Modern Grotesque Body
Longhorn + Sailors
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Longhorn headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Very condensed clean slab
Longhorn
Longhorn is a very condensed slab in white over a black-and-white portrait: narrow capitals with thick square slabs, clipped rectangular bowls and flat terminals, set as one word across the lower third, with two small tracked notes at the upper left and right.
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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 Longhorn.
The word sits low and wide across the image and the drawing is a very condensed slab: the bowls are rectangular and clipped, the serifs are thick and square, and the stems are heavy, so the face reads as a printed poster rather than as a sign. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the clipped bowls close quickly, and the plate sets the word large enough that each slab is visible. The black-and-white portrait behind it is staging, and the placement shows the word holding over a tonal photograph with plenty of detail. The two tracked notes at the top are plain caps that carry the studio and the style. Because the letters are narrow and heavy, the face fits a long name across a narrow cover and reads at distance on a poster.
Slab, condensed, clean, editorial
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Longhorn with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Longhorn + 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 Longhorn’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a photography title
A condensed slab fills a cover with one word, and the heavy slabs hold over a tonal photograph where a fine face would fail.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 90 mm cap height across 200 mm, the photographer in a 10 pt sans, and the imprint at 8 pt. Print one ink on a coated stock and keep 20 mm margins.
Pre-production check
Check the title at 90 mm, where a clipped bowl can fill on coated stock; proof it. Confirm the 8 pt imprint survives lamination and that the title clears the trim.
Poster for a rodeo
A condensed slab reads as a printed rodeo poster, and the narrow width fits a long event name in one row. A long event name fits one row without shrinking.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 poster: the event at 100 mm cap height, the dates in a 24 mm slab, and the gate at 11 mm. Keep 28 mm margins and print two colours on a light stock.
Pre-production check
Check the A2 at five metres, where a clipped bowl can read as broken; keep the clips consistent. Confirm the 11 mm gate reads at two metres and that the dates clear the block.
Fascia for a steakhouse
A condensed slab fits a long venue name on a narrow fascia, and the heavy serifs read under a light box at night. A fascia needs weight, not detail.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Fabricate a 1,000 by 320 mm sign: the venue at 120 mm cap height, the hours in a 22 mm slab, and a 4 mm rule. Keep 22 mm margins and specify an even backlight.
Pre-production check
Check the sign at 120 mm, where a clipped bowl can fill with light; keep it above 6 mm. Confirm the 22 mm hours read at three metres and that the rule clears the fixings.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Very condensed clean slab
- Foundry / creator
- Funtype Co.
- File formats mentioned
- OTF, TTF
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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