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Cowboy Wanted + Memoir Slang
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Cowboy Wanted headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Heavy western-style capitals with squared feet and pinched ornamental sides
Cowboy Wanted
Cowboy Wanted sets a heavy western slab in warm brown on a sepia landscape, its serifs bracketed, its corners spurred and its strokes slightly worn at the edges.
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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 accessPUA Encoded · Stylistic Alternates · Ligatures
Best surfaces & mediaWood Porch Signs · Laser Acrylic · Bottle & Jar Labels
Compatible design toolsCricut Design Space · Silhouette Studio · Canva Pro · Illustrator
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Cowboy Wanted.
COWBOY over WANTED fills the frame, the O and the C keeping wide bowls and the W carrying a central spur that splits the letter into two V shapes. Serifs are thick and squared, and the whole line sits on a faded frontier scene, with an arc of small caps above and a tracked caption below. The wear is even rather than dramatic, so the letters keep their edges at poster size and soften at small size. It is a period display face, and its use is narrow on purpose: wanted posters, event bills and packaging that has to look printed in the previous century.
Heavy western-style capitals with squared feet and pinched ornamental sides
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Cowboy Wanted with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Cowboy Wanted + Lovely
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 Cowboy Wanted’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a country fair
The slab weight reads as a printed bill, and the sepia palette suits a fair that sells itself on tradition rather than novelty.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the fair name at 100 pt across two rows, keep 28 mm of clear ground beneath before the dates at 18 pt, and keep 28 mm of border so the spurred corners stay inside the sheet.
Pre-production check
Worn edges read as damage at small sizes; check the proof at final size before the order. Print a sample and re-check it at final size.
Cover for a western history title
The period weight sets the subject before the subtitle explains it, and the heavy slabs hold at thumbnail size on a shop shelf.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 152 by 229 mm cover: set the title at 56 pt across two lines, keep 20 mm of clear ground beneath before the author at 12 pt, and keep 18 mm of margin from the trim on all sides.
Pre-production check
Narrow counters fill in offset; check a proof on the chosen paper before the print run. Ask the printer for a sample at the finished size.
Sign for a barn supper
The slab lettering suits a communal meal in a barn, and the heavy weight stays readable on a board lit by low evening light.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 700 by 400 mm board: set the greeting at 80 mm on one row, keep 28 mm of clear ground beneath before the time at 16 mm, and keep 32 mm of border so the serifs keep their clearance.
Pre-production check
Dark brown on a dark board loses contrast; check a painted sample before the sign is made.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Heavy western-style capitals with squared feet and pinched ornamental sides
- Foundry / creator
- Shakira Studio
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded — swashes & alternates open in Character Map (Windows) and Font Book (Mac)
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
Creator topic tags (50)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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