Neutral Sans Workhorse
Deathvale + Saltriver Grotesk
Lets Deathvale own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Slender blackletter with an arched D and curled a terminals
Deathvale
Deathvale is a narrow gothic blackletter with tall ascenders, needle-sharp spurs and a silver fill, drawn to sit inside a dark arch like a name carved over a door.
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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 Deathvale.
Deathvale spans the frame in a pale silver-grey against a dark stone arch, and the letters are tall and slim with long ascenders that rise well above the x-height and spurs that taper to points. The fill carries a metallic grain, so the word looks cast rather than printed, and a fine ornamental frame of corner curls holds the composition at the edges. A single spaced caption sits beneath the word on a hairline rule. The drawing is disciplined: the stems are all the same weight, the shoulders curl the same way, and the only variation is in the ascenders, which is why the word reads as one line of lettering rather than as a collection of decorated shapes. It is a cover and poster blackletter for horror, fantasy and metal, and its thin points mean it needs a large size and a clean print.
Slender blackletter with an arched D and curled a terminals
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Deathvale with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Deathvale + Aureline
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 Deathvale’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a midnight horror screening
The narrow gothic line sets the hour's mood, and the pale fill holds against a dark arch where a heavy white face would glare and flatten the stone.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the film title at 110 pt across one row, keep 32 mm of clear ground beneath before the door time at 13 pt, and hold 26 mm of margin so the needle points stay clear of the trim.
Pre-production check
Points and hairlines break on textured stock; print one poster on the intended paper and check the sharpest point.
Cover for a gothic horror collection
The lettering tells a reader what the book is before the subtitle, and the narrow forms fit a long collection title into a paperback trim.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 135 by 216 mm cover: set the title at 54 pt across two rows, keep 22 mm of clear ground beneath before the editor at 10 pt, and hold 16 mm from the lowest spur to the bottom trim.
Pre-production check
Metallic fills band on uncoated covers; print one cover on the real stock and check the grain before the run.
Label for a dark spiced liqueur
The carved tone gives a bottle a gothic identity, and the narrow letters fit a long house name on a wrap label without shrinking.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 110 mm label: set the house name at 20 pt on one row, keep 8 mm of clear ground beneath before the strength at 4.5 pt, and hold 6 mm from the points to the die line.
Pre-production check
Pale ink on dark labels needs an opaque underprint; print one label in the real process and check the contrast first.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Slender blackletter with an arched D and curled a terminals
- Foundry / creator
- T.D. House
- File formats mentioned
- OTF
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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