Modern Grotesque Body
Stay Chunky + Clyne Sans
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Stay Chunky headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Retro groovy chunky display
Stay Chunky
Stay Chunky is a retro groovy display in black on pale pink: very heavy rounded caps with curled tails that drop below the baseline, an R with a swash leg, a Y and an A with hooked stems, and a curved note above, with flowers at the corners.
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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 accessSwashes/Tails
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Stay Chunky.
The two words are stacked and each letter is a fat rounded form with an unexpected tail: the R swings a leg out, the Y drops a hook, and the A carries a curl, which is what gives the block its seventies rhythm. The weight is heavy enough to hold on a tote or a poster, and the counters stay open enough to read at a distance. The tails extend below the baseline, so the pair needs vertical room, which the specimen provides by keeping the plate empty around the words. The palette is two colours on a soft pink ground with line-drawn flowers at the corners, and the note above the block curves along the top edge so it does not compete with the letterforms.
Retro, groovy, chunky, playful
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Stay Chunky with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Stay Chunky + Winter
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Stay Chunky’s stroke geometry.
Tote design for a shop
A groovy display reads as a period graphic on fabric, and the fat silhouette survives a screen print where a fine retro face would break up.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 300 by 300 mm tote graphic: the phrase at 45 mm cap height, the shop at 8 mm, and one ink on a natural canvas. Keep the smallest counter at 5 mm and leave 30 mm between the tails and the bag seam.
Pre-production check
Check the screen at actual mesh, where a 5 mm counter fills; open it. Wash-test one bag and confirm the tails still read after five cycles.
Card for a seventies party
A groovy face sets the decade in one word, and the curled tails give the card a decorated look without an illustration or a second typeface on the sheet.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A6 card: the greeting at 30 pt, the details in a 9 pt sans, and two flowers. Keep 12 mm margins, leave 8 mm below the tails, and print one ink on a pale card.
Pre-production check
Check the 30 pt greeting, where a tail can touch the border; pull the block up by 4 mm. Confirm the 9 pt details keep a 4.5:1 contrast and that the flowers clear the trim.
Label for a soda brand
A retro label gives a small soda a period look on a crowded shelf, and the heavy letters hold at 15 pt where a thin retro face would disappear.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 90 mm label: the flavour at 16 pt, the volume in a 7 pt sans, and a 4 mm rule. Keep 5 mm inside the die and print two colours on a coated stock so the tails stay sharp.
Pre-production check
Check the 16 pt flavour on a curved can, where the outer letters distort; reduce the width. Confirm the 7 pt volume reads in the chiller and that the tails clear the die.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Display · Retro groovy chunky display
- Foundry / creator
- Meow Creation
- Alternates & swashes
- Stylistic alternates or swashes mentioned
Creator topic tags (48)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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