High-Contrast Display Serif
Fontuna Bold + Aureline
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Fontuna Bold's clean modern geometry.
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Extremely narrow high-contrast capitals with hairline arms and vertical oval bowls
Fontuna Bold
Fontuna Bold places white FONTUNA across a blue ocean photograph. Tall thick uprights meet very fine horizontal arms and diagonals; the O is a narrow vertical oval and the A has a tiny high opening, with a widely spaced bold lowercase line below.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Set Cricut or Silhouette operation to Pen, Foil Quill, or Laser Score — not Basic Blade Cut.
Plotter & output verdictPen, Foil & Score Only
Recommended minimum scale0.35 in+ pen height
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessPUA Encoded
Best surfaces & mediaFoil Quill Envelopes · Drawn Place Cards · Laser Score
Compatible design toolsCricut Design Space · Silhouette Studio · Canva Pro · Illustrator
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Fontuna Bold.
The uprights stay thick, the arms thin to hairlines, the bowls compress into vertical ovals and the counter openings close to slivers. That contrast is the character: the row reads as a tall engraved banner rather than a bold sans, which is why the sample sets it over water. The shield and palm are separate artwork, and despite the Bold name some strokes are exceptionally fine, so test on a flat dark field rather than a photograph, keep 34 pt and never place it over busy texture.
Extremely narrow high-contrast capitals with hairline arms and vertical oval bowls
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Fontuna Bold with grounded secondary typography.
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Fontuna Bold + Honey
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Fontuna Bold’s stroke geometry.
Label for a cold-press juice
The narrow hairlines give a bottle an engraved look, and the tall uprights hold a short brand at 22 pt on a 55 by 60 mm panel, where the sliver counters stay open on glass.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 55 by 60 mm bottle label: set the brand at 22 pt in one row, keep 10 mm of clear ground beneath before the volume at 6 pt, and print white on a dark tint rather than a photograph.
Pre-production check
Hairline arms printed at 0.4 mm disappear on wet-strength paper; ask for a proof and hold the brand at 20 pt or above.
Title for a maritime feature
The vertical ovals suit a nautical title, and the fine arms hold a four-letter word at 64 pt across a magazine page, where the narrow silhouettes leave air between columns.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 mm page: set the title at 64 pt on one row, keep 24 mm of clear ground beneath before the deck at 11 pt, and keep the leading copy on flat stock so the arms stay sharp.
Pre-production check
A photo behind the title eats the hairlines; check the page proof and move any image below the title block.
Front of a coastal invitation
The tall narrow letters give a seaside invitation poise, and the compressed bowls hold a surname at 28 pt on a heavy card, where the hairline joints stay crisp in letterpress.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Letterpress a 105 by 148 mm card: set the surname at 28 pt on one row, keep 18 mm of clear ground beneath for the date, and keep the impression shallow so the fine arms do not bite through.
Pre-production check
Deep impression closes the tiny A opening; check one card and ask for a light impression on the fine strokes.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Extremely narrow high-contrast capitals with hairline arms and vertical oval bowls
- Foundry / creator
- NREY
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded — swashes & alternates open in Character Map (Windows) and Font Book (Mac)
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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