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Beach Dates + Borsen
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Beach Dates headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Tall light capitals with long overlapping crossbars
Beach Dates
Beach Dates is a tall light capital face in which the C and D open broad curves, the serifs taper finely and the H crossbar reaches left into the C while the T bar stretches across the row below, so two stacked words lock into one form.
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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 accessSwashes/Tails · Ligatures
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Beach Dates.
The H pulls its crossbar out to the left, the T sends its bar wide enough to sit above neighbouring letters, the C and D keep broad open curves and every stroke tapers at the serif. The overlapping bars are the character: they let two rows bite into each other, which is why the sample stacks the words tight on crumpled paper. Because the bars travel, the layout needs 10 mm of vertical overlap and 20 mm at the ends from 30 pt, and the fine serifs want a smooth stock. The crumpled paper is a ground; the dark capitals are the face.
Tall · Light · Overlapping bars
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Beach Dates with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Beach Dates + Simple Handwriting
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 Beach Dates’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a beach festival
The overlapping bars suit a stacked festival title, and the tall capitals hold two rows at 44 pt across an A5 cover with air around them. The overlap is the point, so the two rows should not be set apart.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A5 cover: set the upper row at 44 pt and the lower at 44 pt, let the long bars overlap by 6 mm between the rows, and keep 22 mm of margin so the ends stay inside the trim.
Pre-production check
Overlapping bars printed at less than 3 mm of bite read as a collision; check the proof and set the bite to 5 mm or more.
Heading for a coastal wedding
The tall capitals give a coastal suite its openness, and the fine serifs keep the names elegant at 24 pt on heavy card stock in one colour. The bars still need clear card on both sides of the row.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 130 by 180 mm card: set the names at 24 pt in capitals on one row, keep 18 mm of clear ground beneath for the descender-free line, and set the venue at 9 pt in a serif below.
Pre-production check
Fine serifs printed on cold-press card break at the taper; check the proof and keep the names on a smooth stock.
Opening title for a travel story
The stacked lockup gives a travel title a graphic shape, and the light capitals stay readable at 60 pt across a printed spread in one ink. One ink keeps the light strokes from greying out.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 mm spread: set the title at 60 pt on two overlapping rows on the opening page, keep 30 mm of clear ground under the lockup, and set the standfirst at 10 pt in a serif with a 40 mm column.
Pre-production check
A light cap printed over an image edge loses its taper; check the page and keep the lockup on the plain margin.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Tall light capitals with long overlapping crossbars
- Foundry / creator
- Situjuh
- Ligatures
- Ligatures mentioned in designer listing
- Alternates & swashes
- Stylistic alternates or swashes mentioned
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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