Modern Grotesque Body
Things + Modern Limited
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Things headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Modern combination serif with italic
Things
Things is a modern serif in blue on white: moderate-high contrast, a wide f with an overhanging arm, a g whose descender loops fully closed, and tall ascenders, presented with a note that the family includes an italic and a paragraph of small text.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Crisp hairline serifs shine on stationery, foil stamping, and packaging; add slight offset for small decals.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, Hot Foil & Large Signage
Recommended minimum scalePrint 10 pt+ · Vinyl 1.5 in+
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 Things.
The word is set large across the middle with a registered mark beside it, and the drawing is a combination serif that blends a classical skeleton with a contemporary finish: the serifs are sharp but short, the joins are softly bracketed, and the terminals of the C and the S are cut at an angle rather than rounded. The g is the signature letter, with a fully closed loop that hangs below the baseline, and the f is wide with an arm that overhangs the next letter, so the word has two points of interest on either side. Beneath the specimen a paragraph of small capitals describes the family, and the caption above is set in an arc of spaced capitals, which is how the sample advertises the italic companion. The ground is white paper, and the single blue ink keeps the specimen entirely typographic.
Modern, contrasted, editorial, warm
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Things with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Things + Heart Style
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 Things’s stroke geometry.
Body and display for a magazine
A serif that works at display and text sizes keeps a magazine consistent, and having an italic in the same family means quotes and captions do not need a second typeface.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the cover line at 90 pt, section headings at 28 pt, body at 9.5 pt with a 13.5 pt leading, and captions in the italic at 8 pt. Keep the italic reserved for captions and quotes so the reader learns the pattern.
Pre-production check
Check the closed loop of the g at 9.5 pt in body text, where it can fill into a blob; proof a page at actual size. Confirm the 8 pt italic keeps a 4.5:1 contrast and that the body measure holds 65 to 70 characters per line.
Mark for a publishing studio
A warm combination serif gives a studio a mark that reads as literary rather than corporate, and the closed-loop g makes the wordmark memorable at small sizes.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the name at 30 pt and build a 12 pt version for the colophon and 9 mm wide for a stamp. Keep the mark one colour and place it with clear space equal to the height of the ascender on all sides.
Pre-production check
Check the 9 mm stamp, where the closed loop of the g becomes a dot; use the plain g for that size. Confirm the 12 pt colophon reads on a matte cover and that the mark holds when reversed on a dark ground.
Cover for a literary journal
A combination serif suits a student literary journal that wants to look older than its budget, and the italic covers the bylines without a second font.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 80 pt on a 210 by 280 mm cover, the issue number in a 10 pt serif, and the contributors in the italic at 8 pt. Print two inks on a coloured stock so the title sits on a tinted field.
Pre-production check
Check the title at 80 pt on the coloured stock, where a blue ink over a tint can lose contrast; test the combination before printing. Confirm the 8 pt contributors list reads at arm's length and that the title clears the trim.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Modern combination serif with italic
- Foundry / creator
- Graphicxell
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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