Lubaline: The Ultimate Decrative Swashy Display Typeface
About Lubaline
Lubaline is a bold, decorative all-caps display typeface bursting with Art Deco flair and maximalist energy. It’s layered, swashy, and unapologetically extravagant — perfect for designs that demand the spotlight.
Lubaline thrives in book covers, editorial headlines, brand identities, and packaging, where you want to leave a lasting impression. With multiple layers, shadow options, and dramatic swashes, this typeface gives you the tools to build ornate, high-impact typography. It’s confident, lavish, and designed to steal the show.
Type Details
- Available in: light, regular, shadow, shine styles
- Each letter has multiple swashy style alternates
- Inspired by legendary typographer Herb Lubalin, known for his ornate lettering
Lubaline is available in Light, Regular, Shadow, and Shine styles, offering a versatile set of options for layering and welding in your design. What truly sets it apart is its collection of highly ornate, extravagant style alternates. Each letter includes multiple swashed variations, allowing you to choose the perfect flourish for your composition. In addition, there is a rich selection of expressive ligatures to elevate your project even further.
Behind the Typeface
Designed by Maximiliano Sproviero, Lubaline is a love letter to the legendary Herb Lubalin — a typographer who rewrote the rulebook with his expressive layouts and custom letterforms. This typeface channels that same rebellious spirit, fusing semi-serifs with Art Deco geometry and modern theatricality. It’s not just a font — it’s an homage, a statement, and an invitation to break the rules beautifully.
Lubaline for Typography and Design
Lubaline works best as a statement piece for headlines, brand names, and bold, typographic key messaging where you want maximum impact. The layering system enables flexibility, allowing you to stack the Regular, Shadow, and Shine styles for a dimensional Art Deco effect. The extensive swash alternates also give you plenty of customization options.
It would be best to pair Luabline with clean sans-serif body text that won't compete, mix ornate and simpler letterforms to maintain readability. The ligatures add nice typographic details, and the color layering possibilities are endless for creating rich, textural effects. Lubaline shines in book covers, editorial design, and branding, where you want to convey theatrical and creative confidence.
