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Inkdust + Auretha
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Narrow distressed capitals with broken interiors and ragged edges
Inkdust
Inkdust is a narrow distressed sans in which the stems stay tall, the bowls stay simple and heavy erosion breaks the fill with white gaps and ragged edges, so a single name reads as paint worn off a shipping crate.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Fine grain and micro-texture excel in 300 DPI print, sublimation, and screen print rather than small vinyl weeding.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, DTF & Sublimation First
Recommended minimum scalePrint any scale · Vinyl 2.2 in+
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 Inkdust.
The K cracks through its junction, the S loses parts of its spine, the U and D keep rounded interiors under the wear and the edges break into flecks rather than a smooth outline. The depth of the erosion is the character: it is heavier than most distressed faces, which is why the sample sets one large word on a pale textured ground. Because the breaks are pronounced, the face wants 40 pt before the letters stay readable and it is best printed rather than cut small in vinyl, where the gaps close. The forest texture behind the title is artwork; the black eroded capitals are the face.
Industrial · Distressed · Narrow
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Inkdust’s stroke geometry.
Sign for a farm supply yard
The heavy erosion suits a working yard, and the tall narrow caps stay readable at 80 mm on a 600 mm painted steel plate.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 600 by 250 mm plate: set the name at 80 mm, keep the ragged edges as drawn rather than painting them smooth, and keep 25 mm of border all round.
Pre-production check
Painting over the ragged edges with a second coat fills the gaps; check the plate and keep the wear at 2 mm or wider.
Feature title for a maker story
The worn sans sets the tone of a workshop feature, and the narrow forms fit a four-word title at 44 pt across a printed column.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 mm page: set the title at 44 pt across two lines, set the standfirst at 11 pt in a serif beneath with 12 mm of clear ground, and keep the title on a plain band.
Pre-production check
Eroded caps printed against a texture look like dirt; check the spread and keep 10 mm of clean ground around the block.
Label for a tool range
The industrial weight carries a product label, and the narrow caps stay solid at 20 pt on a 50 mm panel printed in one flat ink.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 50 by 70 mm panel: set the range name at 20 pt, set the size code in a 7 pt mono beneath, and keep 5 mm from the die so the ragged edges are not trimmed.
Pre-production check
Ragged edges printed at 14 pt read as a dirty plate; check the proof and keep the name at 18 pt or above.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Narrow distressed capitals with broken interiors and ragged edges
- Foundry / creator
- Typia Nesia
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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