Neutral Sans Workhorse
David + Montreal
Lets David own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Heavy uppercase letters with rounded liquid drips hanging from the baseline
David
David shows glossy black capitals on a pale grey field, where broad D bowls and straight A, V and I strokes terminate in narrow hanging drops and further drips sit inside the D counters.
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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 David.
The weight stays heavy, the terminals turn into hanging drops, the bowl interiors carry their own drips and the gloss sits on top as a surface treatment. That liquid end is the character: the word looks poured rather than printed, which is why the sample keeps one short focal word on a plain ground. The gloss and shadows are not proof of intrinsic colour or three-dimensional font data, so confirm the real contours, keep 24 mm beneath the baseline for the drops and avoid setting a subtitle too close.
Heavy caps · Liquid drips · Glossy
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing David with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
David + Flowsky Editorial
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 David’s stroke geometry.
Poster title for a late-night event
The dripping caps set a horror-flavoured poster, and the heavy bowls carry at 56 pt on an A3 sheet, where the hanging drops give the title its menace.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A3 poster: set the title at 56 pt on one row, keep 24 mm of clear ground beneath for the hanging drops, and keep 22 mm of margin so the outer contours stay inside the trim.
Pre-production check
Drips printed at 30 pt read as smudges; check the proof and hold the title at 48 pt or above.
Label for a themed bar
The liquid lettering gives a bar label a theme, and the heavy strokes stay solid at 28 pt on a 55 mm panel, with the drops kept inside the border.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 55 by 45 mm label: set the name at 28 pt, keep 12 mm of clear ground beneath for the drops, and set the street at 6 pt in a plain caps at the foot.
Pre-production check
Hanging drops cut by the panel edge look like damage; check the artwork and keep 8 mm of clear panel.
Card for a costume party
The drips suit a costume card, and the rounded bowls keep a short phrase readable at 32 pt on an A6 sheet, where the drops read as costume rather than damage.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A6 card: set the phrase at 32 pt on one row, keep 20 mm of clear ground beneath for the drops, and set the date at 11 pt in a plain sans at the foot.
Pre-production check
Two dripping rows on one small card compete; check the card and keep the second line in a plain face.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Heavy uppercase letters with rounded liquid drips hanging from the baseline
- Foundry / creator
- Raholco
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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