Typeface Family for Print and Web
Nine numeral styles per weight, with user-selectable defaults
Zico Sans is a slightly squarish humanist sans serif released by Typotheque in 2017, designed by Marko Hrastovec (Latin) and Daniel Grumer (Hebrew). It developed from the sports-jersey-inspired Zico Slab by removing the robust serifs, producing a low-contrast typeface that the foundry describes as having optical compensations allowing even the darkest weights to work at small sizes. A Condensed variant addresses space-constrained settings. Each weight ships with nine numeral styles—including proportional old-style, lining, tabular, superior, inferior, and circled variants—with user-selectable defaults at licence time.
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- The foundry's intent in dropping the slab serifs was wider application scope beyond the original sports-jersey context.
- Wide default proportions drove the decision to develop a separate Condensed variant rather than relying on optical scaling.
- Nine distinct numeral styles per weight—including tabular, old-style, superior/inferior, and circled variants—reflect a deliberate information-design focus.
- Latin and Hebrew encodings were assigned to separate designers: Marko Hrastovec handled Latin, Daniel Grumer handled Hebrew.
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