Modern Grotesque Body
West Postage + Saltriver Grotesk
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath West Postage headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Rough sketch serif
West Postage
West Postage is a rough sketch serif in near-black on aged cream: uneven stems, sketchy serifs, a drifting baseline and a seeded texture, set on two lines over a period envelope with a green stamp and a postmark, with a small tracked credit 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 & 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 West Postage.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is a hand-sketched serif: the stems waver, the serifs are drawn with a single wobbling stroke, and the counters are irregular, which gives the face the look of lettering done with a brush pen rather than cut in metal. The aged envelope, the stamp and the postmark are period furniture that set the subject honestly, and the small credit beneath is set in the same rough face at a fraction of the size. Because the strokes are uneven, the face works at display sizes and on textured stock, and the specimen keeps the composition sparse so the wobble reads as intended. The palette is one ink on aged paper, and the texture in the letters matches the texture of the sheet, which is what makes the print convincing rather than a filter.
Serif, sketch, vintage, warm
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing West Postage with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
West Postage + Gastonia Script
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
Inspect Gastonia Script specimenPractical applications
Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to West Postage’s stroke geometry.
Label for a small-batch goods maker
A rough serif reads as a hand-stamped label, and the seeded edges hide the imperfections that an uncoated sticker would show anyway.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 70 by 50 mm label: the maker at 13 pt, the product in a 7 pt serif, and the batch at 6 pt. Keep 4 mm inside the die and print one ink on a natural kraft stock.
Pre-production check
Check the 13 pt maker on kraft, where the seeded edge can fill; keep the size above 11 pt. Confirm the 6 pt batch reads at arm's length and that the label peels cleanly.
Cover for a memoir
A rough serif gives a personal history the look of a letter rather than a printed book, and the uneven stems survive a matte cover stock.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Set the title at 80 mm cap height across 190 mm, the subtitle in a 11 pt serif, and the author at 9 pt. Print one ink on a textured stock and keep the title in the upper half.
Pre-production check
Check the title at 80 mm, where the rough edge can clot at the joins; open the spacing. Confirm the 9 pt author survives lamination and that the title clears the trim by 12 mm.
Menu for a rustic wedding
A sketch serif suits a celebration where everything is handwritten, and the seeded texture reads as letterpress without the plate cost.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A5 menu: the heading at 20 pt, the courses at 9 pt with 14 pt leading, and the date at 8 pt. Keep 20 mm margins and print one ink on a cream card so the texture stays visible.
Pre-production check
Check the 9 pt courses on uncoated card, where the seeded edge can break the stroke; keep them above 8 pt. Confirm the heading reads across the table and that the date clears the trim.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Rough sketch serif
- Foundry / creator
- saridezra
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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