Neutral Sans Workhorse
Scratch Crayon + Sailors
Lets Scratch Crayon own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Crayon-filled outlined display
Scratch Crayon
Scratch Crayon is an outlined display in black contours on a white sheet of graph paper: heavy capitals filled with irregular horizontal crayon strokes in red, blue, green and yellow, each letter offset slightly, with crayons scattered around the border and a tracked caption at the foot.
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Get this fontProject & layout blueprintsAt-a-glance maker compatibility
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 Scratch Crayon.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is a heavy outlined capital filled with scribbled horizontal bands, so each letter reads as coloured in by hand rather than printed, and the fill varies from letter to letter. That construction sets a size floor, because the strokes inside close when the letters shrink, and the plate sets the block large enough that the scribble reads as texture. The graph paper and the scattered crayons are staging that names the audience, and the tracked caption at the foot is plain. Because the letters are heavy and the fill is busy, the face suits a card, a shirt or a party sign rather than a paragraph, and the plate is honest about that by showing two short words at display size only.
Decorative, novelty, outlined, playful
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Scratch Crayon with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
Scratch Crayon + Evoire
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
Inspect Evoire specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Scratch Crayon’s stroke geometry.
Card for a children's party
A crayon-filled display reads as a child's own drawing, which sets the tone before the invitation is read. The tone is set before a single word is read.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A6 card: the greeting at 28 pt, the details in a 9.5 pt sans, and the date at 8.5 pt. Keep 15 mm margins and print four colours on a white card. Leave 12 mm under the date for the address.
Pre-production check
Check the 28 pt greeting at home-print resolution, where the crayon strokes can merge; keep them above 1 mm. Confirm the 9.5 pt details keep a 4.5:1 contrast and that the card folds flat.
Poster for an art club
An outlined crayon face suits a children's art club, and the colour range gives a poster energy without an illustration.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A3 poster: the club at 80 mm cap height, the ages in a 22 mm sans, and the room at 12 mm. Keep 25 mm margins and print four colours on a light stock. Hang it at child height.
Pre-production check
Check the A3 at three metres, where the crayon fill can blur into colour; keep 2 mm between letters. Confirm the 12 mm room reads at two metres and that the poster sits at child height.
Label for a craft shop
A crayon display signals a shop for children's craft, and the outlined letters stay legible on a busy shelf. A busy fill still reads as one block at shelf distance.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 80 mm label: the shop at 12 pt, the line at 7.5 pt, and the phone at 6.5 pt. Keep 5 mm inside the die and keep the crayon strokes above 0.8 mm.
Pre-production check
Check the 12 pt shop on a label, where the fill can close; simplify the strokes at that size. Confirm the 6.5 pt phone reads at arm's length and that the label peels cleanly.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Crayon-filled outlined display
- Foundry / creator
- Situjuh
- Language support
- Multilingual character support stated by creator
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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