What is the Antique Olive® font?

Antique Olive was designed by Roger Excoffon for the French typefoundry, Olive, which it issued in different weights and widths from 1962 to 1966. In France, “antique” is the generic term for sans serif designs. Antique Olive was initially designed to rival the popular sans serifs Helvetica and Univers, but is almost humanistic in its design approach, with no indication of a mechanical look. Although the x-height is large and the ascenders and descenders are short, the design maintains an elegant, statuesque quality. Antique Olive is a distinctive typeface that can be used in a variety of ways, from text work to display.

Antique Olive® Font families

The Antique Olive® includes the following font families:

• Antique Olive Light
• Antique Olive Roman
• Antique Olive Roman Italic
• Antique Olive Bold
• Antique Olive Black
• Antique Olive Std Compact
• Antique Olive Std Nord
• Antique Olive Std Nord Italic
• Antique Olive Std Bold Cond

Antique Olive® Preview

Here is a preview of how Antique Olive® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.