Modern Grotesque Body
Brenco + Montreal
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Brenco headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Warm contemporary medium-bold book & coffeehouse serif
Brenco
Brenco is a grounded, medium-bold contemporary serif with sturdy bracketed feet and warm, approachable lowercase curves.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Crisp hairline serifs shine on stationery, foil stamping, and packaging; add slight offset for small decals.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, Hot Foil & Large Signage
Recommended minimum scalePrint 10 pt+ · Vinyl 1.5 in+
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 Brenco.
Brenco is a wide squared sans display with heavy even strokes, flat terminals and a slightly extended stance, so a word reads as a stencilled crate marking rather than a modern grotesk. The flat terminals and squared corners print cleanly at low resolution, which makes it a signage and packaging face, and the extended width fills a panel with a short word. It needs roughly 30 mm for the squared corners to read, and it is best in a dark ink on kraft or in white on a deep colour.
Warm-editorial · Sturdy-brackets · Kinfolk-modern
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Brenco with grounded secondary typography.
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Brenco + Boho
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 Brenco’s stroke geometry.
Coffee carton, roast label and van livery
Squared extended caps read as a supplier's crate stamp, which is what a small roastery puts on a carton and a van. The flat terminals hold at 40 mm on a box lid in one ink, and the extended width makes a three-word name fill a panel without a second line.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Carton 200 x 150 x 80 mm, word 44 mm on the lid, 25 mm margins. Label 90 x 140 mm, name 30 mm, origin 7/10 pt. Van panel 1800 x 600 mm, word 300 mm, 120 mm margins.
Pre-production check
A van panel is printed on cast vinyl that stretches around a wheel arch, and a squared terminal turns into a smear on the curve. Keep the word on the flat body panel, and check one applied panel in daylight before the wrap is signed off.
Report cover, data-panel spread and conference signage
Squared extended caps read as a technical report rather than a marketing brochure, which is what an infrastructure client prints. The wide stance fills a cover with a short project name, and the flat terminals stay crisp at 9 pt in a data table.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Cover 210 x 297 mm, title 96 pt, subtitle 12/16 pt, 18 mm margins and 10 mm trim. Spread 420 x 297 mm, heading 90 mm, tables 8/11 pt on a 14 pt pitch. Sign 900 x 300 mm, word 140 mm, 60 mm margins.
Pre-production check
Tables set in an extended face run wide and a long label wraps into two lines, breaking the row rhythm. Keep tables in a narrower companion and this face for headings, and check one printed table page.
Roastery menu, market sign and seasonal bag label
Squared caps read as a seasonal coffee release, which is what a roastery prints on a bag and a market board. The extended width makes a short varietal name the whole label, and one warm ink on kraft looks deliberate without a photograph.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Bag label 90 x 140 mm, name 30 mm, notes 7/10 pt, 10 mm margins. Board 900 x 600 mm, header 80 mm, rows 22 mm on a 32 mm pitch. Label 70 x 45 mm, word 12 mm, 4 mm die margin.
Pre-production check
Kraft absorbs a 40 mm solid fill unevenly and the word shows mottled patches under a shop light. Add a white underlay or print the name on a coated label, and check one printed bag before the season.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Warm contemporary medium-bold book & coffeehouse serif
- Foundry / creator
- zeenesia
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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