Arco Font: Rafael Olivo’s Rounded Capitals vs Nicolas Massi’s Family

In his original author note, Rafael Olivo describes rounded edges and an uppercase alphabet, allows personal and commercial use, and thanks Denis Ignatov for adding characters and resolving OS X problems. Separately, Nicolas Massi’s original publisher listing describes a fat-face with geometric adjustments and lists Normal and Outline. These are distinct products with different resources and terms; the short name alone is insufficient identification.

If you want Olivo’s rounded display treatment, enter the full intended heading in that source’s actual preview and inspect the uppercase result. Do not assume a typed lowercase phrase demonstrates a lowercase drawing. For Massi’s family, compare Normal and Outline with identical wording so the style decision remains visible. Keep the publisher’s name in the project style record rather than labeling both options simply Arco. This avoids replacing one design with its namesake during a handoff.

Inspect accents, numerals and punctuation needed by the project using the chosen original resource. Keep a copy of the applicable terms from that same resource; permission stated by one creator does not apply to a different Arco. Fredoka and DM Serif Display are independent comparisons for rounded display and contrasting serif directions, not previews of either Arco family. Choose the original font before finalizing spacing or a print-ready outline.

For a short profile caption outside the artwork, explore copy and paste fonts. These Unicode characters do not carry this family’s alternates, layers or spacing.