Modern Grotesque Body
Liberty Nation + Montreal
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Liberty Nation headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Vintage patriotic slab
Liberty Nation
Liberty Nation is a vintage slab in black on a cream plate with red stripes: heavy caps with bracketed serifs, a swollen waist and closed counters, set on two lines inside a double rule with stars, a ribbon beneath naming the category and a second ribbon under that.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Cut solid base, outline, and shadow layers in separate vinyl colors and align on registration marks.
Plotter & output verdictMulti-Layer Stack Ready
Recommended minimum scale1.25 in+ stacked 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 Liberty Nation.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is a heavy slab: the bracketed serifs widen the letters, the waist swells, and the counters close up, which gives the block the weight of a printed placard. The plate does the rest with period furniture — a double rule frame, a row of stars, red stripes at the sides and two ribbons with tracked caps — which is exactly how a mid-century notice would have been assembled. Because the letters are heavy, the face works at sign scale and on apparel, and the specimen sets it large enough that the serifs read as shapes rather than as detail. The palette is two inks on cream, which keeps the composition controlled.
Western, slab, bold, vintage
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Liberty Nation with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Liberty Nation + 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 Liberty Nation’s stroke geometry.
Sign for an American diner
A heavy slab reads as a painted placard, and the closed counters hold at fascia scale where a lighter serif would soften into the background.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 1,400 by 400 mm fascia: the name at 130 mm cap height, the menu line in a 26 mm slab, and a 6 mm rule. Keep 30 mm margins and paint two colours on a light board.
Pre-production check
Check the fascia at 130 mm, where a closed counter can fill with paint; keep them above 6 mm. Confirm the 26 mm menu line reads at four metres and that the rule clears the fixings.
Poster for a summer fair
A patriotic slab sets a fair poster in one line, and the frame furniture from the family lets it read as a printed bill rather than a flyer.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 portrait: the fair at 120 mm cap height, the dates in a 26 mm slab, and the venue at 12 mm. Keep 30 mm margins and print two colours on a cream ground with the stars above.
Pre-production check
Check the poster at five metres, where the stars can crowd the letters; keep a clear zone above the block. Confirm the 12 mm venue reads at three metres and that the ribbons clear the trim.
Cover for a mid-century history
A heavy slab frames a period history as a printed placard, and the two-colour print keeps a cover affordable while the frame supplies the ornament.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 90 mm cap height across 210 mm, the subtitle in a 12 pt slab, and the author at 9 pt. Print two colours on a cream stock and keep the stars as the only decoration.
Pre-production check
Check the title at thumbnail size, where the closed counters can clot; open the spacing slightly. Confirm the 9 pt author survives lamination and that the title clears the trim by 12 mm.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Vintage patriotic slab
- Foundry / creator
- Bundle
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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