Neutral Sans Workhorse
Après Ski + Base Edge
Lets Après Ski own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Heavy angular capitals with small round counters and a detached acute accent
Après Ski
Apres Ski sets a retro grotesque at a steep angle across a snowy slope, its capitals wide, its corners notched and its counters cut with shapes that look borrowed from ski graphics of the seventies.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Sturdy stroke walls and open counters weed cleanly on adhesive vinyl, HTV apparel film, and cut cardstock.
Plotter & output verdictEasy-Weed Vinyl & Print Ready
Recommended minimum scale0.75 in+ cap height
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessPUA Encoded · Ligatures
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 Après Ski.
APRÈS SKI runs diagonally from the top of the frame to the bottom right, each word in a different tone of teal and cream so the slope reads through the letters, and the accents sit high above the E. The A carries a diagonal notch, the R an angled leg and the S a squared-off spine, which gives the face its period feel without any shadow or outline. A bold three-line block in the lower left names it as a retro display font. The diagonal placement is a layout decision, not part of the face, but it shows the intended use: large, angled and short, where the cut corners read as deliberate rather than as damage.
Heavy angular capitals with small round counters and a detached acute accent
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Après Ski with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Après Ski + Vanielst Elegant Serif Display Stylistic
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Après Ski’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a ski season opening
The retro cut corners suit a winter resort that wants to look established, and the heavy caps carry across a snow-covered noticeboard.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the title at 110 pt on one row, keep 28 mm of clear ground beneath before the dates at 18 pt, and keep 26 mm of border so the cut corners stay inside the sheet.
Pre-production check
Angled settings need extra bleed; check the layout with your printer before the proof is ordered.
Cover for a winter sports issue
The notched capitals give a winter issue a graphic hook, and the wide forms fill a masthead without a photograph behind them.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 by 280 mm cover: set the masthead at 88 pt across two rows, keep 22 mm of clear ground beneath before the standfirst at 11 pt, and keep 18 mm of margin from the trim.
Pre-production check
Thin notches fill in at small sizes; check the printed cover before shrinking the cover title.
Label for a mountain brewery
The retro weight reads as a house style on a can, and a short beer name fits the wide capitals on a slim and narrow can label.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 120 mm can label: set the beer name at 20 pt on one row, keep 10 mm of clear ground beneath before the strength at 6 pt, and keep 6 mm of clear area where the label wraps the curve.
Pre-production check
Curved cans distort wide letters; check a wrapped mock-up before the can label print run starts.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Heavy angular capitals with small round counters and a detached acute accent
- Foundry / creator
- Surplus Type Co.
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
- Ligatures
- Ligatures mentioned in designer listing
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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