Modern Grotesque Body
Handmade + Bareum
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Handmade headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Bold slab serif with a cracked fill and a matching outline style
Handmade
Handmade Blackcraft is a bold slab serif that ships solid and outlined, in which the solid cut carries a cracked fill and the outline keeps the same square serifs, so a word can be dense or drawn as a contour.
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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 Handmade.
The H sets two wide stems with a heavy bar, the A carries a low crossbar, the N keeps two stems and a thick diagonal, the D fills its counter and the E stacks three arms, all at a bold slab weight with square serifs; the outline cut follows the same contour at a constant width. The two cuts are the character: the sample stacks solid above outline in one card, which lets a short word carry weight without a second colour. Both cuts hold from 28 pt upward, and the textured fill needs a smooth sheet to stay readable. The rounded frame, the three sample lines and the small caption are presentation; the black and outlined words are the face.
Slab · Textured · Outline
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Handmade with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Handmade + Gita Lian
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 Handmade’s stroke geometry.
Label for a small leather workshop
The solid and outline cuts give a label a hierarchy in one ink, and the bold slabs hold a maker's name at 20 pt on kraft.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 70 by 45 mm label: set the shop name at 20 pt in the solid cut, set the product line at 12 pt in the outline cut beneath, and keep 5 mm from the die so the square serifs stay whole.
Pre-production check
An outline at 12 pt on a kraft label closes up; check the printed label and keep the outline line at 1 mm or wider.
Sign for a craft fair booth
The slab weight reads across an aisle, and the paired cuts let one board carry a title and a subtitle at 90 mm and 40 mm.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 board: set the title at 90 mm in the solid cut, set the subtitle at 40 mm in the outline cut beneath, and keep 30 mm of clear ground between the two blocks.
Pre-production check
A textured fill printed beside an outline looks inconsistent at distance; check the board and keep the texture off the subtitle.
Section head for a design feature
The bold slab holds a section head, and the outline cut gives the running theme a lighter second line at 64 pt and 40 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 spread: set the section head at 64 pt in the solid cut, set the question line at 40 pt in the outline cut beneath, and keep 16 mm of clearance above the body copy.
Pre-production check
An outlined line printed over body text looks crowded; check the proof and keep 16 mm of clear space under it.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Bold slab serif with a cracked fill and a matching outline style
- Foundry / creator
- BlackCraft
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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