Modern Grotesque Body
Royal Imperial + Borsen
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Royal Imperial headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Compressed flared serif
Royal Imperial
Royal Imperial is a heavy compressed serif in cream on a near-black ground: flared ends on the stems, narrow counters, tall proportions and even spacing, set in two stacked words beneath a small crown ornament, with studio credits at the sides and a plain descriptor under a centred dot row.
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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 Royal Imperial.
The plate is a plain specimen in a fine frame, and the two words show the face at the size it is meant for: a compressed serif with flared ends, which is the classic poster construction for fitting a long name into a narrow measure. The flared stems give it weight at the baseline and the pressure at the top, so the word reads as a printed bill rather than as a text face, and the narrow counters set the size floor because they close first. The crown, the credits and the descriptor are staging and product copy. It suits a poster, a label and a sign for a heritage or a drinks subject, and it is at its best set in two stacked lines.
Serif, compressed, vintage, bold
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Royal Imperial with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Royal Imperial + Bunglon
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 Royal Imperial’s stroke geometry.
Label for a brewery
A compressed serif fits a long brewery name on a bottle, and the flared stems hold at a small size where a script would fail.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 55 by 90 mm label: the brewery at 12 pt, the beer at 8 pt, and the strength at 7 pt. Keep 5 mm inside the die and keep the counters above 0.4 mm.
Pre-production check
Check the 12 pt brewery on the curve, where a counter can close; keep it above 0.4 mm. Confirm the 7 pt strength reads on the shelf and that the label holds in a cold box.
Poster for a heritage fair
A compressed poster holds a fair bill, and the flared ends read at distance where a straight serif would look thin. It holds at poster distance.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 poster: the fair at 110 mm cap height, the dates in a 22 mm serif, and the site at 11 mm. Keep 28 mm margins, print two colours on a light stock and keep the counters above 3 mm.
Pre-production check
Check the A2 at five metres, where a counter closes; keep it above 3 mm. Confirm the 11 mm site reads at two metres and that the crown clears the type.
Cover for a vintage catalogue
A compressed serif frames a catalogue cover, and the stacked setting gives the title a printed hierarchy. It gives a printed hierarchy.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 85 mm cap height on two lines, the subtitle in an 11 pt serif, and the imprint at 8 pt. Print two colours on a textured stock and keep 22 mm margins.
Pre-production check
Check the title at 85 mm, where a flare can clot; keep the counters open. Confirm the 8 pt imprint survives lamination and that the stacked lines hold the measure.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Compressed flared serif
- Foundry / creator
- Blankids Studio
Creator topic tags (15)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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