High-Contrast Display Serif
Naughty Holiday + Resquel
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Naughty Holiday's clean modern geometry.
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Brush script paired with textured display
Naughty Holiday
Naughty Holiday is a festive pair: a hand-painted red brush script with a fat entry swash, set above a distressed white display in heavy caps, with a thin italic script and a tracked credit line beneath, so the sheet shows two faces working as a headline and a counterweight.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Fine grain and micro-texture excel in 300 DPI print, sublimation, and screen print rather than small vinyl weeding.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, DTF & Sublimation First
Recommended minimum scalePrint any scale · Vinyl 2.2 in+
Character set & structureMatched Font Duo
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Naughty Holiday.
The script is painted rather than drawn: the strokes swell and thin as a loaded brush would, the entry swash on the first letter runs a long way to the left, and the terminals taper into points. Under it, the display is a condensed grotesque that has been weathered, with chips along the edges and speckles inside the strokes, and the two faces contrast hard, which is the point of the pairing. The specimen layers them tightly so the script overlaps the display's top line, a device that only works because both are heavy. Snowflake ornaments and a photo of a dark interior with a tree sit behind the lockup, and the two small lines at the foot, an italic script and a tracked sans, explain what a buyer is getting without adding a third voice to the design.
Festive, brush, textured, paired
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Naughty Holiday with grounded secondary typography.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Naughty Holiday’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a shop's festive window
A painted script over a weathered display gives a seasonal window the handmade feel of a chalked sign, and the contrast between the two faces does the work that a second decoration would otherwise have to do.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 portrait: the script at 90 mm cap height, the display beneath at 110 mm, the opening hours in a 16 mm sans at the foot. Keep the overlap to 6 mm so the script stays readable and print red, white and one dark ground on a matte stock.
Pre-production check
Check the overlap at full size, where the script's tail can cut into the display's counters; keep 10 mm of clear space under the swash. Confirm the 16 mm hours read at three metres and that the weathered chips do not close the display's counters.
Card for a December gift range
A brush script brings a handmade warmth to a seasonal card, and the weathered display underneath keeps the phrase from looking like a wedding invitation in the wrong season.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A6 card: the script at 30 pt, the display at 26 pt, the price in a 9 pt sans. Keep 12 mm margins and print on a cream card so the red script reads as paint rather than as ink.
Pre-production check
Check the 30 pt script on the card, where the swash can run into the trim; pull the lockup 5 mm to the right. Confirm the 9 pt price keeps a 4.5:1 contrast and that the two faces still contrast at half size on a phone screen.
Cover for a winter catalogue
A script and a weathered display give a catalogue a seasonal cover that reads as a handmade shop rather than as a corporate mailer, which is exactly the tone a small retailer needs.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A4 cover: the script at 60 pt, the display at 70 pt, the issue line in a 10 pt sans, and a 5 mm rule. Keep the lockup in the upper half and leave the lower half for one photograph.
Pre-production check
Check the cover at 60 pt on the press, where the script's thin joins can break; print at 300 dpi and proof. Confirm the 10 pt issue line reads at arm's length and that the lockup holds at thumbnail size in an email.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Duo · Brush script paired with textured display
- Foundry / creator
- Eystore
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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