Modern Grotesque Body
Davello + Bareum
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Davello headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Very tall narrow capitals with fine flat serifs and a single weight
Davello
Davello is a very tall capital serif in which the stems run high, the serifs stay fine and flat and the counters close to narrow slits, so a single word reads as a modern museum caption.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Crisp hairline serifs shine on stationery, foil stamping, and packaging; add slight offset for small decals.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, Hot Foil & Large Signage
Recommended minimum scalePrint 10 pt+ · Vinyl 1.5 in+
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Davello.
The D keeps a tall narrow bowl against a straight stem, the A carries a hairline left stroke and a low crossbar, the E holds three thin arms and the O closes an oval that is almost a rectangle, all at a light weight with a high contrast and flat unbracketed serifs. The proportions are the character: at 60 pt a five-letter word spans a wide plate without filling it, which is why the face suits architectural and editorial marks. Because the serifs and joins are hairlines, the face needs 20 pt minimum and a coated stock, and it wants generous tracking at small sizes. The taupe ground, the white ink, the tracked captions are presentation; the serif is the word shown.
Tall · Narrow · Fine
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Davello with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Davello + Milkbutter
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Davello’s stroke geometry.
Mark for an architecture studio
The tall narrow capitals read as a drawn inscription, and the fine flat serifs keep a wordmark restrained on a letterhead at 20 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A5 letterhead: set the studio name at 20 pt with 12 percent extra tracking, set the address in a 7.5 pt text serif at the foot, and keep 22 mm of margin so the hairlines are not lost against the paper edge.
Pre-production check
Hairline serifs under 0.12 mm drop out on an office printer; check one printed sheet and specify the print method before sending files.
Cover title for an exhibition catalogue
The narrow capitals give a cover the composure of a gallery caption, and the tall proportions let a long title hold one line at 64 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 cover: set the title at 64 pt across the upper half, set the subtitle in a 10 pt serif beneath, and keep 20 mm of margin so the flat serifs stay clear of the trim on both sides.
Pre-production check
A high-contrast face printed on uncoated stock looks grey; check a press sheet and specify a solid ink rather than a tint.
Label for a cosmetics carton
The fine capitals read at 14 pt on a narrow carton panel, and the tall proportions let two short words stack without crowding.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 40 by 90 mm coated carton: set the line at 14 pt with 8 percent tracking, set the volume in a 4.5 pt caps sans at the foot, and keep 5 mm of margin so the hairlines are not cut by the panel edge.
Pre-production check
A carton board absorbs a hairline and thickens it; check a printed dummy and reduce the tracking rather than the weight.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Very tall narrow capitals with fine flat serifs and a single weight
- Foundry / creator
- Source-listed creator
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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