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Leaning condensed slab
Poulus Italic Font
Poulus Italic Font is a forward-leaning condensed slab in white over a dark abstract ground: capitals with narrow oval bowls, thick square serifs and a strong lean, set as one large word with a tracked line beneath and a plain caption at the foot.
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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, Bold)
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 Poulus Italic Font.
The word fills the plate and the drawing is a condensed slab on a strong lean: the bowls are narrow ovals, the serifs are square and thick, and the slant gives a fairly rigid face a sense of speed. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the oval bowls close first, and the dark abstract ground is a useful test, because the white holds over the texture where a serif with fine detailing would lose its edges. The tracked line beneath and the plain caption are product copy that name the style. Because the letters are condensed and leaning, the face suits a sports poster, a music sleeve and a headline, and a buyer should allow clearance at the right margin, since the lean compounds across a long line.
Slab, italic, condensed, editorial
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Poulus Italic Font with grounded secondary typography.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Poulus Italic Font’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a race event
A leaning condensed slab reads as speed, and the square serifs hold at distance on a poster seen from a track. The lean reads as speed.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 poster: the event at 100 mm cap height, the heats in a 22 mm slab, and the gate at 11 mm. Keep 28 mm margins and print two colours on a light stock.
Pre-production check
Check the A2 at five metres, where an oval bowl can close; keep it above 4 mm. Confirm the 11 mm gate reads at two metres and that the lean clears the right margin by 15 mm.
Cover for a music magazine
A leaning slab gives a masthead motion, and the condensed width fits a long title across a narrow cover. The lean gives it drive.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the masthead at 110 mm cap height across 150 mm, the cover lines in an 8.5 pt sans, and the issue at 7 pt. Print two colours on a coated stock and keep 20 mm margins at the head.
Pre-production check
Check the masthead at 110 mm, where a square serif can fill; proof it. Confirm the 7 pt issue survives lamination and that the lean clears the trim by 12 mm.
Sign for a bike shop
A leaning slab gives a shop a sign with motion, and the heavy serifs hold under a light box where a thin italic would disappear.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Fabricate a 1,000 by 320 mm sign: the shop at 120 mm cap height, the hours in a 22 mm slab, and a 4 mm rule. Keep 22 mm margins and specify an even backlight behind the panel.
Pre-production check
Check the sign at 120 mm, where a narrow bowl can fill with light; keep it above 6 mm. Confirm the 22 mm hours read at three metres and that the lean clears the fixings at the right end.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Leaning condensed slab
- Foundry / creator
- warehouselogo7
Creator topic tags (50)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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