Stencil Ifpe 11 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logos, industrial, rugged, authoritative, vintage, utilitarian, impact, labeling, durability, thematic display, mechanical feel, slab serif, blocky, squared, high-impact, mechanical.
A heavy, slab-serif stencil with broad proportions and squared, machined contours. Strokes are thick and fairly even, with crisp terminals and prominent rectangular serifs that create a strong, poster-like silhouette. Stencil breaks are consistent and purposeful, cutting counters and joins into clean bridges that read clearly at display sizes. Round letters are more squarish than circular, and the overall rhythm is steady and compact, producing dense texture in lines of text.
This face performs best in attention-grabbing display settings such as posters, headlines, labels, and signage where the stencil construction is a feature. It can also work for rugged brand marks and packaging that benefits from an industrial or utilitarian aesthetic, while extended small-size text may feel dense due to the heavy weight and frequent stencil breaks.
The tone is assertive and workmanlike, evoking industrial labeling, shipping marks, and military or equipment graphics. Its blunt geometry and visible stencil bridges give it a rugged, no-nonsense voice that feels practical and durable rather than delicate or refined.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a functional stencil aesthetic, balancing clarity with a deliberately segmented construction. Its slab-serif structure and engineered breaks suggest a focus on durable, repeatable letterforms suited to marking, labeling, and bold thematic graphics.
The stencil cuts are integrated into both uppercase and lowercase forms, creating distinctive internal notches and segmented counters that become a key part of the patterning in paragraphs. Numerals match the same blocky, engineered logic, maintaining uniform weight and clear, sign-like shapes.