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New Year + Bielchon
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath New Year headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Tall hand-drawn rounded playful slab serif
New Year
New Year (by Letterayu) is a clean, hand-drawn uppercase slab serif with softly rounded terminal balls and cheerful, easy-cutting proportions.
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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 & mediaClassroom Decor · Die-Cut Stickers · Party Banners
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
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Letterform structure
of New Year.
New Year is a hand-drawn uppercase slab serif with softly rounded terminal balls, tall narrow capitals and easy-cutting proportions that read as a cheerful poster rather than a stern headline. The drawing shows in the inked curves, so the face keeps warmth at large sizes, and the narrow forms fit a long word in a single column. It needs roughly 28 mm for the rounded terminal balls to read, and it is best in charcoal on a pale ground or in one colour on kraft.
Friendly · Hand-drawn · Clean-slab
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pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing New Year with grounded secondary typography.
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New Year + Brittany Signature
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blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to New Year’s stroke geometry.
New-year party poster, countdown sign and confetti-cone label
Cheerful hand-drawn slabs read as a hand-painted celebration, which is what a New Year party prints for a small venue. The narrow capitals stack a long greeting in one column beside a doorway, and one ink on a bright sheet keeps the print cheap for a single night.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Poster A2, word 260 mm, times 22/28 pt, 30 mm margins and 20 mm trim. Sign 600 x 400 mm, word 120 mm, 40 mm margins and 20 mm frame clearance. Label 60 x 90 mm, word 14 mm, 4 mm die margin.
Pre-production check
A midnight event is lit by coloured spots and a charcoal word on a pale ground shifts colour under coloured light. Add a white keyline so the contrast survives, and check one poster taped up under the venue lighting.
New-year assembly banner, resolution worksheet and certificate
Friendly slabs read as a school display rather than a corporate notice, which is what a January assembly wall needs. The narrow capitals fit a long year heading on a fixed board, and the rounded terminals keep the face legible in a photocopied worksheet.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Banner 1500 x 400 mm, word 250 mm, 100 mm margins and eyelets every 500 mm. Worksheet A4, header 22 pt, body 11/15 pt, ruled lines 8 mm apart. Certificate A4, title 20 mm, name 14 mm, 20 mm margins.
Pre-production check
A copier at 300 dpi renders a rounded terminal ball at 22 pt with visible steps and the header looks chewed. Print worksheets from vector PDF at 600 dpi, and check one copy on the classroom machine first.
New-year-eve birthday invite, table sign and cake topper
Celebratory slabs read as a party that happens once a year, which suits a birthday that falls on the last night of December. The narrow forms cut as a 45 mm topper with bridges that hold, and the hand-drawn curves give the invite warmth without a script.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Invite A6, word 40 mm, details 8/11 pt, 12 mm margins. Table sign 105 x 148 mm, word 24 mm, name 9 mm. Topper 130 x 110 mm, word 45 mm with 8 mm slot and 10 mm clear.
Pre-production check
A laser-cut topper at 45 mm drops the rounded terminal balls and the word reads as a plain slab with chopped ends. Keep the topper at 55 mm or use the solid caps from a print, and cut one prototype before the party.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Tall hand-drawn rounded playful slab serif
- Foundry / creator
- Letterayu
Creator topic tags (25)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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