Mendoza is the work of French designer José Mendoza, who says he “always tries to mix rigor with sensitivity and the feeling of a hand’s gesture”. Classified as an oldstyle design, the stress is on an angle, the stroke contrast ins minimal, head serifs are bannerlike and foot serifs have a slight cup.

ITC Mendoza Roman is a serif typeface with old style characteristics. A generous x-height and a lack of contrast between thick and thin strokes, gives the ITC Mendoza Roman font family good legibility and provides a sturdiness which enables the face to withstand low resolution output and less than ideal printing conditions. It is ideal for continuous text use, particularly in small point sizes.