I released Ligurino on March 9, 2005 as a paid sans-serif family. At the time, I wanted to test myself by creating something deliberately restrained after years of producing more eccentric designs. The first release included Regular, Italic, Bold, Condensed, and a single all-caps Outline style. Unlike many of my other families from that period, Ligurino emphasized clarity and control rather than experimentation.

Over time, the family expanded to six weights across three widths—Condensed, Semi-Condensed, and Normal—each with italics, along with the Outline style retained from the original release. I also added an OpenType stylistic alternate for the uppercase Q and a fractions feature. The design remained Latin-based and never extended into other scripts.

On November 12, 2024, I released version 3.1. This update reorganized the weight nomenclature, with Extra-Light becoming Thin, Light becoming Extra-Light, and Book renamed to Light. I also changed the internal naming convention so that weight precedes width, for example “Extra-Bold Condensed Italic,” to improve font menu organization. That has been the last revision of Ligurino to date.