Four letters, cut from one flat colour, roughly four times wider than they are tall. That shape is the reason to pick this version over the stacked swoosh-and-wordmark one: it drops straight onto a narrow run of surface — the tail of a deck, a rocker panel, the top edge of a laptop, the spine of a toolbox — where a taller lockup would need to be shrunk until it lost its detail.
The lettering is the heavy angular capitals Adio used through the 2000s, with the corners of each letter cut back at an angle and a deliberate wobble left in the outlines so it reads as drawn rather than typeset. The counters in the D and the O are generous, which matters on cut vinyl — tight counters are the first thing to fill in when a design is applied small.
Specification
What You Get
- 2 die-cut vinyl stickers per pack, supplied on backing paper with transfer tape
- Preset sizes 10–55cm / 4–21in, custom sizing to 120cm
- 19 colours, from black and white through to gold, burgundy and forest green
Adio Footwear was one of the skate shoe names of the early 2000s, and the wordmark is the part of its identity that survived onto boards and bags most often. The swoosh lockup and the ornate script version are both listed separately, and the wider skate range sits under sports and outdoors.
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Reference16-006155
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Sticker typeDie cut