A set of 18 icons developed through close typographic analysis of Canela, a contemporary serif typeface by Commercial Type. Each icon was constructed directly from Canela's formal characteristics — its high stroke contrast, bracketed serifs, flared terminals, and proportional rhythm — so that icons and type function as a single coherent visual system rather than merely coexisting on the page.
StrategyThe system was developed for a resort rebranding, where wayfinding and typographic identity needed to operate as one. Rather than sourcing or adapting an existing icon library, the icons were built from the typeface itself — ensuring that at any scale, in any context, the iconography and the type share the same visual DNA.
DesignThe icons are outline-based and constructed at the same stroke weight as Canela's thin strokes. Terminals flare the way serifs do. Curves carry the same contrast between thick and thin. The figures are spare and upright, with proportions that echo the typeface's cap height and x-height relationships. The result is a set that does not need to be placed next to type to feel typographic — the logic is already inside each form.