes, and refined headlines where its contrast and sharp serifs can show clearly. It can also support upscale branding and packaging that benefits from a classic, literary voice, especially when paired with generous leading.
The overall tone is refined and traditional, evoking editorial and literary contexts rather than utilitarian signage. Its contrast and tapered details add a sense of sophistication and ceremony, reading as classic and slightly dramatic without becoming ornamental.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic reading experience with a polished, contemporary crispness—prioritizing elegant contrast, careful tapering, and traditional proportions to produce a refined typographic color in continuous text and display lines.
In the sample text, the spacing produces a bright, airy color with clear word separation; the short x-height and thin hairlines make it feel more suited to comfortable sizes than very small settings. Numerals appear proportional and stylistically aligned with the text forms, maintaining the same contrast and sharp finishing.