High-Contrast Display Serif
Basebold + Auretha
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Basebold's clean modern geometry.
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Extremely tall narrow capitals with long rectangular counters and small angular B joins
Basebold
Basebold is an extremely tall condensed sans: letterforms squeezed to narrow columns, flat shoulders, and counters reduced to vertical slits that still stay open at headline sizes.
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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 & structureMulti-Style (Bold, Condensed)
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 Basebold.
BASEBOLD spans the frame in white over a dark red photograph, the letters so tall that they run from the top of the card to the bottom, and each stem is a straight column with no taper at all. The B and the D have flat sides instead of bowls, the S is built from two squares of curve, and the O is a long rectangle with rounded ends, so the word reads as a set of bars rather than as letters. The spacing is even and tight, and the rows of information at the foot are set in a small sans across three columns, which gives the composition a technical, almost engineering character. The face is built for narrow vertical spaces: a poster column, a book spine, a tall label, a website hero. It does not work small, because the slits in the counters close below about 16 pt and the word turns into a barcode.
Extremely tall narrow capitals with long rectangular counters and small angular B joins
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Basebold’s stroke geometry.
Cover for an architecture annual
The vertical columns echo a building elevation, and the height lets a long project name run the full height of a cover with no illustration behind it.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 230 by 300 mm cover: set the project name at 200 pt on one row down the page, keep 36 mm of clear ground beside it before the credits at 10 pt, and hold 24 mm from the tallest stem to the top trim.
Pre-production check
Slit counters fill on coated stock at heavy coverage; print one cover and check the gaps under a raking light before the run.
Label for a tall kombucha bottle
The extreme height fits a long product name on a narrow bottle label, and the flat stems give the bottle a modern line that suits a fermented drink.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 40 by 110 mm label: set the product name at 30 pt on one row, keep 9 mm of clear ground beneath before the flavour at 4.5 pt, and hold 6 mm from the tallest letter to the top of the label.
Pre-production check
Wrapping a curve closes the slots at the edges; print one label and apply it to the bottle before the run is ordered.
Poster for a music festival
The tall bars hold a long line-up name at a distance, and the flat white shapes stay clear over a dark stage photograph where a lighter face would disappear.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 594 by 841 mm poster: set the festival name at 320 pt on two rows, keep 48 mm of clear ground beneath before the date at 18 pt, and hold 36 mm of margin at the head and foot of the sheet.
Pre-production check
Billboard printing stretches tall letterforms; print one sheet and compare the width of the stems before the full order.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Extremely tall narrow capitals with long rectangular counters and small angular B joins
- Foundry / creator
- Pian45
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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