Modern Grotesque Body
Funky Pickle + Corven
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Funky Pickle headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Retro display serif with bulbous terminals and rounded flair
Funky Pickle
Funky Pickle is a retro display serif in which the stems swell, the terminals turn into bulbs and the arms curl, so a two-word title reads as a 1970s record sleeve rather than as a modern serif.
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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 accessStylistic Alternates
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Funky Pickle.
The F curls its arm into a bulb, the u drops a round tail, the n keeps a soft shoulder, the k turns two fat diagonals, the y swells into a hooked descender and the e closes a heavy eye, all at a moderate weight with bulbous serifs and a warm, irregular rhythm. The bulb terminals are the character: they carry the period feel without any gradient or shadow, which is why the sample sets two words in one flat colour on a pale ground. Because the strokes are round, the face holds at 26 pt and cuts cleanly, and it prints happily on a screen. The pale ground, the small arc of caps above, the tiny hearts and the caption below are presentation; the dark display words are the face.
Retro · Bulbous · 70s
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Funky Pickle with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Funky Pickle + Simple Alphabet
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 Funky Pickle’s stroke geometry.
Card for a seventies-themed party
The bulb serifs carry the period in one colour, and the warm rhythm keeps a short invitation readable at 30 pt on matte card.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A6 card: set the party title at 30 pt on two lines, set the date in a 10 pt rounded sans beneath, and keep 12 mm of margin so the swollen descenders are inside the trim.
Pre-production check
Bulb terminals at the trim look trimmed off; check the card and keep every terminal 8 mm inside the edge.
Label for a pickle and preserve brand
The retro serif suits a small pickle and preserve producer, and the bulb terminals stay solid on a printed jar label at 22 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 45 mm jar label: set the product word at 22 pt, set the weight in a 7 pt sans beneath, and keep 5 mm from the die so the round terminals are not clipped.
Pre-production check
A bulb terminal near a die edge reads as a misprint; check the label and centre the word rather than tracking it wide.
Section head for a music feature
The period serif gives a music feature a warm section head, and the bulbous weight keeps its edge against a photograph at 64 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 spread: set the section head at 64 pt over the quieter part of the image, set the standfirst in a 10 pt sans beneath, and keep 18 mm of clearance around the word.
Pre-production check
Bulb serifs over a busy photograph disappear at the edges; check the proof and move the head onto the flat area of the image.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Retro display serif with bulbous terminals and rounded flair
- Foundry / creator
- Damai (7NTypes)
- Alternates & swashes
- Stylistic alternates or swashes mentioned
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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