Industry: Design

Typography for the Atlante Variable Font Family

Built from two opposing writing tools

Atlante is a serif typeface family designed by Yorlmar Campos and Martín Sesto, released in 2022. Its forms were shaped by the combined influence of the flat pen and flexible pen—tools normally used separately—producing a hybrid that draws from Baroque, Garalde, transitional, and modern serif traditions. The family ships as 36 styles (18 display, 18 text) or two variable fonts, with an extensive inventory of swashes, alternates, and ligatures. It originated conceptually as an italic-only family, which explains the sharpness and precision prominent throughout its forms.

Set in Atlante Variable

Insights

Design was informed simultaneously by the flat pen and flexible pen, instruments typically used for distinct typographic traditions, to create a single hybrid aesthetic.
The family originated as an italic-only concept; the resulting sharpness and precision carry through the entire roman and display range.
Text styles are intentionally blunted for small sizes, while display styles amplify contrast and flow—visible most clearly in the 'a' and 's' across text and display versions.
The family received five awards across 2022–2023: Clap Platinum Award, TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Tipos Latinos 9 Certificate of Typographic Excellence, ED Awards Gold, and D&AD Typeface Family.