Modern Grotesque Body
Quick Tail + Bargain Condensed
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Quick Tail headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Hand-drawn condensed retro display with slab serifs
Quick Tail
Quick Tail is a bold retro display in red over a pencil sketch: condensed capitals with heavy slab serifs, uneven edges and a hand-drawn bulge, set as two stacked words with a tracked capital line beneath.
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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 accessSwashes/Tails · Ligatures
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Quick Tail.
Two words are stacked and the face is a hand-drawn retro display: the letters are condensed with heavy slab serifs, the stems bulge slightly in the middle, the edges are uneven where the pen doubled back, and the S closes into squared shoulders with a soft corner. The unevenness is consistent, so the words read as something lettered on a car bonnet rather than a digital block, and the condensed width lets a long word fit a single line at a large size. A tracked capital line sits above the block and another beneath, both in the same face at a smaller size, which shows the face holds when reduced. The ground is a kraft-coloured page with a light pencil sketch of a vintage car, so the red letters sit over a drawing without a panel behind them. Quick Tail is a display face for posters, apparel, packaging and signage with a mid-century feel, and it needs capitals at a large size.
Hand-drawn, condensed, retro
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Quick Tail with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Quick Tail + Autography
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 Quick Tail’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a motoring title
A hand-drawn retro face gives a cover the look of a painted sign, and the condensed forms fit a long magazine title on one line.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 by 280 mm cover: set the title at 70 pt over two lines, keep 22 mm of clear ground beneath before the subtitle at 11 pt, and hold 16 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
A sketch behind red type can compete at small sizes; proof one cover and check the contrast.
Label for a small brewery
A hand-drawn label suits a brewer that prints in one colour, and the heavy condensed letters stay readable on a narrow wrap.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 55 by 90 mm label: set the brand at 16 pt on one line, keep 6 mm of clear ground beneath before the style at 5 pt, and hold 4 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
Uneven edges can look like a printing fault at small sizes; print one on the real stock and judge the edges.
Sign for an orchard stall
A painted retro face reads as a board made for the season, and the condensed width fits a long farm name on a standard sign.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 600 by 400 mm board: set the name at 120 pt over two lines, keep 30 mm of clear ground beneath before the hours at 24 pt, and hold 24 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
Red on kraft fades in strong light; print one board and keep a spare out of the sun before the season opens.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Hand-drawn condensed retro display with slab serifs
- Foundry / creator
- Muflieart
- Ligatures
- Ligatures mentioned in designer listing
- Alternates & swashes
- Stylistic alternates or swashes mentioned
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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