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The Tonduk + Lemon Milk Pro FTR
Lets The Tonduk own the focal silhouette while handling secondary copy, sizing and subheads cleanly.
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Concave-sided gothic display
The Tonduk
The Tonduk is a solid red gothic display over a dark painted landscape: capitals with concave sides, sharp flared ends, narrow bowls and open counters, set in two lines of different sizes with a small presenting note and a credit at the upper left.
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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 The Tonduk.
The plate is a dark scene, and the red is the brightest thing in it, which is the right hierarchy for a display face. The drawing is a gothic with concave sides and sharp flared ends, so the letters read as cut from a blade rather than written, and the open counters keep the face legible at a moderate size where a dense gothic would clog. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the flares close first. The presenting note and the credit are product copy, and the landscape is staging. It suits a poster, a cover and a shirt for a metal, a fantasy or a Halloween subject, and the two sizes on the plate show that it holds both a headline and a second line.
Decorative, gothic, red, dark
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing The Tonduk with grounded secondary typography.
Structured Secondary Voice
The Tonduk + Auretha
Grounds bold display lettering with classic typographic authority on posters, badges and apparel.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to The Tonduk’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a dark festival
A gothic display names a festival, and the red holds on a dark poster where a pale face would look washed out. It reads as a dark bill.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 poster: the event at 110 mm cap height, the line-up in an 18 mm sans, and the venue at 11 mm. Keep 28 mm margins, print two colours on a dark stock and keep the flares above 2.5 mm.
Pre-production check
Check the A2 at five metres, where a flare can vanish; keep it above 2.5 mm. Confirm the 11 mm venue reads at two metres and that the line-up fits the measure.
Cover for a dark fantasy
A gothic cover reads as a dark title, and the concave sides give the words a blade-cut character at display size. It suits a dark title.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 90 mm cap height across 185 mm, the author in a 12 pt serif, and the imprint at 8 pt. Print two colours on a textured stock and keep 20 mm margins.
Pre-production check
Check the title at 90 mm, where a flare can clot; keep the counters open. Confirm the 8 pt imprint survives lamination and that the tails clear the trim.
Shirt graphic for a metal night
A gothic display prints as club kit, and the red reads on a dark shirt where a fine face would disappear. It reads on a dark shirt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 250 mm chest graphic: the night at 55 mm cap height, the year at 24 mm, and two inks on a dark shirt. Keep the flares at 3 mm and place the graphic 80 mm below the collar.
Pre-production check
Check the screen at actual mesh, where a 3 mm flare can fill; widen it to 4 mm. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the flares stay sharp after five cycles.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Decorative · Concave-sided gothic display
- Foundry / creator
- Denustudios
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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