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Celtic Stitches + Montreal
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Rounded Irish uncial lettering with dashed stitch lines inside every stroke
Celtic Stitches
Celtic Stitches is a rounded uncial face in which the letterforms keep their traditional wide curves and a dashed stitch line runs inside every stroke, so a word reads as letters cut from felt and sewn down.
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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 & mediaSeasonal Apparel · Mug Wraps · Holiday Gift Tags
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Celtic Stitches.
The A arches over a broad counter, the b lifts a wide bowl on a short stem, the g closes a rounded descender and the stems all carry a regular dashed line at their centre. The stitch dashes are the character: they sit inside the strokes rather than tracing the outline, which is why the sample sets one word with a plain ground. Because the dashes are fine, the face wants 30 pt before they read as stitches and not as print noise, and the even strokes cut cleanly from three quarters of an inch of cap height. The green ground, the small shamrocks and the caption are presentation; the pale stitched letters are the face.
Uncial · Stitched · Crafty
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Celtic Stitches with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Celtic Stitches + Gorga
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Celtic Stitches’s stroke geometry.
Card for a St Patrick's greeting
The stitched uncial sets the occasion without a second motif, and the wide curves stay readable at 40 pt on a printed card.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A6 card: set the greeting at 40 pt, keep the stitch dashes at 1.5 mm wide, and keep 14 mm of clear card beneath the line for a written message.
Pre-production check
A dash pattern printed under 1 mm reads as a fuzzy edge; check the card proof and keep the dashes at 1.5 mm.
Label for an Irish bakery
The crafty uncial suits a bakery label, and the rounded forms stay clear at 20 pt on a 60 mm paper label printed in one ink.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 40 mm label: set the shop name at 20 pt, set the weight in an 8 pt sans beneath it, and keep 5 mm of border all round so the dashes stay whole.
Pre-production check
Stitch lines printed at 14 pt blur into the stroke; check the proof and keep the name at 18 pt or above.
Quilt label for a handmade piece
The stitching idea suits a quilt label, and the rounded strokes stay legible at 24 pt on a printed cotton panel in one ink.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 70 by 50 mm cotton panel: set the name at 24 pt, keep the dashes at 2 mm, and keep 6 mm of sewing allowance outside the text so the stitches are not caught.
Pre-production check
A seam sewn through the lettering pulls the print; check the panel and keep 6 mm of clear allowance.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Rounded Irish uncial lettering with dashed stitch lines inside every stroke
- Foundry / creator
- Illustration Ink
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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