Modern Grotesque Body
Olivia Serif + Bargain Condensed
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Olivia Serif headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Elegant feminine serif
Olivia Serif
Olivia Serif is an elegant serif in black on warm cream: high contrast, bracketed serifs, a large x-height and round bowls, set in title case on one line with a smaller serif line beneath, two tracked caps lines under that, and a fine ornamental frame with fleurons at the corners.
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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 Olivia Serif.
The word is set in title case rather than caps, which is the honest way to show a serif bought for headings and titles: the lowercase is where a reader judges the bowls and the shoulder, and the plate sets them large enough that the contrast is visible. The drawing is a transitional serif with bracketed serifs, a large x-height and round bowls, so the face reads as warm rather than severe, and the smaller line beneath shows the same skeleton at text size. The ornamental frame and the corner fleurons are period furniture, and the two tracked caps lines name the product in a plain face so they do not compete. Because the contrast is moderate, the face works at both display and text sizes, and the cream ground keeps the black warm.
Serif, elegant, feminine, warm
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Olivia Serif with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Olivia Serif + Wishful Women
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 Olivia Serif’s stroke geometry.
Invitation for a garden wedding
A warm serif at moderate contrast suits a daytime wedding, and the round bowls keep long detail lines readable on a card.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A5 invitation: the names at 24 pt, the request at 10 pt with 14.5 pt leading, and the date at 9 pt caps. Keep 22 mm margins and print one ink on a cream card so the bracketed serifs stay soft.
Pre-production check
Check the 10 pt request on uncoated card, where a bracketed serif can fill; test one sheet on the stock. Confirm the names read at arm's length and that the date clears the trim by 10 mm.
Label for a soap maker
A warm serif reads as a hand-made product, and the large x-height keeps a short ingredient list legible on a small wrap label.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 55 by 80 mm label: the brand at 14 pt, the scent in a 7.5 pt serif, and the weight at 6 pt. Keep 4 mm inside the die and print one ink on a cream stock.
Pre-production check
Check the 14 pt brand on a curved bar, where the outer letters distort; reduce the width. Confirm the 6 pt weight reads on the shelf and that the ink holds on a paper wrap.
Cover for a memoir
An elegant serif in title case gives a personal book a warm cover, and the moderate contrast survives a matte laminate where a didone would glare.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 70 mm cap height across 190 mm, the subtitle in a 12 pt serif, and the author at 9 pt. Print one ink on a cream stock and keep the ornamental frame inside the trim.
Pre-production check
Check the title at thumbnail size, where round bowls can clot; open the spacing. Confirm the 9 pt author survives lamination and that the frame clears the trim by 12 mm.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Elegant feminine serif
- Foundry / creator
- Wow Magic
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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