Neutral Sans Workhorse
Marmaid + Kohilo
Lets Marmaid own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Scale-filled outlined display
Marmaid
Marmaid is a rounded outlined display on an underwater scene: heavy caps drawn as a light face with a white contour, filled with fine scale patterns and small marine shapes, in a gradient of teal, lilac and coral against a photographed reef.
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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 accessSwashes/Tails
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Marmaid.
The word spans the plate and the face is a novelty alphabet: each capital is a light shape with a heavy contour, filled with scales and dotted with small shells and fish, so the word reads as a shoal at a glance. That construction sets a size floor, because the scales and the small creatures close when the letters shrink, and the plate sets the word large enough that each detail is visible. The reef behind it is staging, and it works because the contour separates the letters from the busy background. The two formats named beneath are product copy. Because the fill is busy and the palette is wide, the face suits a shirt or a poster rather than a small label, and the plate is honest about that by showing it at display size only.
Decorative, novelty, outlined, marine
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Marmaid with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Marmaid + Raffined
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Marmaid’s stroke geometry.
Shirt graphic for a pool party
A scale-filled display sets a swimming theme in the lettering, and the contour keeps the letters separate against any shirt colour.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 240 mm chest graphic: the greeting at 55 mm cap height, the year at 28 mm, and three inks on a light shirt. Keep the smallest detail at 4 mm and place the graphic 80 mm below the collar.
Pre-production check
Check the screen at actual mesh, where a 4 mm detail can fill; simplify the fill. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the contour stays closed after five cycles.
Sign for a pool party
A marine display reads at distance as colour, which suits a summer event where the sign is seen across a pool through splashing water.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 print: the greeting at 90 mm cap height, the details in a 20 mm sans, and the address at 10 mm. Keep 28 mm margins and print three colours on a light stock.
Pre-production check
Check the A2 at four metres, where the fill can merge into a gradient; keep the contour above 2 mm. Confirm the 10 mm address reads at arm's length and that the title clears the trim.
Label for a swim school
A themed display marks a swim school on a window, and the outlined letters stay legible over a busy poolside wall or a tiled interior.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Cut 700 by 300 mm vinyl: the name at 110 mm cap height, the hours in a 20 mm sans, and a 4 mm contour. Keep 22 mm margins, apply to a clean pane and simplify the scales before cutting.
Pre-production check
Check the cut at 110 mm, where a 4 mm contour can tear; widen it to 6 mm. Confirm the 20 mm hours read at two metres and that the fill survives the weeding step.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Scale-filled outlined display
- Foundry / creator
- mail.skygroup
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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