About Elido

Elido (Odile in reverse) is the Sans companion to Odile Version 2.0. It was designed between 2007-2010. While Odile references Dwiggins’ typeface Charter, Elido correlates more directly to Odile and its underlying letter anatomy. Similar to Odile, Elido is a font family with various tools of articulation. The weights range from Light, Book, Regular, Semibold, Bold, to Black with their Italic counterparts, and include OpenType Small Caps variations. Mirroring the style structure of Odile, Elido is further complemented with distinctive cuts such as an Upright Italic, Initials, Deco Initials, and a set of Ornaments. Elido’s 26 Ornaments ardently embrace form and are grouped in six subcategories including pattern invoking dingbats.

Similar to Odile’s Upright Italic, the script driven stroke junctions are most emphasized in Elido Upright Italic. This quality gradually diminishes towards Elido Italic and becomes even less emphasized in the Regular. Elido is a monoline sans with classical proportions. A hint of geometric features provide open counters which in turn convey an airy feel. Odile Initials and Deco Initials embrace embellishment flamboyantly while Elido’s analogs are increasingly restrained with progressively sober form definitions. A friendly and sincere appearance are Elido’s traits.