Author's note

Xero Italic by Rob Barba of Megami Studios is a free rounded italic sans serif with a quick, informal slant. Its broad curves and softly finished strokes give the lettering a smooth, almost marker-drawn flow. The forms stay clean and spare.

This style is best suited to a logo for an active brand, when speed or motion is part of the message. It also fits sports packaging, event posters, and music merchandise, where the sweeping angles can echo action photography or graphic lines. In editorial design, it can bring movement to magazine section titles and feature openers.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Typeface © Megami Studios. 2009. All Rights Reserved
Font family
Xero
Font subfamily
Italic
Unique subfamily identification
Xero Italic:Version 1.00
Full font name
Xero Italic
Name table version
Version 1.00 June 12, 2010, initial release
Postscript font name
Xero-Italic
Manufacturer name
Megami Studios
Designer
Rob Barba
Description
Xero is an intentionally loose creation of a humanist font. Played rougher than its counterparts Helvetica and Arial, Xero works well for those who want to go that route but don't want the sharply defined lines of others in the humanist family.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2009-03-15
Revision1
Glyph count455
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classSans serif
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleUnderline
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Italic angle-12
Pattern natureItalic
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 8 font weights listed below:
XRO-IT.ttf
XRO-RE.ttf
XRO-HO.ttf
XRO-TH.ttf
XRO-BI.ttf
XRO-BO.ttf
XRO-HI.ttf
XRO-TI.ttf