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Picador Sans

Capitalics · Maciej Włoczewski

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sans-serifhumanist sanscondenseditalic
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A condensed humanist sans with calligraphic letter endings, offered in ten weights with matching italics for editorial and text use.

About

Designed by Maciej Włoczewski, Picador Sans pairs condensed proportions with subtle pen-influenced terminals that ease reading in long text settings. The family spans ten weights from ExtraThin to ExtraBold, each with a matching italic, and includes small caps, old-style figures, tabular figures, superscript, subscript, ligatures and fractions. Each style carries over 1,200 glyphs covering the Latin script.

Classification

Described as a modern sans serif with subtle calligraphic letter endings, giving it humanist characteristics despite its condensed proportions. The pen-influenced terminals and strong legibility at text sizes align with the humanist sans category.

Weights

ExtraThinThinExtraLightLightBookRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldExtraBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

condensedhumanistcalligraphiceditorialmagazinetextlegible