Silvana Display

Silvana Display is a contemporary serif typeface with charming yet sharp, dynamic strokes, pronounced contrast and delicate pointed serifs. Retaining historic traits while responding to functional and aesthetic demands of today, Silvana is a graceful and confident typeface family with an expansive set of both functional and experimental glyphs. Silvana's drawing process has been influenced by research into transitional typefaces from the 19th century, combining the Old Style spirit of preserving the pen’s influence with the sharper contrast and higher level of refinement introduced in modern style type design. In a type specimen of Pennsylvania published by Schelter & Giesecke during this period, a bit of excess printing ink seems to have gathered on the right side of the lowercase a, creating a bumpy, dark spot. In the design of Silvana Display this subtle printing error is transformed into a distinct design detail, adding a fine ink-like spur to several letters across the typeface, such as G, S, a and n. As a supplement to the standard character set, there is a large alternate set with a more charismatic style. Here the fluid ink detail is applied more broadly, and can be found on the horizontal serifs of letters such as E, T and Z, and on the diagonal crossing strokes found on A, M, R and more. The fluid and dynamic quality of Silvana is fully pronounced in the italic weight palette, which features energetic end strokes, deep junctions and steep calligraphic turns. Stacked ligatures, like www and xxx, is a refreshing and playful addition to the designers tool kit. With its extensive glyph set also featuring Small Caps, Silvana offers versatility and personality, and can give character to a broad variety of printed and digital designs such as brand identities and logo types, book covers, editorial designs, posters, movie titles, exhibition designs and websites. While Silvana Display is especially suited for display type purposes, its counterpart Silvana Text offers a less contrasted style range with wider proportions, making it ideal for long form type setting across all sizes.