Modern Grotesque Body
Rafina + Corven
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Rafina headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Heavy contrasting serif
Rafina
Rafina is a heavy contrasting serif in cream over a close portrait: fat stems with sharp serifs, a curled f whose top hooks over the following letter, a broad a and round bowls, with a small oval badge above and a tracked 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 & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessLigatures
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Rafina.
The word spans the plate and the drawing is a heavy serif at high contrast: the stems are thick, the joins are hairlines, and the f is drawn with a hook that reaches over the next letter, which is the detail that gives the face its editorial character. The cream over a warm portrait is a low-contrast pairing and it works here because the letters are large and the background is soft, which is the honest demonstration a specimen should give. The oval badge above and the tracked line beneath are small and plain, so the display carries the page. Because the stems are heavy, the face works at display sizes and on packaging, and the plate shows it at a size where the curled f is legible as a shape rather than as an accident.
Serif, heavy, contrast, editorial
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Rafina with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Rafina + Boho
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 Rafina’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a fashion issue
A heavy serif gives a masthead weight, and the curled f lets a short title knit together instead of reading as five separate letters.
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 off the model's face.
Pre-production check
Check the masthead at 105 mm, where the f hook can touch the next letter; keep 3 mm of air. Confirm the 7 pt issue survives lamination and that the masthead holds at thumbnail size.
Wordmark for a beauty brand
A contrasting serif reads as cosmetics, and the thick stems hold on a carton where a light didone would disappear at six point.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the mark at 18 pt on a carton, 85 mm on a shelf panel and 12 pt on a card with a light texture. Keep one colour and clear space equal to the x-height on every side.
Pre-production check
Check the 12 pt card mark on uncoated stock, where a hairline can fill; keep the size above 12 pt. Confirm the shelf panel reads at four metres and that the mark reverses cleanly.
Invitation for a winter wedding
A heavy serif gives a winter invitation warmth, and the fine joins read as engraved rather than printed when the card is foil stamped.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A5 invitation: the names at 27 pt, the request in a 9.5 pt serif, and the date at 8.5 pt caps. Keep 24 mm margins and foil one colour on a deep card so the joins read.
Pre-production check
Check the 27 pt names in foil, where a hairline join can break; keep it above 0.3 mm. Confirm the 9.5 pt request reads at arm's length and that the date clears the trim.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Heavy contrasting serif
- Foundry / creator
- Graphicxell
- Ligatures
- Ligatures mentioned in designer listing
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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