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Rough Dream + Sailors
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Worn athletic slab
Rough Dream
Rough Dream is an angular athletic slab in navy on white: heavy caps with square slabs, chamfered corners and fine scattered wear across the fill, with a tracked line above and a boxed line beneath that names the style.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Fine grain and micro-texture excel in 300 DPI print, sublimation, and screen print rather than small vinyl weeding.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, DTF & Sublimation First
Recommended minimum scalePrint any scale · Vinyl 2.2 in+
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Rough Dream.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is an athletic slab: the serifs are square, the corners are chamfered, and the wear is a fine scatter of small marks rather than large chips, which keeps the letters solid while reading as printed. That construction is why the face works at moderate sizes as well as on a banner, and the plate sets the block large enough that the scatter reads as texture. The boxed line beneath names the style and the format, and the tracked line above is plain. Because the letters are heavy, the face suits a shirt, a banner and a sign, and the white ground keeps the navy crisp. The wear is even across both words, which matters because an uneven distress looks like a printing fault rather than a design.
Slab, athletic, worn, bold
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Rough Dream’s stroke geometry.
Banner for a homecoming
A worn athletic slab reads as a printed banner, and the square slabs hold at distance where a rounded face would soften.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print 1,300 by 480 mm: the name at 160 mm cap height, the year in a 34 mm slab, and one colour on a light vinyl. Keep 30 mm margins and keep the wear above 3 mm.
Pre-production check
Check the banner at ten metres, where the wear can look like dirt; keep it fine and even. Confirm the 34 mm year reads at five metres and that the eyelets clear the block.
Shirt graphic for a game day
A worn slab prints in one screen and looks broken in from the first wear, which suits a casual game-day shirt sold at a table.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 250 mm chest graphic: the slogan at 60 mm cap height, the year at 30 mm, and one ink on a light shirt. Keep the narrowest counter at 4 mm and place the graphic 80 mm below the collar.
Pre-production check
Check the screen at actual mesh, where a 4 mm counter can fill; open the spacing. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the letters stay legible after five cycles.
Sign for a sports bar
A worn slab reads as a venue with history, and the heavy strokes hold on a board that faces the street through every season.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 1,000 by 380 mm board: the bar at 110 mm cap height, the fixtures in a 22 mm slab, and a 5 mm rule. Keep 25 mm margins and paint two colours on a primed board.
Pre-production check
Check the board at five metres, where the wear can look like peeling paint; keep it even. Confirm the 22 mm fixtures read at two metres and that the rule survives a wet season.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Worn athletic slab
- Foundry / creator
- Eystore
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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