Modern Grotesque Body
Arches + Montreal
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Arches headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Decorative ligature serif
Arches
Arches sets one word in dark ink on a warm neutral field, where wide flat serifs sit on hairline cross strokes, the A climbs to a sharp apex, the R leg sweeps into a long horizontal tail that runs beneath the following letters and the S closes with an extended curl.
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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 Arches.
The uprights stay thin, the serifs stay flat and wide, the contrast is extreme and two letters throw strokes sideways instead of down. Those sideways strokes are the character: the word reads as a piece of engraved editorial typography rather than a headline, which is why the sample leaves a wide cream margin around it. The small introduction line above and the caption below are separate cover text. Keep 44 pt before the hairlines vanish, allow 30 mm at each end for the sweep and check the R tail against any text you put underneath.
Extended · Elegant · Ornamental
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Arches with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Arches + Bunglon
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Arches’s stroke geometry.
Masthead for a design journal
The extended strokes give a masthead the air of a printed quarterly, and a single word carries the whole identity without illustration or rule.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 by 280 mm cover: set the masthead at 72 pt on one row, allow 30 mm at each end for the R tail and the S curl, keep 26 mm of clear ground beneath before the issue line at 9 pt, and keep 20 mm of margin.
Pre-production check
Hairline serifs break on uncoated stock; check the proof and stay coated at 130 gsm or above.
Wordmark for a fragrance house
The extreme contrast and the sideways sweep give a small perfume label couture weight, where the name has to look expensive at 40 mm wide.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 90 mm label: set the name at 24 pt on one row, allow 12 mm at each end for the sweep, keep 9 mm of clear ground beneath before the volume at 6 pt, and keep 6 mm to the die edge.
Pre-production check
The R tail can collide with the volume line; check the artwork and keep 9 mm between them.
Heading for a formal invitation
The engraved feel suits a formal suite, and the swept strokes let a short pair of names fill a wide card without a border or flourish.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 130 by 180 mm invitation: set the names at 40 pt on one row, allow 24 mm at each end for the sweep, keep 22 mm of clear ground beneath before the date at 11 pt, and keep 18 mm of margin all round.
Pre-production check
Two names with sweeps on one line collide; check the proof and stack them as two rows instead.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Decorative ligature serif
- Foundry / creator
- dylla studio
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded — swashes & alternates open in Character Map (Windows) and Font Book (Mac)
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
- Ligatures
- Ligatures mentioned in designer listing
Creator topic tags (41)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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