High-Contrast Display Serif
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Heavy compact retro sans
Sink
Sink is a heavy compact sans in chrome yellow on a red field: fat capitals with softened corners, a sharply opened K junction and tight spacing, set as one large word with a circled mark at the shoulder and two plain lines above and 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 accessPUA Encoded
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsCricut Design Space · Silhouette Studio · Canva Pro · Illustrator
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Sink.
The plate is a flat two-colour poster and the word fills it, which is the right way to show a compact heavy face, because the tight spacing and the mass are the argument. The drawing is a retro sans with softened corners and a K whose junction opens into a notch, so the face reads as a mid-century poster face rather than as a contemporary grotesque, and the notch is the detail that keeps it from looking generic. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the counters close first. The circled mark and the two plain lines are product copy that name the studio and the style. Because the letters are fat and tight, the face suits a poster, a package and a sign where one short word has to land hard.
Sans serif, heavy, retro, compact
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Sink’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a pool hall
A compact retro face fills a poster with one word, and the tight spacing makes the block read from across a street. The mass is the whole point of the face.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 poster: the name at 130 mm cap height, the hours in a 22 mm sans, and the address at 11 mm. Keep 28 mm margins and print two colours on a light stock.
Pre-production check
Check the A2 at five metres, where a tight counter can close; keep it above 5 mm. Confirm the 11 mm address reads at two metres and that the block clears the trim.
Label for a soda brand
A retro label reads as a long-established drink, and the compact letters fit a flavour name on a small can. The compact fit holds a flavour name.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 90 mm label: the brand at 16 pt, the flavour at 8 pt, and the volume at 7 pt. Keep 5 mm inside the die and keep the K notch open on the curve.
Pre-production check
Check the 16 pt brand on a curved can, where the notch can fill; keep it above 0.6 mm. Confirm the 7 pt volume reads on the shelf and that the label holds in a cooler.
Shirt graphic for a diner
A heavy retro display prints as staff kit, and the fat letters read on a dark shirt where a light face would fade. It prints as staff kit in two screens.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 250 mm chest graphic: the diner at 60 mm cap height, the year at 26 mm, and two inks on a dark shirt. Keep the narrowest counter 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 counter can fill; open the spacing. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the notch stays sharp after five cycles.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Sans serif · Heavy compact retro sans
- Foundry / creator
- Marvadesign
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded — swashes & alternates open in Character Map (Windows) and Font Book (Mac)
- Glyph encoding
- PUA encoded for character-map access
Creator topic tags (41)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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