Modern Grotesque Body
Brooklin Varsity + Hermano
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Brooklin Varsity headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Angular bordered athletic capitals with matched numerals
Brooklin Varsity
Brooklin Varsity is an athletic display face: heavy capitals with sharp inner corners, a white inline border running inside each stroke, and a full numeral set drawn to the same construction.
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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 & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Brooklin Varsity.
Every letter is built from the same three parts: a heavy outer band, a thin inline that traces its shape, and an inner fill, so the face reads as two outlines rather than a solid letter. The A closes to a sharp apex with a flat top, the B keeps two square bowls, the C is cut square at both terminals, and the K carries an angled junction. The numerals repeat that construction exactly, which matters because lettering of this kind is usually set next to a score or a year. Corners are cut at an angle rather than rounded, the counters are tight rectangles, and there is no lowercase, so the face is built for short all-caps lines. The cracked surface, the header bands and the format badges are presentation; the typeface is the alphabet and the numerals.
Bordered · Athletic · Angular
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Brooklin Varsity with grounded secondary typography.
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Brooklin Varsity + Coastal Honey
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 Brooklin Varsity’s stroke geometry.
Team jersey and number set
The bordered construction separates a name from a number at a glance, and because the numerals are drawn to the same skeleton the whole kit looks like one design rather than a name with a borrowed font.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the team name at 60 mm tall across a 250 mm panel, set the number at 200 mm, and keep 15 mm between them so the inline of the name does not merge with the number's border.
Pre-production check
Tackle twill cut for an inline letter needs a bridge in the inner band; check the cut file at full size and thicken the inline if it falls below 3 mm.
Header for a school sports annual
The bordered caps give a yearbook a period-correct athletic voice, and the matching numerals keep scores and dates in the same visual family as the heading.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the header at 54 pt, set the scores in the same face at 20 pt in a table column, and keep the body in a 9.5 pt serif so the bordered caps stay the loudest element on the page.
Pre-production check
A thin inline on uncoated paper can break up at 54 pt; print the page on the actual stock and thicken the inline if it looks porous.
Banner for a sports-themed party
The bordered capitals read across a room and the numerals let the age sit in the same style, which is what makes a themed banner look deliberate rather than assembled.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the greeting at 70 mm on a 1.2 m banner, set the age at 90 mm beside it, and leave 30 mm on each side so the inline of the outer letters stays inside the hem.
Pre-production check
Fabric banners print with a slight dot gain that closes thin inlines; check the proof at final size and open the inline by a tenth of a millimetre if needed.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Angular bordered athletic capitals with matched numerals
- Foundry / creator
- litkedesigns
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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