Display / Regular
Elytra
An insect-inspired display face with spindle-leg stems, beaded antenna ascenders, wing-case bowls and leaf-shaped arms, every letter carrying a joint, spur or claw and leaning four degrees mid-step.
© 2026 Utypeia and Jon Toews · jontoews.com/experiments
Uppercase A–Z, lowercase a–z, lining figures, ASCII punctuation and symbols, curly quotes, dashes, ellipsis, bullet, guillemets, ¡ ¿ °, Latin-1 accented letters, Ø ø and dotless i (162 characters). Not included: ß, æ œ, currency other than $. One Regular style with GPOS kerning, including the designer's hand-set pairs. Submitted outlines, spacing and kerning are preserved.
Take it for a spin.
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TAKE IT WITH YOU
The font files.
Install OTF or TTF on your computer. WOFF2 is for the web. Choose a format below, or download the family ZIP.
Usage terms
Free for any use, personal or commercial. Change it, share it, make money with it. No credit required, though designers love a shout-out. Provided as is: use at your own risk. Read the terms
A LITTLE READING MATERIAL
The Light Sheet
A zine made for Elytra. A closer look at the letters and the world around them.
US Letter landscape, actual size / 100%, duplex short-edge flip. Nest the two sheets, fold at the centre and staple the spine.