High-Contrast Display Serif
Graphite + Vanielst Elegant Serif Display Stylistic
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Graphite's clean modern geometry.
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Low wide mixed case with flattened bowls and a long horizontal t bar
Graphite
Graphite is a wide geometric sans with flattened bowls and a very long horizontal t bar, set here in warm beige on charcoal so the letterforms do the talking and the page stays quiet.
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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 Graphite.
The name is set in one line of mixed case, the counters almost circular, the joints flattened where a curve meets a stem and the t carrying its bar far out to the right. Strokes stay even with no contrast, terminals cut horizontally, and the lowercase rises to a tall x-height so a word looks wide and calm rather than heavy. Under it the words REGULAR AND ITALIC sit in widely tracked capitals, and fine corner notes credit the designer, the publisher and the year. The sample is a type specimen cover rather than a poster, and it shows the face working the way a modern sans has to work: quietly, at a range of sizes, with the italic slanting far enough to read as a separate voice.
Low wide mixed case with flattened bowls and a long horizontal t bar
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Graphite with grounded secondary typography.
Hand-Lettered Accent Voice
Graphite + Handwritten
Introduces organic movement on pull-quotes, signatures and gift tags.
Inspect Handwritten specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Graphite’s stroke geometry.
Wordmark for a design practice
The even strokes read cleanly at a small size on stationery, and the wide proportions give a two-word practice name a calm, modern mark.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 55 by 90 mm business card: set the name at 14 pt on one row, keep 7 mm of clear ground beneath before the contact line at 6 pt, and keep 6 mm of margin so the wide bowls are not clipped.
Pre-production check
The long t bar crowds the next letter; check the tracking in your own wording before the card run.
Running head for a small magazine
A quiet wide sans sits under a feature title without competing, and the flat terminals hold up in the small size a running head is printed at.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 148 by 210 mm page: set the running head at 10 pt with 3 mm of space above the text block, keep 12 mm of clear ground beneath the head before the first line at 9 pt, and keep 14 mm of margin at the outer edge.
Pre-production check
The italic slants hard; check the pairings before italicising a whole contents line of the magazine.
Heading for a course handbook
A neutral geometric sans keeps a long handbook title tidy, and the wide caps stay legible on a cover read across a table.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 handbook cover: set the heading at 40 pt across two rows, keep 16 mm of clear ground beneath before the term at 12 pt, and keep 18 mm of margin from the trim edge.
Pre-production check
Wide settings eat line length; check the longest course title at final size before the print run.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Low wide mixed case with flattened bowls and a long horizontal t bar
- Foundry / creator
- Zafara Studios
- Alternates & swashes
- Stylistic alternates or swashes mentioned
- Language support
- Multilingual character support stated by creator
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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