Modern Grotesque Body
Texas + Headline
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Texas headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Western slab with italic
Texas
Texas is a western slab in cream over a sepia desert photograph: wide caps with heavy bracketed serifs, a high waist and closed counters, set on one line across the plate with a tracked line beneath naming the style, the italic and the language support.
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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 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 Texas.
The word is set once, wide, and the drawing is a western slab at heavy weight: the serifs are wide and bracketed, the stems are thick, and the counters are narrow, which gives the block its cinematic weight. The photograph behind is a sepia desert with a lone rider, and the cream type sits over the brightest band of sky, which is a realistic test of contrast. The tracked line beneath states the regular and italic cuts and the language support in a small condensed face, which is the practical information a buyer needs. Because the letterforms are heavy, the face works at poster size and in signage, and the specimen keeps the plate to one word so the silhouette reads.
Western, slab, bold, cinematic
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
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Tested contrast partners — pairing Texas with grounded secondary typography.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Texas’s stroke geometry.
Sign for a western bar
A western slab reads as a period sign, and the heavy bracketed serifs hold in paint at fascia scale where a lighter face would soften.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 1,300 by 400 mm fascia: the name at 140 mm cap height, the hours in a 26 mm slab, and a 6 mm rule. Keep 30 mm margins and paint two colours on a light board.
Pre-production check
Check the fascia at 140 mm, where a narrow counter can fill; keep it above 6 mm. Confirm the 26 mm hours read at four metres and that the rule clears the fixings.
Cover for a western novel
A western slab gives a novel the tone of a film title, and the heavy letters hold at thumbnail size where a fine serif would fade into the artwork.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 100 mm cap height across 220 mm, the author in a 12 pt slab, and the imprint at 8 pt. Print cream over a photograph and keep the title over the brightest band.
Pre-production check
Check the title at thumbnail size, where the cream on sepia can drop in contrast; keep the ground even. Confirm the 8 pt imprint survives lamination and that the title clears the trim.
Poster for a rodeo
A heavy western slab reads across a field, and the italic cut lets a secondary line carry movement without a second family.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 portrait: the event at 130 mm cap height, the dates in the italic at 26 mm, and the venue at 14 mm. Keep 30 mm margins and print two colours on a warm ground.
Pre-production check
Check the poster at six metres, where the italic can look like a skew at small sizes; use the roman below 20 mm. Confirm the 14 mm venue reads at three metres and that the dates clear the block.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Western slab with italic
- Foundry / creator
- Minimalistartstudio
Creator topic tags (50)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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