Foundry portfolio · Sans serif · Slab Serif · Display
Pian45 builds heavy, tactile letterforms. Chubby Squishy is deliberately soft and inflated, Further leans into a sturdier slab, and the 19 releases favour thick strokes and closed shapes that read clearly from a distance.
Before you buy from this studio
Closed counters and thick strokes make these faces excellent for cutting but poor for long text. Keep them for signage, tags and single-line headlines.
Retro bubble display with glossy highlights and a thick dark outline
Chubby Squishy is a retro bubble display alphabet in which the strokes swell into round cushions, the counters shrink to dots and a thick outline wraps every letter, so a word reads as a rubber sticker.
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Extremely tall block capitals with narrow slots and a shared middle cross-stroke
Further shows white capitals filling most of a dark portrait cover, where extremely tall heavy stems leave narrow vertical slot counters, the U rounds only at its base and a long middle cross-stroke connects the central letters into a dense architectural arrangement.
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Ultra condensed display sans
Primate is an ultra condensed sans display in white on a red-tinted portrait: very tall narrow caps with flat terminals, a high waist and thin counters, set edge to edge so the letters nearly touch, with three small tracked labels along the foot.
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Condensed varsity slab
Summer Varsity is a condensed varsity slab in white on a sunset photograph of palms: tall narrow caps with heavy flat serifs, a high waist and narrow counters, set in two stacked lines with small tracked captions above and below, so the block reads as a team banner.
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Condensed heavy display sans
Raceday is a condensed heavy display sans in white on orange: very tall caps with flat terminals, narrow counters, a low crossbar on the A and tight spacing, set across the top of the plate above a motorsport photograph, so the word reads as a race livery rather than a poster headline.
Massive chamfered-shoulder condensed impact sans
Season is a massive, ultra-bold condensed sans with crisp chamfered outer bowls ('S', 'O') built for billboard-scale headlines and thumbnails.
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Retro bubble display with drips
Magical Holiday is a retro bubble display in red on cream: fat rounded letters with a heavy black outline, drips hanging from every baseline, and star-shaped highlights sitting on the letterforms, so the pair reads as a painted fairground sign.
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Heavy collegiate-like capitals with clipped corners and narrow straight counters
Seniors fills a white poster header with tightly fitted orange capitals, where the S, O and R use strongly chamfered outer corners, thick rectangular stems surround narrow counters and the I stays a simple bar.
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Extremely tall narrow capitals with long rectangular counters and small angular B joins
Basebold is an extremely tall condensed sans: letterforms squeezed to narrow columns, flat shoulders, and counters reduced to vertical slits that still stay open at headline sizes.
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Condensed sans display
Urbanic is a condensed sans display in white on a dark industrial interior: very tall narrow capitals, visually even stroke weight, flat horizontal terminals and tight spacing, so a long word fills the width without a single flourish.
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Extremely tall heavy capitals
Pillar is an extremely tall heavy sans in white over a black-and-white photograph of a colonnade: capitals with narrow vertical slots, flat tops, a rounded arch-top A and an even thick stroke, set as one word filling the frame with three small tracked notes along the foot.
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College slab with outline cut
Varsity College is a vintage college slab in cream with an outline cut on a near-black ground: heavy caps with block serifs, a high waist and narrow counters, set on two lines with tracked lines above and beneath naming the style, the outline version and the studio.
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Extremely condensed straight slabs with narrow vertical counters
Blocky Varsity stacks tall white capitals on a dark fabric-like background. The stems are long and close, the O counter is a narrow vertical slot, the Y descends as an unusually long upright stem, small square feet sit at the baseline and tight row spacing emphasises height over width.
Ultra condensed stacked slab
Thick Stacked is an ultra condensed slab in magenta on cream: extremely narrow stems, block serifs, and a stacked repeat of the word that flips and mirrors above and below the main line, so the plate reads as a graphic pattern rather than a single setting.
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Tall double-trimmed vintage collegiate varsity slab serif
Jersey Varsity is a tall, commanding collegiate slab serif wrapped in a crisp built-in varsity border for instant 1-layer athletic graphics.
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Condensed athletic slab with edging
Single is a condensed athletic slab in red on an off-white sheet: broad heavy capitals with square serifs, a light inner outline that gives a double edge, chamfered corners and sparse white flecks, with a tracked line above and a plain caption beneath.
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Condensed athletic slab
Vintage Varsity is a clean condensed slab in white over a photograph of a classical building: tall capitals with broad horizontal feet, flat terminals and even strokes, set in two lines with a small tracked line above and two plain notes beneath.
Tall heavy condensed athletic & headline sans serif
Heroes Patriotic is a tall, commanding condensed sans serif packing solid athletic block weight into narrow vertical columns.
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Condensed modern vintage sans
Vintage Graduation is a condensed sans in near-black on a pale ground, set over a graduation cap: tall narrow caps with flat terminals, a high waist, closed counters and tight spacing, arranged on two lines with a tracked label above and beneath in the same face.
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