High-Contrast Display Serif
Roches + Kernova
Pairs sculptural editorial warmth with Roches's clean modern geometry.
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Heavy rounded-square display
Roches
Roches is a heavy rounded-square display in blue on a yellow ground: wide capitals with open flat-ended C and S shapes, thick square bowls and a small italic badge tucked into the shoulder, with a tracked line beneath and small credits 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 Roches.
The plate is a flat two-colour poster built around one word, and the drawing is a heavy squared sans: the bowls are open and flat-ended, the C and S are cut rather than curved, and the strokes are thick, which gives the face a modern, almost baked-in character. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the open ends are what keep the letters apart and they close as the size drops. The yellow ground gives the blue maximum contrast, and the small italic badge and the corner credits are product copy naming the styles and the support. Because the letters are heavy and squared, the face suits a poster, a package and a screen, and the plate sets the word large enough that the flat ends can be judged.
Sans serif, heavy, squared, modern
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Roches with grounded secondary typography.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Roches’s stroke geometry.
Cover for a culture magazine
A heavy squared display fills a cover, and the open flat ends give the title a modern edge on a two-colour print. Flat ends give a two-colour print its edge.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 110 mm cap height across 200 mm, the cover lines in an 8.5 pt sans, and the issue at 7 pt. Print two colours on a matte stock and keep 22 mm margins.
Pre-production check
Check the title at 110 mm, where a flat end can look cut off; keep it consistent. Confirm the 7 pt issue survives lamination and that the title clears the trim.
Mark for a design shop
A squared display gives a shop a mark that reads as a printed sign, and the flat ends cut cleanly in vinyl. A shop mark must survive a vinyl cut.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Cut 700 by 300 mm vinyl: the shop at 100 mm cap height, the hours in a 20 mm sans, and a 4 mm contour. Keep 22 mm margins and apply to a clean pane. Keep 8 mm between the mark and the door edge.
Pre-production check
Check the cut at 100 mm, where a flat end can tear on weeding; keep the corners clean. Confirm the 20 mm hours read at two metres and that the mark clears the door frame.
Card for a launch party
A squared display makes a launch card feel designed, and two colours carry the date without a second typeface. A launch card should look designed, not printed.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A6 card: the greeting at 22 pt, the details in a 9 pt sans, and the date at 8 pt. Keep 15 mm margins and print two colours on a light card. Leave 14 mm at the foot for the address line.
Pre-production check
Check the 22 pt greeting, where a flat end can crowd the line above; keep 6 mm leading. Confirm the 9 pt details keep a 4.5:1 contrast and that the card folds flat.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Heavy rounded-square display
- Foundry / creator
- RagamKata Studio
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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