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School Plaid + Helina
Lets School Plaid own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Gingham-filled rounded capitals
School Plaid
School Plaid is a colour display on a white ground: five soft rounded capitals in pink, orange, yellow, lime and blue, each filled with a square gingham check and marked with short seam-like hatches, with a plain header above and a count line beneath.
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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 & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of School Plaid.
The plate is a colour-font sheet, and five letters are enough to show how the palette rotates: each capital takes a different pastel, the gingham check is drawn square to the letter, and the short seam hatches sit across the strokes like stitching. Because the check is drawn square rather than following the contour, the fill reads as fabric that has been cut and sewn rather than as a pattern, which is what keeps the face specific. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the checks close into a flat tone first, and the header and the count line are product copy. It suits a card, a tag and a shirt for a school or a craft subject.
Decorative, gingham, rounded, cheerful
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to School Plaid’s stroke geometry.
Card for a first day of school
A gingham display names a school occasion, and the pastel checks suit a young audience better than a dark ground. It suits a young audience.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A6 card: the greeting at 30 pt, the details in a 10 pt sans, and the date at 9 pt. Keep 15 mm margins, print four colours on a white card and leave 12 mm at the foot for the school name.
Pre-production check
Check the 30 pt greeting at home-print resolution, where the checks close into a tone; keep the squares above 1.2 mm. Confirm the details read at arm's length and that the card folds flat.
Tag for a craft party
A plaid tag reads as handmade, and the check keeps a short name legible on a small die. It reads as handmade craft. It keeps a short name readable.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print 45 by 70 mm tags: the name at 11 pt, the year at 7.5 pt, and four colours on a white card. Keep 5 mm inside the die, keep the checks above 1 mm and punch clear of the header.
Pre-production check
Check the 11 pt name on a tag, where the check fills in; use the plain cut there. Confirm the year reads at arm's length and that the tags tie cleanly.
Shirt graphic for a class fair
A plaid display prints as class kit, and the pastel palette reads on a light shirt without a second colour. It reads on a light shirt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 240 mm chest graphic: the fair at 50 mm cap height, the year at 24 mm, and four inks on a light shirt. Keep the smallest check 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 check can fill; enlarge it. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the pastels stay clean after five cycles.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Gingham-filled rounded capitals
- Foundry / creator
- Army Custom
- File formats mentioned
- OTF
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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