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Rusted Sabbath + Corven
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Savage black metal capitals built from spiked, dripping strokes
Rusted Sabbath
Rusted Sabbath is a black metal display alphabet in which the stems split into spikes, the counters disappear and the tops of the letters run into flame-like hooks, so a band name reads as a sigil before it reads as words.
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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 accessPUA Encoded · Swashes/Tails
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsCricut Design Space · Silhouette Studio · Canva Pro · Illustrator
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Rusted Sabbath.
The R breaks its bowl into three clawed points, the U turns into a fork, the S carries two rows of spikes, the T raises a crown of thorns and the D ends in a dripping tail, all at a skeletal weight with sharp, irregular terminations and no optical spacing at all. The deliberate illegibility is the character: the face is built to be read as an emblem on a patch or a cassette cover, not as text. Because the points are thin, the face needs 60 pt before the spikes print, and it belongs on one colour over black. The framed black field, the small typewriter caps above and the subtitle below are presentation; the spiked band name is the face.
Metal · Spiked · Illegible
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Rusted Sabbath with grounded secondary typography.
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Rusted Sabbath + The Lumina Awesome
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Rusted Sabbath’s stroke geometry.
Shirt print for a metal night
The spiked skeleton reads as a patch on a dark shirt, and the deliberate illegibility suits a venue poster that trades on atmosphere rather than clarity.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 300 mm wide chest print: set the band name at 90 mm over black, keep every spike at 1.5 mm minimum stroke, and leave 40 mm of clear shirt under the word for the date line in typewriter caps.
Pre-production check
Spikes thinner than 1.4 mm break away in a screen print; check the film at full size and thicken the points rather than reducing the word.
Cover mark for a horror zine
The spikes cut a silhouette that reads at thumbnail size, and a zine cover gains an emblem that a legible serif could never carry at 140 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A5 cover: set the title at 140 pt white on black, bleed the spikes past the trim on three sides, and set the issue number in a 7 pt mono in the lower corner.
Pre-production check
A bleeding spike that stops just inside the trim looks like a printing error; check the imposed cover and either bleed fully or pull the word in by 10 mm.
Sticker for a cassette reissue
The emblem shape compresses into a label, and the sawtooth outline gives a small cassette sticker a recognisable silhouette at 45 mm.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 45 by 45 mm label: set the name at 30 mm, keep 5 mm of black around the spikes so the die does not clip them, and set the catalogue number in a 5 pt mono beneath.
Pre-production check
A die cut through a spike leaves a sliver of backing; check the sticker sheet and keep every point inside the die by 3 mm.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Savage black metal capitals built from spiked, dripping strokes
- Foundry / creator
- Ardana Creative
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
- Alternates & swashes
- Stylistic alternates or swashes mentioned
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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