Modern Grotesque Body
Velenor + Borsen
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Velenor headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Elegant retro serif with tall ascenders
Velenor
Velenor is an elegant retro serif in olive on cream: tall ascenders, wide bowls, high contrast and long flat serifs, set among four-point stars on a page with soft leaf shadows falling across it.
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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 Velenor.
The word runs on one line and the face is a retro serif with a fashion temperament: the ascender of the l and the h rise well above the cap line, the bowls of the e and the o are wide and nearly circular, the contrast between the thick stems and the thin joins is pronounced, and the serifs are long and flat rather than bracketed. The V opens wide with a thin left stroke, the R carries a curved leg that ends in a fine point, and the letters are spaced generously, which gives the word the air of a printed title. Fine hairlines link the strokes at the joins, so a word set large shows a rhythm of thick and thin rather than an even weight. Four small four-point stars are placed around the word, and soft shadows of leaves fall across the cream page. Velenor is a serif for editorial titles, packaging, labels and invitations with a retro-luxury feel, and it needs a large size and a plain ground so the hairlines survive.
Elegant, retro, contrasted
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Velenor with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Velenor + Stylish
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 Velenor’s stroke geometry.
Label for a cold-pressed oil
A retro serif with tall ascenders gives a narrow bottle the look of a printed aperitif label, and the hairlines read as elegance rather than fuss.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 45 by 85 mm label: set the name at 14 pt on one line, keep 6 mm of clear ground beneath before the volume at 4 pt, and hold 4 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
Hairline joins can grey out on uncoated label stock; print one on the real paper and check the thin strokes.
Title for a design annual
A contrasted serif titles a design collection without a modern edge, and the generous spacing holds a long word at cover size.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 210 by 280 mm cover: set the title at 66 pt on one line, keep 26 mm of clear ground beneath before the year at 12 pt, and hold 18 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
Long flat serifs can look heavy at large sizes; proof one cover at the final size and compare the line weight.
Names on a modern invitation
A retro serif gives wedding stationery a contemporary take on formality, and the tall ascenders keep two long names from feeling crowded.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 120 by 180 mm card: set the names at 28 pt on one line, keep 20 mm of clear ground beneath before the details at 8 pt, and hold 14 mm of margin on all four sides.
Pre-production check
A high-contrast serif printed on a textured card can break at the joins; order one proof on the intended stock first.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Elegant retro serif with tall ascenders
- Foundry / creator
- Flawless And Co
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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