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Vintage Haunted + Bareum
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Distressed retro slab
Vintage Haunted
Vintage Haunted is a distressed retro slab in cream on an orange panel with a navy ground: condensed caps with heavy vertical slabs, a rounded outer contour and long vertical gaps cut through the stems, with a tracked line above and a caption beneath.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Fine grain and micro-texture excel in 300 DPI print, sublimation, and screen print rather than small vinyl weeding.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, DTF & Sublimation First
Recommended minimum scalePrint any scale · Vinyl 2.2 in+
Character set & structureMulti-Style (Outline, Bold, Condensed)
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaSeasonal Apparel · Mug Wraps · Holiday Gift Tags
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Vintage Haunted.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is a condensed slab with a distressed treatment applied to the fill: the gaps run vertically down the stems, the edges are worn, and the contour is rounded, which gives the face the look of a pressed or painted sign that has weathered outdoors. The navy backing shape and the orange panel are part of the presentation, and they show how the cream holds against two different grounds. Because the letters are condensed and heavy, the face works at banner size and on signage, and the specimen sets it large enough that the vertical gaps read as texture rather than as damage. The tracked line above and the caption beneath are set in a plain bold face so the display stays the only textured element.
Slab, distressed, retro, bold
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Vintage Haunted with grounded secondary typography.
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Vintage Haunted + Wedding Enchanting
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Vintage Haunted’s stroke geometry.
Poster for a haunted house
A distressed slab reads as a weathered sign, which sets a scare attraction better than a clean face with an effect added in software.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A2 poster: the attraction at 110 mm cap height, the dates in a 22 mm bold, and the address at 10 mm. Keep 28 mm margins and print two colours on a mid-toned stock.
Pre-production check
Check the poster at five metres, where the vertical gaps can read as damage; keep them above 3 mm. Confirm the 10 mm address reads at three metres and that the panel shape clears the trim.
Sign for a vintage store
A worn slab suits a shop selling old objects, and the heavy stems hold on a board that sits outdoors through a wet winter.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Paint a 1,100 by 380 mm board: the shop at 120 mm cap height, the hours in a 24 mm bold, and a 5 mm border. Keep 25 mm margins and paint two colours on a primed board.
Pre-production check
Check the board at five metres, where the distressed fill can look like peeling paint; keep the wear even. Confirm the 24 mm hours read at three metres and that the border survives the weather.
Shirt graphic for a themed party
A distressed face prints in one screen and looks aged from the first wear, which suits a retro theme without a separate wash treatment.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 240 mm chest graphic: the theme at 60 mm cap height, the year at 32 mm, and one ink on a mid-toned shirt. Keep the narrowest stem at 4 mm and place the graphic 80 mm below the collar.
Pre-production check
Check the screen at actual mesh, where a 4 mm stem can fill; thicken it. Wash-test one shirt and confirm the distress stays open after five cycles.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Distressed retro slab
- Foundry / creator
- Eystore
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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