Modern Grotesque Body
Raffined + Bargain Condensed
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Raffined headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Editorial display serif with italics
Raffined
Raffined is a display serif in cream over a warm skin-toned photograph: a high-contrast roman with sharp serifs and a narrow waist, paired with a true italic that carries a flowing tail, set across four lines at increasing sizes with small tracked notes in 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 Raffined.
The plate demonstrates a four-style family by setting one line in the italic and one in the roman at a larger size, which is the honest way to show a display face sold on its italics. The roman has high contrast and sharp serifs, and the italic is drawn rather than slanted, with a narrower waist and a tail that runs under the descenders. Because the type sits over a warm mid-tone photograph, the plate is also a contrast test, and the cream holds because it is placed over the darkest folds. The small tracked notes in the corners name the studio and the style count, and the palette is one ink plus the photograph.
Serif, editorial, display, confident
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Raffined with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Raffined + Sweet Pumpkin
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
Inspect Sweet Pumpkin specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Raffined’s stroke geometry.
Cover for an art magazine
A display serif with a true italic lets a masthead and a cover name sit in one family at two sizes, which is exactly what the plate shows.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the masthead at 110 mm cap height across 220 mm in the roman, the cover lines in a 9 pt serif, and the name in the italic at 40 mm. Keep the type over the darkest part of the image.
Pre-production check
Check the masthead at 110 mm, where sharp serifs can break; keep them above 0.3 mm. Confirm the 40 mm italic name reads at three metres and that the cover lines survive at newsstand distance.
Mark for a beauty label
A high-contrast serif reads as premium, and the italic gives a short brand name movement that a plain roman cannot supply.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the mark at 20 pt on a carton, 80 mm on a shop panel and 11 pt on a card, using the italic above 20 pt only. Keep one colour and reserve clear space equal to the cap height.
Pre-production check
Check the 11 pt card mark on uncoated stock, where hairlines can fill; keep the size at or above 10 pt. Confirm the shop panel reads at six metres and that the italic tail clears the panel edge.
Invitation for a modern wedding
A display serif gives a contemporary invitation its tone, and the true italic lets the names carry one gesture of movement on an otherwise quiet card.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A5 invitation: the names in the italic at 26 pt, the request in the roman at 10 pt, and the date at 9 pt caps. Keep 22 mm margins and letterpress one ink on a heavy cream card.
Pre-production check
Check the 26 pt italic names in letterpress, where hairlines can sink; proof the plate on the stock. Confirm the 10 pt request reads at arm's length and that the tail clears the trim by 10 mm.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Editorial display serif with italics
- Foundry / creator
- Typoraith Co
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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