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Cupcake Handmade Duo + Amor Hadena
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Tall rounded sans with fine extended script
Cupcake Handmade Duo
Cupcake Handmade Duo places tall narrow rounded letters in pale pink behind a smaller connected script line in black, twice on one cover, where the script carries long outer tails and looped k and h forms while a balloon pair, a cupcake drawing and an update badge sit in the corners.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Weld or Unite overlapping script joins into one continuous vector path before sending to the blade.
Plotter & output verdictWeld Joins Before Cutting
Recommended minimum scale1.10 in+ x-height on vinyl
Character set & structureMatched Font Duo
OpenType & PUA accessPUA Encoded · Swashes/Tails · Ligatures
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsCricut Design Space · Silhouette Studio · Canva Pro · Illustrator
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Cupcake Handmade Duo.
The caps stay tall and narrow, the script stays compact and continuous, the loops open large and the tails run wide past the caps on both sides. That size gap is the character, because the script sits inside the cap row rather than under it. The balloons, the cupcake and the badge are separate sample elements, so do not count them as part of the type. Keep 34 pt for the caps and 16 pt for the script, and check the k and h loops against your margins before locking the lockup.
Tall · Rounded · Paired
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Cupcake Handmade Duo’s stroke geometry.
Card for a cupcake party
The tall caps give a small card a party headline and the compact script fits a name inside the cap row, which saves vertical space on a card that is mostly illustration.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 105 by 148 mm card: set the greeting in the caps at 36 pt on one row, set the name in the script at 15 pt across the middle of the caps, keep 18 mm of clear ground beneath, and keep 14 mm of margin.
Pre-production check
The script crossing the caps needs contrast; check the printed card and keep the script one solid colour.
Label for a cake studio
The narrow caps suit a tall jar label and the script supplies the handmade note without a second pairing decision for the buyer.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 55 by 90 mm jar label: set the studio name in the caps at 26 pt across two rows, set the word cakes in the script at 12 pt across the join, and keep 6 mm to the die edge for the tails.
Pre-production check
The looped k collides with the next stem; check the artwork and loosen the tracking by 20 units.
Tag for a dessert table
The narrow caps read on a small tent card and the script adds a name, which is all a dessert label needs to say at a table.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 90 mm tent card: set the item in the caps at 20 pt on one row, set the greeting in the script at 12 pt beneath with 8 mm of clear ground, and keep 7 mm of margin at each side.
Pre-production check
The advertised update badge suggests later additions; check the file version before promising alternates.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Duo · Tall rounded sans with fine extended script
- Foundry / creator
- DN Creative
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded — swashes & alternates open in Character Map (Windows) and Font Book (Mac)
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
- Ligatures
- Ligatures mentioned in designer listing
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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