Short Stack

Handwriting · by James Grieshaber · 1 style

Download

ShortStack.zip · 71 KB · 2 files including OFL.txt

Typography profile

Weights
400 only
Italics
None
Scripts
Latin
Best for
  • Handwritten accents
  • Display headings
Consider alternatives for
  • Text that relies on bold or italic emphasis
  • Scripts other than Latin
  • Languages beyond basic Latin
Characteristics
  • Large x-height
  • Wide lowercase

Styles

32px

  1. Short Stack Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Short Stack Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

BPOZZ Design Note

Short Stack's lowercase is both tall and wide, near the top of the library on each measure, so a line of it holds noticeably fewer characters than most faces at the same size: a fixed-width label or button needs room for that.

BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.

About Short Stack

About
A low-contrast, semi-geometric face from Sorkin Type inspired by children's handwriting. Sturdy and clear from medium text sizes up.
Designer
James Grieshaber
Version
1.002
Category
Handwriting
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1

You may use, embed, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial projects. The font files may not be sold on their own. Read the full license (OFL.txt).

This family declares a Reserved Font Name: if you modify the font, the modified version must use a different name.

Copyright (c) 2011 by Sorkin Type Co (www.sorkintype.com), with Reserved Font Name "Short Stack".

Source
Google Fonts

Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository. Added to Google Fonts 17 Aug 2011.

Upstream project: github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg.

Available styles
  • Regular 400
Available formats
  • TTF download and web preview
Character sets
Latin