Modern Grotesque Body
Lequano + Noar
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Lequano headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Tall narrow display serif with hairline stems
Lequano
Lequano is a tall display serif in black on cream paper: very narrow capitals with extreme contrast, hairline stems against heavy ones, a plus sign built into the counter of the O and a long tail on the Q, with one word spanning the full width.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Sturdy stroke walls and open counters weed cleanly on adhesive vinyl, HTV apparel film, and cut cardstock.
Plotter & output verdictEasy-Weed Vinyl & Print Ready
Recommended minimum scale0.75 in+ cap height
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 Lequano.
The word is set in capitals across the page, and the face is a display serif built on narrow proportions: the letters are tall and thin, the contrast runs from a heavy stem to a hairline in the same letter, the serifs are fine and unbracketed, the L opens wide at the foot and the A comes to a hairline apex. Two of the letters are drawn as alternates rather than plain capitals: the O carries a thin cross in its counter, like a plus sign, and the Q drops a tail that runs below the baseline and curls away, which is why the sample advertises alternates and ligatures. The letters are spaced tightly so the word reads as a single ruled band, and the ground is a cream sheet with a soft paper texture and two small capital lines above and below. Lequano is a display serif for editorial titles, fashion packaging, invitations and branding, and it needs a wide format, a large size and a printer who can hold a hairline.
Tall, contrasted, unusual
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Lequano with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Lequano + Thick Black
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 Lequano’s stroke geometry.
Masthead for a design journal
A tall narrow display serif fills a masthead with one word and gives a journal a look that is unusual without being loud.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 230 by 300 mm cover: set the masthead at 100 pt on one line, keep 30 mm of clear ground beneath before the coverlines at 10 pt, and hold 16 mm of margin at the top and sides.
Pre-production check
Hairline stems can drop out on a dark cover; proof one at the final size and check the thinnest strokes.
Label for a niche fragrance
A narrow contrasted serif makes a slim bottle look designed, and the alternate O gives a short name a mark inside the letter.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 35 by 80 mm bottle label: set the name at 12 pt on one line, keep 4 mm of clear ground beneath before the volume at 3.5 pt, and hold 3 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
A hairline on a curved label will distort; print one on the real bottle and check the joins before the order.
Heading on a modern invitation
A narrow serif with a long tail gives a modern card one strong line, and the wide spacing lets two long names sit on it without crowding.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 130 by 190 mm card: set the names at 24 pt on one line, keep 20 mm of clear ground beneath before the details at 7.5 pt, and hold 14 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
The Q tail runs below the baseline and can clash with the line beneath; test the set with the real names before printing.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Tall narrow display serif with hairline stems
- Foundry / creator
- Gracetypestudio
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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Ideas for this font
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