Elle Hairline

ID / Record #286
Credits Oscar Yáñez
Licensing Privado
Release 2010
Classification Títulos
Class Custom
Variants 2 Styles
Regional Node(s) México
Specimen Elle Hairline
Note. Specimen of the typeface Elle Hairline. Copyright by Revista Elle.

Elle Hairline and Elle Superhairline are two typeface families developed by Óscar Yáñez on behalf of Ernesto Moncada, art director of Elle magazine. Designed for large-format applications -covers and openings-, both versions explore the extreme limit of line thinness, offering an ethereal and sophisticated presence on high-resolution images. The design of its sans serif characters features a refined geometric structure, where the virtually imperceptible stroke line requires negative interline spacing to enhance its contrast on photographic backgrounds. While Elle Hairline balances legibility and finesse, Elle Superhairline takes this idea to the extreme, proposing an even more subtle alphabet that defies the limits of visibility and reinforces the editorial character of the publication.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

TipoMap Latam. (2026). Elle Hairline. Mapping of Typographic Production in Latin America. Consulted on 15-06-2026 de https://tipomap.lat/view_typo?id=286