Neutral Sans Workhorse
Aref + Base Edge
Lets Aref own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Liquid-wave cutout psychedelic caps with an inner contour and bold mass
Aref
Aref is a psychedelic capital alphabet in which the stems bend into liquid waves, the counters run as slices and an inner contour traces the outline, so a word reads as a cut paper shape floating on colour.
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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 accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Aref.
The A splits into two wavy legs joined by a curved bar, the R bends its bowl into a wave and drops a hooked leg, the E carries three undulating arms and the F follows the same rhythm, all at a heavy weight with an inner line offset from the contour. That inner line is the practical detail: it traces the cut path, so the shape can be plotted as one piece at 40 mm and still read. Because the letters are wide and irregular, the fit is generous and a short word spans a panel at 80 pt. The ink-cloud background, the white fill, the black contour and the two badges are presentation; the display face is the word shown.
Trippy · Waved · Cutout
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Aref with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Aref + The Simple Editorial
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
Inspect The Simple Editorial specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Aref’s stroke geometry.
Sticker for a retro party
The wavy mass reads as a cut shape at 30 mm on a die-cut sticker, and the inner line keeps the contour clean at that size.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 mm die-cut sticker: set the word at 30 mm, keep the inner contour as the cut path at 2 mm, and leave 4 mm between the wave tips and the die line so the shape does not tear at a point.
Pre-production check
A wave tip under 2 mm tears on vinyl; check the cut file at full size and blunt the two sharpest tips before ordering.
Poster for a decade-themed night
The liquid letters carry a poster at 90 pt, and the irregular mass gives the page the period energy a straight face cannot.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the event name at 90 pt across the middle, set the details in a 14 pt caps sans beneath, and keep 25 mm of margin so the wavy edges stay inside the bleed.
Pre-production check
An irregular silhouette over a busy background reads as noise; check the poster and keep the lettering on a plain field.
Cake topper for a celebration
The single cut contour works in acrylic, and the heavy waves stay rigid at 40 mm where a thin psychedelic face would snap.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Cut a 140 mm topper: set the word at 40 mm tall with the waves intact, keep 6 mm of material at the thinnest point, and leave a 20 mm stem so the topper stands without a support.
Pre-production check
A narrow wave waist under 4 mm cracks in acrylic; check the vector at full size and widen the waist rather than simplifying the wave.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Liquid-wave cutout psychedelic caps with an inner contour and bold mass
- Foundry / creator
- dimukhi
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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