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Groovy Pencil + Clyne Sans
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Rounded pencil-built capitals with pastel shafts and dark graphite ends
Groovy Pencil
Groovy Pencil turns swelling capitals into coloured pencils, where pink eraser-like tops and narrow yellow collars sit above pastel blue, yellow, peach and pink shafts, and small bows, flowers and school objects overlap some letters over ruled notebook lines.
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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 & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Groovy Pencil.
The bodies swell into pencil shapes, the shafts take pastel colours, the collars and erasers cap the tops and the graphite end each stem. That construction is the character: the word reads as a row of pencils rather than letters with a texture, which is why the sample sets it on ruled paper. The bows and school objects are decoration, so check whether colour changes per glyph, give the pencil ends clearance below each row and keep 44 pt. The graphite end is the detail that goes first: at 24 pt it turns into a dark smudge under each stem and the row reads as a fence, so keep 44 pt and clear 6 mm below each pencil.
Rounded pencil-built capitals with pastel shafts and dark graphite ends
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Groovy Pencil with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Groovy Pencil + Bulgary
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 Groovy Pencil’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a stationery notebook
The pencil letters suit a school book, and the swelling forms hold a two-word title at 48 pt on an A4 cover, where the pastel shafts stay distinct at that size.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 notebook cover: set the title at 48 pt on one row, keep 24 mm of clear ground beneath for the graphite ends, and keep the pastel tones light so the dark tips read.
Pre-production check
Colour may need to be applied manually; check whether the file ships coloured or as outlines.
Sign for an art classroom
The pencil forms read on a door, and the rounded bodies hold a short label at 52 mm on a printed plate, where the graphite ends stay visible at corridor distance.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 300 by 120 mm plate: set the label at 52 mm on one row, keep 20 mm of clear ground beneath for the tips, and keep 18 mm of margin for the fixings.
Pre-production check
Thin collars under 2 mm vanish when printed; check the artwork and keep the label at 44 mm or above on the plate.
Tag for a school-age party
The pencil shapes give a favour tag charm, and the swelling bodies hold a name at 28 pt on a 45 by 70 mm tag, where the eraser tops survive a die cut.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 45 by 70 mm tag: set the name at 28 pt on one row, keep 12 mm of clear ground beneath for the tips, and keep 7 mm to the punch hole so the tag holds.
Pre-production check
Pencil ends cut by the tag edge lose the joke; check the artwork and keep 12 mm of clear space.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Rounded pencil-built capitals with pastel shafts and dark graphite ends
- Foundry / creator
- Issie_Studio
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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