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Whiskey Trail + Mango Dream
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Narrow irregular slab
Whiskey Trail
Whiskey Trail is a narrow irregular slab in cream over a dark still life of a bottle and a glass: tall capitals with soft angled slab ends, uneven stems and open bowls, set in two lines with a small tracked line above and a plain line beneath.
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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 Whiskey Trail.
The two words are stacked and the drawing is a narrow slab with deliberate irregularities: the stems vary slightly, the slab ends are angled rather than square, and the bowls stay open, so the block reads as hand-cut lettering rather than as a mechanical face. That construction sets a moderate size floor, because the open bowls close when the letters shrink, and the placement over a dim still life shows that the cream holds against a dark, detailed ground. The bottle and the glass are staging that names the register, and the tracked line above and the plain line beneath are product copy. Because the letters are narrow and warm, the face suits a label, a sign and a menu for a bar or a distillery.
Slab, narrow, irregular, rustic
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Whiskey Trail with grounded secondary typography.
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Whiskey Trail + Madelyn
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Whiskey Trail’s stroke geometry.
Label for a distillery
A narrow slab gives a bottle label a hand-cut register, and the cream holds against a dark glass. A distillery label wants a hand-cut voice.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 70 by 95 mm label: the distillery at 14 pt, the expression at 8.5 pt, and the volume at 7 pt. Keep 5 mm inside the die and keep the angled ends above 0.5 mm.
Pre-production check
Check the 14 pt name on a curved bottle, where an angled end can fill; keep it above 0.5 mm. Confirm the 7 pt volume reads on the shelf and that the label holds in a cellar.
Menu for a whiskey bar
A narrow slab suits a drinks list, and the irregular edges give a printed menu a hand-set feel. A drinks list is read by candlelight.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A4 menu: the heading at 36 mm cap height, the serves at 10.5 pt, and the prices at 9 pt. Keep 18 mm margins and print one ink on a dark card with the type reversed out.
Pre-production check
Check the 10.5 pt serves reversed on a dark card, where an open bowl can fill; keep it open. Confirm the 9 pt prices keep a 4.5:1 contrast and that the menu lies flat.
Card for a tasting night
A narrow slab sets a tasting card, and the cream on brown prints cleanly without a second ink. A tasting card should feel printed, not digital.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A6 card: the greeting at 22 pt, the details in a 9.5 pt sans, and the date at 8.5 pt. Keep 15 mm margins and print one colour on a kraft card. Leave 12 mm at the foot for the address line.
Pre-production check
Check the 22 pt greeting on kraft, where a slab end can clot; keep the smallest detail above 0.6 mm. Confirm the 9.5 pt details keep a 4.5:1 contrast and that the card folds flat.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Narrow irregular slab
- Foundry / creator
- riki.studio
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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