Modern Grotesque Body
Kingstone + Borsen
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Kingstone headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Dark rounded serif lettering with a curled g and pointed K joins
Kingstone
Kingstone sets one black title-case word on a lightly mottled cream ground, where substantial stems sit beside thinner joins, the K carries a long diagonal leg and the g closes a rounded bowl above a low loop.
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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 Kingstone.
The weight shifts inside a letter, the joins turn a little pointed, the g loops low and the s curls inward at its ending. The compact silhouette is the character: the name keeps all its decoration inside a short horizontal box, which is why it sits as a single line rather than a stacked title. Because the thinner joins thin out further in print, keep 26 pt as a working floor and inspect the actual contour before adding a shadow or an outline of your own.
Rounded serif · Compact · Pointed joins
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Kingstone with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Kingstone + Montana
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 Kingstone’s stroke geometry.
Wordmark for a leather workshop
The compact rounded serif keeps a workshop mark solid, and the pointed joins give the name a tooled edge at 24 pt that survives a single-colour print.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an 85 by 55 mm card: set the wordmark at 24 pt on one line, keep 12 mm of clear ground on both sides, and set the address at 7 pt in small caps along the lower edge.
Pre-production check
A pointed join printed at 18 pt fills in on uncoated card; check the proof and hold the wordmark at 22 pt or above.
Card for a formal thank-you
The heavy rounded serif gives a note card weight without ornament, and the low g loop keeps a short line readable at 22 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A6 card: set the thank-you line at 22 pt, keep 12 mm of clear ground beneath for the g loop, and leave the lower half blank for a handwritten message in ink.
Pre-production check
A single heavy line on a blank card can look bottom-light; check the sheet and set the line just above the optical centre.
Sign for a farm shop
The compact capitals read at a doorway, and the rounded bowls hold a shop name at 46 pt on a painted board in one colour.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 450 by 220 mm board: set the shop name at 46 pt in title case, keep 20 mm of border all round, and set the opening hours at 13 pt on a plain band beneath the name.
Pre-production check
Two thin-and-thick shifts in one word can look uneven at distance; check the mounted sign and keep one size for the whole name.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Dark rounded serif lettering with a curled g and pointed K joins
- Foundry / creator
- Umitype
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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