Stadio Now Display Thin
Stadio Now Display Thin Italic
Stadio Now Monolinea
Stadio Now Monolinea Italic
Stadio Now Display Light
Stadio Now Display Light Italic
Stadio Now Text Regular
Stadio Now Text Italic
Stadio Now Display Regular
Stadio Now Display Italic
Stadio Now Text Bold
Stadio Now Text Bold Italic
Stadio Now Display Bold
Stadio Now Display Bold Italic
Stadio Now Novarese
Stadio Now Novarese Italic
Stadio Now Display Heavy
Stadio Now Display Heavy Italic
Stadio Now Hard Display
Stadio Now Hard Display Italic
Available Formats
Desktop Licenses
Extended Licenses
Scripts supported
Stadio Now is the revival of a original design by Aldo Novarese for dry transfer brand R41, published in 1974. The original typeface, is an extra bold grotesque sans serif that is notable for its reverse contrast, with the horizontal lines being thicker than the vertical. This style, historically called “Italian”, result in a dramatic effect, in which the letters look slightly odd. In his never-ending quest for interesting letterforms, Novarese was intrigued by this style and created some successful and interesting variations on the idea, from the calligraphic slab Estro to the sci-fi Sintex.
In his book Il Segno Alfabetico Novarese described Stadio as a “decorative display typeface, in the so-called nineteenth century ‘Italian’ style, but sans serif. Horizontal proportions have been visibly enlarged, offering a very intriguing graphic effect”. Published in 2020 in occasion of Novarese’s 100th birth anniversary, Stadio Now expands the original design into a multi-weight versatile family, with text and display variants and a variable version to fully explore its reverse contrast design space.
The family is presented as a work in progress: supporters that buy the prerelease version at a special price will be notified of new extension to the family, which will include additional languages, alternate letterforms, and Open Type Features.
Features
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(¡H!)Case-Sensitive Forms
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fsStylistic Set 1
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EmanuStylistic Set 2
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gioStylistic Set 3
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fasiStylistic Set 4
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12/23Fractions
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0123Oldstyle Figures
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0123Tabular Figures
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H123Denominators
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H123Superscript
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H123Scientific Inferiors
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H123Numerators
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120Slashed Zero
Variable Typefaces
Stadio Now Variable
VARIABLE FONTS ARE IN BETA VERSION, AVAILABLE ONLY WITH THE FULL FAMILY PACKAGE
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth. For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words. Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators. To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words. If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages. The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages. It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental. To an English person, it will seem like simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is. The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth. For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary. The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words. Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators. To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words. If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages. The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages. It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental. To an English person, it will seem like simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is. The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth. For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.