Editorial Serif Anchor
Amibas + Wolles Elegant Modern Serif
Anchors Amibas's fluid strokes with crisp Roman proportions on wedding suites, headers and packaging.
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Heavy retro script with a looped capital and a returning under-tail
Amibas
Amibas is a heavy retro script in which the letters slant together, the capital loops back over its own stem and a long tail returns beneath the whole word, so a name reads as a seventies sports badge.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Weld or Unite overlapping script joins into one continuous vector path before sending to the blade.
Plotter & output verdictWeld Joins Before Cutting
Recommended minimum scale1.10 in+ x-height on vinyl
Character set & structureMulti-Style (Shadow/Extrude, Bold)
OpenType & PUA accessPUA Encoded · Swashes/Tails
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsCricut Design Space · Silhouette Studio · Canva Pro · Illustrator
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Amibas.
The A lifts a wide loop above the cap line, the downstrokes keep an even heavy weight, the connectors thicken as they turn and the final stroke travels under the word before it curls back up. The under-tail is the character: it frames the name from below and acts as its own rule, which is why the sample sets one word with a layered shadow behind it. Because the tail is part of the letter, the face needs 1.1 inches of x-height in vinyl and 24 pt in print, and the joins must be welded before cutting. The yellow fill, the red edging and the offset shadow in the sample are layered treatment rather than extra glyphs; the heavy script word is the face.
Retro · Heavy · Under-tail
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Amibas with grounded secondary typography.
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Amibas + Olline
Keeps small-scale dates, URLs, nutrition facts and care instructions crisp and legible below script titles.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Amibas’s stroke geometry.
Badge for a retro barbershop
The under-tail closes a badge without drawing a rule, and the heavy script holds the shop name at 40 mm inside a printed roundel.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 90 mm roundel: set the name at 40 mm across the middle, let the tail form the lower curve of the badge, and set the street line in a 7 pt caps outside the tail.
Pre-production check
A tail printed over a circular border fights the circle; check the roundel and keep 6 mm between the tail and any rule.
Heading for a seventies music feature
The heavy slant sets the period of the feature, and the returning tail gives a one-word headline weight at 60 pt across a printed spread.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 mm spread: set the headline at 60 pt on the calm upper third, keep 16 mm below the tail before the standfirst, and set the standfirst at 11 pt in a neutral serif.
Pre-production check
An offset shadow printed on top of a photograph muddies the edge; check the spread and keep the shadow on a plain band.
Label for a soda bottle
The retro weight suits a small label, and the even stroke keeps a brand name clear at 20 pt on a 50 mm panel in one ink.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 50 by 70 mm label: set the brand at 20 pt, keep 8 mm at each end for the capital loop and the tail, and set the volume in a 6 pt caps at the foot.
Pre-production check
A loop printed to the die edge is cut through; check the imposed label and keep 6 mm of clearance.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Script · Heavy retro script with a looped capital and a returning under-tail
- Foundry / creator
- Source-listed creator
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded — swashes & alternates open in Character Map (Windows) and Font Book (Mac)
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
- Alternates & swashes
- Stylistic alternates or swashes mentioned
Creator topic tags (10)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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