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Cowboy Zombie + Swaraga
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Tall Western slab capitals with inward midline notches and heavy angled strokes
Cowboy Zombie
Cowboy Zombie is a tall Western slab in which the serifs block wide, the midlines notch inward and the O closes to a narrow vertical slot, so a two-word title reads as a painted frontier board.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Fine grain and micro-texture excel in 300 DPI print, sublimation, and screen print rather than small vinyl weeding.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, DTF & Sublimation First
Recommended minimum scalePrint any scale · Vinyl 2.2 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 Cowboy Zombie.
The W spreads into heavy angled strokes, the M mirrors them under a shallow apex, the O pinches to a narrow slot and the R carries a thick leg under a squared bowl, all at a display weight with slabs that run wider than the stems. The notch at the midline is the character: it splits each tall letter into two stacked blocks, which is why the sample sets a title in two rows with a rule between them. The tall proportions mean a long word fills a narrow board, so the face reads from 8 pt but wants 40 mm or more on a painted sign. The sand ground, the rope border, the stars and the small caps line are presentation.
Western · Notched · Heavy
Two-font hierarchy recipes
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pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Cowboy Zombie with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Cowboy Zombie + Black Ink Brush
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 Zombie’s stroke geometry.
Sign for a rodeo weekend
The tall slabs read across an arena, and the notched midlines hold up at 90 mm on a painted board in two flat colours without the letters bleeding into one block.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 900 by 400 mm board: set the title at 90 mm on two rows, keep 30 mm between the rows so the notches stay separate, and set the dates in a 20 mm caps along the lower edge.
Pre-production check
Two rows of notched caps painted close merge into one block; check the board from ten metres and open the gap rather than lowering the letters.
Label for a smoked sauce
The frontier slabs carry a food label, and the heavy strokes stay solid at 26 pt on a 70 mm jar label with a plain subtitle.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 70 by 50 mm label: set the brand at 26 pt, set the flavour in a 8 pt caps beneath, and keep 6 mm from the die so the wide slabs are not clipped.
Pre-production check
Wide slabs run past a curved label edge; check the wrap and keep every serif 5 mm inside the visible panel.
Poster for a harvest supper
The Western weight suits a themed supper, and the condensed caps fill a narrow poster column at 70 mm with a plain time block beneath.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the title at 70 mm across the upper half, set the menu and times at 14 pt in a serif in the lower third, and keep 28 mm of border all round.
Pre-production check
A notched letter printed against a decorative border reads as damaged; check the poster and keep 25 mm of clear ground around the title block.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Tall Western slab capitals with inward midline notches and heavy angled strokes
- Foundry / creator
- WNIdesign
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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