Modern Grotesque Body
Reglass + Modern Limited
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Reglass headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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High-contrast serif distorted into glass-like ridges
Reglass
Reglass shows thin high-contrast serif letters broken into closely spaced vertical-looking ridges with displaced edges, so the bowls and stems appear refracted rather than uniformly solid.
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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 Reglass.
The stroke is sliced into fine vertical strips, the edges shift between them and the gradient moves from pink to teal across the face. The refraction is the character: the letter looks seen through glass rather than printed on paper, which is why the sample fills a dark ground. Because the ridges are narrow, keep 40 pt before the fragments merge into noise, and keep the tile to a short word since longer lines lose the effect. Fine fragments also degrade quickly in low-resolution output.
Refracted · Ridged · High contrast
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Reglass with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Reglass + Honey
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 Reglass’s stroke geometry.
Cover line for a music issue
The refracted strokes give a cover its effect, and the thin fragments hold a one-word title at 72 pt on a coated page. The refracted stroke also keeps a cover from needing an image.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 cover: set the title at 72 pt, keep 26 mm of clear ground around it, and set the cover lines at 9 pt in a sans on a plain band at the foot. Keep the cover lines on a plain band.
Pre-production check
Ridges closer than 0.4 mm merge into a grey area; check the film at full size and keep the title at 60 pt or above.
Label for a drinks brand
The glass effect suits a bottle, and the ridged letters stay legible at 34 mm on a 60 mm panel in two inks. The ridges also give a bottle a modern surface.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 45 mm label: set the brand at 34 mm, keep every ridge at 0.6 mm, and set the flavour in a 6 pt caps at the foot with 5 mm of clear ground. Keep the flavour line small and plain.
Pre-production check
A shimmering gradient printed on foil loses the refraction; check the plate proof and keep the gradient on matte stock.
Poster for a club night
The refracted forms read at distance, and the displaced edges give a short title movement at 80 pt on an A3 sheet. The displaced edges also give a short title movement at distance.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A3 poster: set the title at 80 pt, keep 30 mm of clear sheet beneath for the date line at 16 pt, and keep 25 mm of margin all round the sheet. Keep the date line light.
Pre-production check
The fine fragments disappear when the poster is viewed across a dark room; check the print and keep the title at 70 pt or above.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · High-contrast serif distorted into glass-like ridges
- Foundry / creator
- Gleb Guralnyk
- Language support
- Multilingual character support stated by creator
- File formats mentioned
- OTF, TTF
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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