Sans Contrasted Abgo 5 is a light, normal width, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: magazine, headlines, fashion, luxury branding, posters, editorial, elegant, refined, modern, display impact, luxury tone, modern elegance, editorial style, hairline, crisp, airy, delicate, sharp.
A tall, highly contrasted design built from razor-thin hairlines paired with strong vertical stems. Curves are smooth and taut, with a clean, contemporary drawing and little to no visible bracketing. Terminals are mostly straight and clipped, and the overall rhythm alternates between wide round forms and narrow, column-like letters, creating a distinctly modulated texture across words. Lowercase shapes stay open and legible for the style, with a single-storey a and a large, rounded bowl structure in many letters; figures follow the same high-contrast logic with elegant, sweeping curves.
Best suited to large sizes where the fine hairlines can remain crisp: magazine titles, fashion and beauty branding, premium packaging, posters, and high-impact headlines. It can also work for short pull quotes or display subheads when given sufficient size and spacing to preserve the delicate strokes.
The font conveys a polished, high-end tone—glamorous and editorial—while still feeling current rather than purely historical. Its dramatic thick–thin play reads as confident and stylish, lending a sense of luxury and display-oriented sophistication.
The design appears intended to deliver a contemporary, high-contrast look with a sleek, runway/editorial sensibility. By combining strong verticals with extremely fine connecting strokes, it aims for maximum elegance and drama in display typography while maintaining a clean, minimalist finish.
In text, the thin horizontals and diagonals visually recede compared to the assertive verticals, producing a sparkling page color and strong vertical emphasis. Wide letters such as M and W feel expansive, while narrow forms like I and J reinforce the alternating cadence; this contrast is a major part of the type’s character.