High-Contrast Display Serif
Kortax + Worldstar
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Kortax's clean modern geometry.
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Dense block capitals with squared bowls and sharply cut diagonal joins
Kortax
Kortax appears across a grid of red, cream and black poster examples, where thick compact capitals carry rounded-square counters, broad flat ends and sharp internal diagonal cuts, the O opens almost rectangular and the K and X add the strongest diagonal breaks.
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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 Kortax.
The blocks stay dense and compact, the counters square off, the ends flatten and the diagonals cut deep. That cut is the character: the face reads as a stencil without bridges, which is why the sample repeats it across a grid of poster sizes. The grid shows layouts rather than how the letters behave at small sizes, so test your own caption scale, keep 34 pt before the cuts merge and check the K and X in the words you actually need.
Dense block capitals with squared bowls and sharply cut diagonal joins
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Kortax with grounded secondary typography.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Kortax’s stroke geometry.
Label for a coffee roaster
The dense blocks give a bag weight, and the squared bowls hold a two-word name at 22 pt on a 65 by 95 mm bag, where the diagonal cuts stay crisp on kraft.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 65 by 95 mm kraft bag label: set the roaster name at 22 pt on one row, keep 11 mm of clear ground beneath before the origin at 7 pt, and keep one flat ink so the cuts do not fill.
Pre-production check
Deep cuts printed at 14 pt read as damage; check the plate proof and hold the name at 20 pt or above.
Poster grid for a design talk
The blocks set a modular poster, and the flat ends hold a two-word title at 56 pt inside a grid cell, where the squared counters keep the block dense.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the title at 56 pt on one row inside the upper cell, keep 22 mm of clear ground beneath before the speaker line at 14 pt, and keep the grid rules thinner than the letters.
Pre-production check
Grid rules as heavy as the letters flatten the hierarchy; check the proof and thin the rules.
Sign for a skate shop
The squared caps read on a street sign, and the heavy forms hold a two-word name at 54 mm on a painted panel, where the K diagonal gives the row its movement.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 600 by 300 mm panel: set the shop name at 54 mm on one row, keep 22 mm of clear ground beneath before the hours at 15 pt, and keep 24 mm of border so the flat ends stay whole.
Pre-production check
The diagonal cuts need a clean mask; check the artwork before the painter traces it freehand.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Dense block capitals with squared bowls and sharply cut diagonal joins
- Foundry / creator
- Pitchlook
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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