High-Contrast Display Serif
Oldstone + Medvilea Editorial
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Oldstone's clean modern geometry.
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Bubbly fat display sans
Oldstone
Retro Groove is a bubbly fat display in pink on magenta: stacked rounded letters with heavy strokes, tiny counters and an outline treatment, repeated three times in a fading stack, with a tracked caption above and below, so the plate reads as a seventies sticker.
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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 & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
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 Oldstone.
The specimen stacks the same phrase three times at decreasing opacity, which is a period device and also a fair demonstration: the front copy shows the solid construction, the middle shows the outline, and the back copy shows the face at a smaller size. The drawing is a fat rounded sans: the strokes are heavy, the corners are soft, and the counters are small slits, which is what gives the letters their bubble quality. The weight means the face holds at sticker and poster size but not at text size, and the specimen sets it large only. The palette is two pinks on magenta, and the captions above and below are tracked caps in a small grotesque, which is the language of a craft product rather than a type specimen.
Bubbly, fat, retro, playful
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Oldstone with grounded secondary typography.
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Oldstone + Hailey
Introduces organic movement on pull-quotes, signatures and gift tags.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Oldstone’s stroke geometry.
Banner for a retro party
A bubbly retro face reads as a period party banner, and the fat strokes hold on fabric where an outlined display would break up.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print 800 by 400 mm: the name at 120 mm x-height, the age at 45 mm, and a 6 mm border. Keep 25 mm margins and print three flat colours on a light ground so the stacked effect reads.
Pre-production check
Check the banner at four metres, where the small counters can close into blots; use the open variant. Confirm the 45 mm age reads at three metres and that the stack does not crowd the border.
Sticker for a skate shop
A bubbly display works as a sticker because the fat silhouette cuts cleanly, and the period look gives a shop a recognisable house style.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Die-cut a 60 mm sticker: the phrase at 12 pt, the shop in a 5 pt sans, and 2.5 mm clear to the die. Keep the smallest counter at 4 mm and print two colours on a white vinyl stock.
Pre-production check
Check the die cut at 60 mm, where a small counter can close; enlarge it. Confirm the sticker adheres to a deck and that the outline holds after handling.
Poster for a retro pool party
A bubbly face sets a summer mood at a glance, and the flat colours keep a short-run poster affordable, which matters for a one-night event that will not be reprinted.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 portrait: the event at 140 mm x-height, the date at 30 mm, and a 5 mm rule. Keep 30 mm margins and print three flat colours on a light ground, keeping the stack to two layers so the text stays legible.
Pre-production check
Check the poster at five metres, where three stacked layers can become mush; drop to two. Confirm the 30 mm date reads at three metres and that the rule aligns to the baseline.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Bubbly fat display sans
- Foundry / creator
- Graphicfresh
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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