Silvana Text
Blaze Type · Siri Lee Lindskrog · 2024
A text-optimised transitional serif by Siri Lee Lindskrog, drawing on 19th-century sources with an alternate glyph set that adds calligraphic ink spurs and energetic italic strokes.
About
Designed by Siri Lee Lindskrog and released in 2024, it pairs modest stroke contrast and wider proportions for comfortable reading at body sizes with a more characterful alternate set featuring fluid ink-like spurs on horizontal strifs and diagonal crossing strokes. The italic weight palette extends the calligraphic quality with deep junctions and steep turns, and stacked ligatures such as www and xxx add a playful note. It operates as the text companion to Silvana Display, which carries sharper contrast for headline use.
Classification
Described explicitly as drawing on 19th-century transitional typefaces, combining Old Style pen influence with modern-style refinement; modest contrast and wider proportions confirm transitional classification.