High-Contrast Display Serif
Clear Base + Things
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Clear Base's clean modern geometry.
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Squarish compact mixed case with flat bowls and softly rounded corners
Clear Base
Clear Base sets cream mixed case over a dark angular light pattern. The C and B have flat sides and shallow corner curves, while the lowercase a and e repeat small rectangular counters, and the tall l makes a clear upright interruption in the row.
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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 & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Clear Base.
The bowls flatten on the sides, the corners round only slightly, the counters turn rectangular and the x-height stays compact. That squared construction is the character: the word reads as a modern interface mark rather than a neutral grotesque, which is why the diagonal light streaks behind it make the geometry easy to see. Those streaks are artwork, and the short title never shows small labels or numerals, so test your own caption sizes, keep 16 pt as the floor and check the figures separately.
Squarish compact mixed case with flat bowls and softly rounded corners
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Clear Base with grounded secondary typography.
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Inspect Abigail specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Clear Base’s stroke geometry.
Wordmark for a software studio
The squared bowls suit a digital mark, and the compact mixed case holds a two-word name at 26 pt on a card, where the flat sides keep the row aligned to a grid.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an 85 by 55 mm card: set the wordmark at 26 pt on one row, keep 16 mm of clear ground beneath before the address at 7 pt, and align the flat sides of the bowls to the card edge.
Pre-production check
A short specimen shows no numerals; check the file before setting a version number or date in this face.
Section label for a product guide
The compact forms make tidy labels, and the rectangular counters hold a three-word heading at 20 pt on a printed page, where the flat bowls echo the column grid.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 mm page: set the label at 20 pt on one row, keep 12 mm of clear ground beneath before the body at 9 pt, and keep the label in small caps so the squared shapes stay even.
Pre-production check
Labels set under 12 pt lose their flat sides; check the page proof and hold the label at 16 pt or above.
Sign for a study room
The squared letters suit a wayfinding sign, and the tall l interrupts the row clearly at 40 pt on an acrylic panel, where the soft corners survive cutting.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Cut a 300 by 150 mm acrylic panel: set the room name at 40 pt on one row, keep 18 mm of clear ground beneath before the opening times at 13 pt, and keep 18 mm of margin for the fixing holes.
Pre-production check
Corner radii under 2 mm chip in acrylic; check the cut file and keep the radius at 3 mm or above.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Squarish compact mixed case with flat bowls and softly rounded corners
- Foundry / creator
- TriDraw
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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Ideas for this font
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Ideas for this font
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Ideas for this font
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