About this family
Welcome to Hive Levitto, an extended sans serif display typeface from Authentype, made for brands and publications that prefer to speak softly and be remembered. Its wide, airy letters bring a sense of quiet luxury to any headline, logo or label, and its swashed details add a little sensual flourish exactly where you want it. This is a typeface for people who know that restraint can be the most persuasive thing on the page.
The idea behind Hive Levitto is confidence without noise. Think of a silk blouse catching window light, a bottle of eau de parfum on a marble shelf, or the cover of a magazine issue that lets white space do half the talking. The personality is elegant, refined and editorial, with a light touch that feels effortless rather than fussy. It does not shout for attention; it simply holds it, the way a well-cut jacket or a beautifully folded invitation does.
The letterforms are extended, meaning they stretch generously across the line, and they are drawn with a light, graceful presence. Thick and thin strokes are balanced so that large sizes feel poised and sharp, never heavy. Calligraphic swashes appear on selected letters and give words a hand-cut, silk-like movement, as if each headline had been drawn with a fine pen and then polished. The wide proportions give every word a calm, measured rhythm, which is exactly what a luxury wordmark or a cover line needs.
The family includes Regular and Italic. Regular is the steady voice for logos, titles and packaging, with wide proportions and clean serifs. Italic brings a more fluid, expressive rhythm and works beautifully for taglines, pull quotes and the single word in a headline that needs to lean in. Used together, the two styles let you build contrast inside one typeface without introducing a second family, which keeps a layout cohesive while still giving it a lively internal conversation.
Hive Levitto includes a thoughtful set of OpenType features. Standard and discretionary ligatures connect pairs and groups such as fi, fl, ffi, ffl, ct, st, tt, ck, sp and Th, along with ge, ko, no, mo and to, so text looks smooth and intentional. Swash alternates (swsh) are available for the letters b, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, r, t, v, w and y, letting you finish a name or a key word with a flourish. Stylistic set ss01 offers alternate forms across the full uppercase and lowercase alphabet, which is a simple way to give a logo or title a distinct signature. For detailed typesetting you will also find case-sensitive forms, localized forms, fractions, numerators and denominators, ordinals, superiors and inferiors, plus scientific inferiors. Useful symbols are included too, among them arrows, euro, pound and yen signs, trademark, registered and copyright marks, bullets, and en and em dashes.
Language support covers a wide range of Latin-script languages, including English, Indonesian, Malay, Javanese and Sundanese, Filipino, Swahili, Zulu, Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Catalan and Croatian, among others. That makes Hive Levitto a practical choice for international brands, multilingual packaging and campaigns that need to travel from one market to the next without losing their poise.
Hive Levitto shines in fashion label logos, beauty packaging, perfume bottle labels, boutique signage, magazine covers and headlines, and wedding stationery. Imagine a wordmark for an atelier, a face serum carton, a lip stain label, a linen coat hang tag, or an invitation where the names of the couple are set with a single graceful swash. Editorial teams can use it for feature openers and issue titles, while packaging designers can let it carry a product name across a slim box with ease.
For layout, give the letters room. Generous tracking in all caps suits the extended proportions, while larger sizes with open leading let the contrast and swashes breathe. Pair Hive Levitto with a quiet, neutral sans serif for body text, details and small print, and keep colour palettes soft: ivory, charcoal, blush or deep green. Save swashes and alternates for key words so they feel special rather than routine, and let generous margins do the rest of the work.
Try Hive Levitto on your next launch, cover or collection. Wear your words well, and let the letters do the quiet work of luxury.
What’s included
• Extended light serif display design
• Regular and Italic styles
• Ligatures and discretionary ligatures
• Swash alternates for b d f g h j k l r t v w y
• Stylistic alternates (ss01) for the full alphabet
• Fractions, superiors, inferiors and ordinals
• Case-sensitive and localized forms
• 58 languages supported
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