Sans Contrasted Ilpi 10 is a regular weight, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, magazines, branding, packaging, editorial, fashion, art deco, dramatic, modernist, display impact, luxury tone, graphic contrast, signature motif, headline clarity, hairline, monoline accents, stencil-like, geometric, crisp.
A high-contrast display sans built from bold vertical stems paired with extremely thin hairline curves and connectors. Many forms read as modular and partially “cut away,” with black slabs counterbalanced by delicate arcs, producing a stencil-like rhythm. Bowls are close to circular and terminals are clean and abrupt, with a generally geometric construction and crisp joins. Spacing appears generous and the wide set of capitals and numerals creates an airy, poster-like texture; the lowercase keeps a straightforward structure with a clear, rounded x-height presence and simplified apertures.
Best suited to large-size settings such as magazine headlines, fashion lookbooks, poster titles, brand marks, and packaging where the hairlines can remain intact. It can also work for short pull quotes or splashy section openers, but is less appropriate for dense text or small UI labels due to its delicate strokes.
The overall tone is sleek and theatrical, mixing modern minimalism with a vintage glamour edge. The sharp thick–thin interplay and the recurring cutout motif evoke runway/editorial typography and classic marquee sophistication, while still feeling contemporary and graphic.
The font appears designed to deliver maximum visual impact through extreme contrast and a signature cutout geometry, creating a distinctive identity in display typography. Its wide, graphic proportions and consistent geometric bowls suggest an intention to feel both refined and attention-grabbing in editorial and branding contexts.
The design relies on thin hairlines for key strokes in letters like C, S, J, and in several diagonals, so it reads best when reproduction is clean and sizes are not too small. The numerals and punctuation follow the same contrast logic, giving headlines a consistent, stylized cadence.