Modern Grotesque Body
Peony + Swaraga
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Peony headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Broad high-contrast serif
Peony
Peony is a broad high-contrast serif in white over a portrait with a pale peony: wide capitals with hairline joins, gently curved serif ends and a wide O, set as one word across the plate with a small line at the top and a shield badge at the lower right.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Crisp hairline serifs shine on stationery, foil stamping, and packaging; add slight offset for small decals.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, Hot Foil & Large Signage
Recommended minimum scalePrint 10 pt+ · Vinyl 1.5 in+
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 Peony.
The word spans the width and the drawing is a broad serif: the bowls are wide, the joins are hairlines, and the serif ends curve gently rather than cutting flat, which gives the face a softness that a didone does not have. That softness is the reason the plate sets it over a portrait rather than on a plain ground: the white letters have to hold against skin and petals, and they do because the photographer placed the word across the quiet part of the image. The small line above and the shield badge are the only supporting elements, which keeps the display as the subject. Because the contrast is high, the face belongs at display sizes on smooth stock, and the plate is a fair test of that with a photographic background.
Serif, editorial, broad, elegant
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Peony with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Peony + Outside
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 Peony’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a literary quarterly
A broad serif gives a quarterly a soft authority, and the curved serif ends keep the cover from looking austere next to a portrait.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the masthead at 105 mm cap height across 205 mm, the cover lines in an 8 pt serif, and the issue at 7 pt. Print one ink on a coated stock and keep the masthead over a quiet area.
Pre-production check
Check the masthead at 105 mm, where a hairline join can break; keep the joins above 0.25 mm. Confirm the 7 pt issue survives lamination and that the masthead holds at thumbnail size.
Wordmark for a florist
A broad serif with soft serifs reads as a flower shop rather than a fashion house, and the wide bowls give a short name presence on a shopfront.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the mark at 17 pt on a card, 90 mm on a fascia and 11 pt in a footer, keeping the hairlines uncut. Keep one colour and clear space equal to the cap height.
Pre-production check
Check the 11 pt footer on uncoated paper, where a hairline can fill; use a heavier cut at that size. Confirm the fascia reads at six metres and that the mark holds reversed out.
Invitation for a spring wedding
A broad serif suits a garden wedding, and the soft serif ends read as warm rather than severe on a plain card that carries no ornament.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A5 invitation: the names at 28 pt, the request in a 9.5 pt serif, and the date at 8.5 pt caps. Keep 24 mm margins, print one ink on cotton, and keep a peony illustration away from the names.
Pre-production check
Check the 28 pt names on cotton, where hairlines can sink; proof the plate first. Confirm the 9.5 pt request reads at arm's length and that the illustration clears the names by 10 mm.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Broad high-contrast serif
- Foundry / creator
- ABC Font
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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