High-Contrast Display Serif
Orstavic + Mewah
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Orstavic's clean modern geometry.
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Extremely tall narrow family
Orstavic
Orstavic is an extremely tall narrow sans on black: mixed case with long oval bowls, a rectangular i dot and a very narrow fit, set as one line with a red line beneath that names the cuts, and a small credits row along the foot that names the designer and the studio.
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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 & structureMulti-Style (Italic, Condensed)
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 Orstavic.
The plate is a font overview rather than a poster, and the credits row along the foot is the giveaway: the sheet is page one of a specimen, and it presents the family with one line in each style. The drawing is an extremely narrow sans with long oval bowls, so the face reads as an editorial condensed family rather than as a display face, and the rectangular i dot is the small detail that keeps it from looking anonymous. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the oval bowls close first. The red line beneath is product copy naming the included cuts, and the corner marks are page furniture. It suits a masthead, a menu and a report where a long word has to hold a narrow measure.
Sans serif, condensed, tall, editorial
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Orstavic with grounded secondary typography.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Orstavic’s stroke geometry.
Masthead for a culture title
An extremely narrow masthead fits a long title on a portrait cover, and the family covers the cover lines without a second face.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the masthead at 120 mm cap height across 130 mm, the cover lines in the regular at 8.5 pt, and the issue at 7 pt. Print one ink on a coated stock and keep 18 mm margins.
Pre-production check
Check the masthead at 120 mm, where an oval bowl can fill; keep it above 0.4 mm. Confirm the 8.5 pt cover lines read at arm's length and that the issue survives lamination.
Sign for a gallery
A narrow family fits a long gallery name on a deep blade, which suits a narrow frontage with no room for a wide mark. The narrow fit suits a blade.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Fabricate a 300 by 900 mm blade: the gallery at 200 mm cap height, the floor in a 16 mm sans, and a 3 mm return. Keep 18 mm margins and specify a matte powder coat.
Pre-production check
Check the blade at 200 mm, where a bowl can vanish in metal; open it. Confirm the 16 mm floor reads at two metres and that the blade clears the pavement line.
Menu for a formal dinner
A narrow face keeps a long dish name on one line, and the family's italic can set the courses apart. It keeps a dish on one line.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A5 menu: the courses in the italic at 11 pt, the dishes in the regular at 10 pt, and the date at 8 pt. Keep 20 mm margins and print one ink on a heavy cream card.
Pre-production check
Check the 10 pt dishes at arm's length, where an oval bowl can close; keep the size at 10 pt or above. Confirm the courses read at table distance and that the card folds flat.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Extremely tall narrow family
- Foundry / creator
- Zafara Studios
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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