Modern Grotesque Body
Simple + Bargain Condensed
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Simple headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Worn soft slab family
Simple
Simple is a soft heavy slab in black on pale wood: mixed case with rounded slab endings, a large x-height and worn ink patches through the fill, with a tracked line above, a second line beneath naming the three cuts in red and a small credit at the foot.
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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 & structureMulti-Style (Italic, Bold)
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 Simple.
The word runs wide and the drawing is a soft slab at a heavy weight: the slabs are rounded rather than square, the x-height is large, and the worn patches are built into the letters, so the face reads as printed from a used block. The red line beneath names the regular, textured and italic cuts, which is the practical information a buyer needs, and the small credit is set in a condensed face. The pale wood behind is a texture test, and the black holds because the ground is light and even. Because the slabs are wide and heavy, the face needs a large size at the small end, and the plate sets the word as large as the width allows. The palette is black and red on wood, which is a fair check for a face used on packaging.
Slab, worn, vintage, warm
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Simple with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Simple + Esmeralda
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
Inspect Esmeralda specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Simple’s stroke geometry.
Label for a bakery
A worn slab reads as a printed wrapper, and the large x-height keeps a short brand legible on the small label a paper bag allows.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 45 mm label: the bakery at 13 pt, the product at 7 pt, and the weight at 6 pt. Keep 4 mm inside the die and print two colours on a kraft stock.
Pre-production check
Check the 13 pt name on kraft, where the worn patches can fill; keep the size above 11 pt. Confirm the 6 pt weight reads at arm's length and that the label survives a damp wipe.
Cover for a food title
A soft worn slab gives a cookbook a shopfront feel, and the heavy strokes hold at thumbnail size where a light serif would fade.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 85 mm cap height across 200 mm, the subtitle in a 12 pt slab, and the author at 9 pt. Print two colours on a cream stock and keep the title in the upper half.
Pre-production check
Check the title at thumbnail size, where the worn patches can clot the word; keep them small. Confirm the 9 pt author survives lamination and that the title clears the trim.
Shirt graphic for a workshop
A worn slab prints as one screen and looks used from the first wear, which suits a workshop shirt better than a crisp face.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 230 mm chest graphic: the word at 55 mm cap height, the year at 30 mm, and one ink on a light shirt. Keep the thinnest slab 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 slab can fill; thicken it. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the letters stay legible after five cycles.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Worn soft slab family
- Foundry / creator
- Eystore
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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