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Archmage + Memoir Slang
Lets Archmage own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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3-style hand-drawn folk-horror & wizard serif (Solid, Outline & Textured!)
Archmage
Archmage is a 3-style hand-drawn phantasmagorical serif ('Solid, Outline & Distressed') straight out of 1970s pulp sword-and-sorcery & folk-horror paperbacks!
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Cut solid base, outline, and shadow layers in separate vinyl colors and align on registration marks.
Plotter & output verdictMulti-Layer Stack Ready
Recommended minimum scale1.25 in+ stacked height
Character set & structureAll-Caps Display Alphabet
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Archmage.
Archmage is a hand-drawn folk-horror serif shipped in three styles: a solid cut, an outline cut and a textured cut with a woodcut grain, all on the same slightly irregular skeleton with small spurs and uneven baselines. The three styles stack, and the grain in the textured cut is drawn rather than applied. It needs roughly 30 mm for the spur and the grain to read, and it is best in one dense black on cream and newsprint, or a single dark ink with the outline left as paper on a coloured ground.
Phantasmagorical-3-style · Solid-Outline-Rough · Pulp-fantasy
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Archmage with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Archmage + Askinо
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 Archmage’s stroke geometry.
Folk-horror opener, pull quote and cover band
A hand-drawn folk-horror serif reads as a woodcut title rather than a modern headline, which is what a feature about rural horror wants. The grain gives the title texture at 64 pt, and the outline cut supplies a second voice in the same family without a new typeface.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Opener 210 x 297 mm, title 64 pt with 10 mm grain clearance, standfirst 11/15 pt, body 9/13 pt, 18 mm margins. Pull quote 40 pt in the outline cut. Cover band 210 x 70 mm, word 44 pt.
Pre-production check
At 40 pt the outline cut closes and the pull quote reads as a solid barred shape. Keep the outline to 52 pt and above, set quotes in the solid cut, and proof one spread at 1:1.
Fright-night poster, ticket and prop label
A folk-horror serif reads as a hand-printed warning rather than a cartoon, which is what a serious scare event wants. The woodcut grain holds at 130 mm across a poster, and one black plus a spot colour prints the poster, the ticket and the prop labels for one night.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Poster A2, word 130 mm with 14 mm grain clearance, times 40 mm, 20 mm margins. Ticket 100 x 50 mm, word 14 mm, 4 mm perforation. Prop label 70 x 50 mm, word 12 mm, 4 mm margins.
Pre-production check
A 100 x 50 mm ticket at 14 mm fills the spurs and the word prints as a rough black bar. Raise the ticket to 20 mm or use the solid cut, and check one ticket before the batch.
Harvest-fair poster, tent card and prize label
A woodcut serif gives an autumn fair the look of a printed country bill rather than a modern flyer. The grain holds at 110 mm on a poster, and the outline cut marks the prize list in the same two inks.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Poster A2, word 110 mm with 12 mm grain clearance, details 34 mm, 20 mm margins. Tent card 105 x 75 mm, word 20 mm, 5 mm margins. Prize label 90 x 60 mm, word 16 mm, 5 mm margins.
Pre-production check
On a 90 x 60 mm prize label at 16 mm the grain becomes dirt and the word reads as a stain. Raise the label word to 22 mm or use the solid cut, and print one label before the batch.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · 3-style hand-drawn folk-horror & wizard serif (Solid, Outline & Textured!)
- Foundry / creator
- wingsart
Creator topic tags (25)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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