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Heavy collegiate-like capitals with clipped corners and narrow straight counters
Seniors
Seniors fills a white poster header with tightly fitted orange capitals, where the S, O and R use strongly chamfered outer corners, thick rectangular stems surround narrow counters and the I stays a simple bar.
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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 & structureMulti-Style (Bold, Condensed)
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 Seniors.
The stems stay thick and rectangular, the corners chamfer at forty-five degrees, the fit runs tight and the counters narrow into straight slots. That chamfer is the character: the word reads as a varsity header without an outline, which is why the sample sets a short title above a photograph. The graduation photo supplies context, not an alphabet, so test the tight fit on a real class name or year and keep 40 pt before the narrow counters close. The tight fit is the risk: the letters almost touch, so a two-digit year closes into a block and the counters of the R and the A plug, which is why class names belong at 40 pt and above.
Chamfered · Tight fit · Collegiate
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Seniors’s stroke geometry.
Header for a graduation poster
The chamfered caps suit a graduation header, and the tight fit holds a class year at 60 pt on an A2 poster, where the clipped corners read as athletic intent.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the year at 60 pt on one row, keep 10 mm between letters so the chamfers stay separate, and keep 26 mm of clear ground beneath before the photograph at 14 pt.
Pre-production check
A tight fit printed with extra ink closes the counters; check the proof at final size and open 1 mm per gap.
Banner for a sports awards night
The collegiate caps set an awards banner, and the heavy stems read at 56 pt across an A3 sheet, so the header carries without a second element.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A3 banner: set the heading at 56 pt on one row, keep 22 mm beneath before the names at 14 pt, and keep 20 mm of margin all round so the chamfers stay whole.
Pre-production check
Two tightly fitted rows stacked look like one block; check the banner and keep the second line in a plain sans.
Sign for a boxing gym
The chamfered blocks give a gym sign weight, and the rectangular stems hold a short name at 50 mm on a painted panel, clear from the far pavement.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 500 by 250 mm panel: set the name at 50 mm on one row, keep 8 mm of clear space between letters, and keep 22 mm of border on all sides so no chamfered corner is cut by the edge.
Pre-production check
Chamfered corners painted at 26 mm read as damage; check the mounted panel and hold the name at 44 mm.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Heavy collegiate-like capitals with clipped corners and narrow straight counters
- Foundry / creator
- Pian45
- 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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