Modern Grotesque Body
Union Rodeo + Modern Limited
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Union Rodeo headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Broad geometric Western blocks with strongly polygonal bowls
Union Rodeo
Union Rodeo sets a western slab in huge white capitals, its corners chamfered and its stems notched, so the word looks stencilled on a barn door rather than set in a modern face.
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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 Union Rodeo.
UNION over RODEO fills the frame over a sepia photograph of a rider in dry hills, the letters heavy with square serifs and cut corners that break the block into angular facets. The N and the U keep wide counters, and the diagonal cuts on the R and the D make the word feel cut with a chisel. Two oval badges sit above and a tracked caption below names the style. The face is a display slab, so it wants space: stacked in two rows it fills a poster, and set small it turns into a dark band where the notches read as damage.
Broad geometric Western blocks with strongly polygonal bowls
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Union Rodeo with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Union Rodeo + Black Ink Brush
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 Union Rodeo’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a rodeo weekend
The chamfered slabs read as a printed fairground poster, and two stacked rows carry the event name across a wall at a distance.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A2 poster: set the two rows at 110 pt with 32 mm between baselines, keep 30 mm of clear ground beneath before the dates at 18 pt, and keep 28 mm of border so the cut corners stay inside the sheet.
Pre-production check
Notches read as damage below 40 pt; check the proof and keep the title at 60 pt or above. Order one sample before committing to the run.
Cover for a rural life feature
The heavy slab gives a rural story the weight of a printed bill, and the cream on a dark photograph holds at newsstand distance.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 by 280 mm cover: set the cover line at 84 pt across one row, keep 22 mm of clear ground beneath before the standfirst at 11 pt, and keep 18 mm of margin from the trim edge.
Pre-production check
Photography behind heavy type needs space; check the cover proof before it is signed. Test it on the real material before the run is booked.
Label for a smokehouse
The western weight suits a smokehouse counter, and a short product name fits the slab block on a wide paper label tied to the pack.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 90 by 60 mm label: set the product at 22 pt on one row, keep 10 mm of clear ground beneath before the weight at 6 pt, and keep 7 mm to the label edge so the serifs are not cut off.
Pre-production check
Ink heavy coverage spreads on kraft; check a printed sample before the pack run. Verify the result on the printed piece, then approve.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Broad geometric Western blocks with strongly polygonal bowls
- Foundry / creator
- Blankids Studio
- 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 (49)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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