Shadow Tine 1 is a light, wide, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, titles, branding, game ui, album art, futuristic, enigmatic, tactical, sci-fi, hand-drawn, world-building, interface mimicry, coded aesthetic, graphic impact, logo voice, angular, monoline, stencil-like, segmented, brushy.
A stylized, monoline display face built from segmented strokes and abrupt terminals, with many glyphs constructed from separated verticals and short horizontal bars. The contours feel brush-drawn: strokes taper slightly, corners are sharp but not mechanical, and joins often break into small gaps that read like cut marks. Counters are minimal and frequently implied rather than fully enclosed, creating a hollowed, skeletal rhythm across the alphabet. Proportions skew wide with compact vertical span, and the overall cadence is irregular in a controlled way, reinforcing a custom, symbol-forward texture in text.
Best suited to headlines, logos, and short bursts of text where its segmented construction can be appreciated at larger sizes. It works well for sci‑fi or cyber-themed posters, game/interface labeling, and branding elements that benefit from a coded or industrial flavor. For body copy, it’s more effective as an accent or for atmospheric fragments than for sustained reading.
The font conveys a futuristic, coded tone—part sci‑fi interface, part cryptic signage. Its broken, stencil-like construction suggests secrecy, systems, and technical labeling, while the brushy edges keep it human and energetic rather than sterile. In longer lines it reads as an intentional cipher, giving copy a mysterious, world-built voice.
The design appears intended to merge a hand-rendered brush feel with a modular, stencil-based construction, producing glyphs that read like a bespoke script or encoded alphabet. The hollowed breaks and repeating segments aim to create a shadowed, layered impression and a strong graphic identity in display settings.
The shadow-like presence is suggested by repeated, offset fragments and interior cutouts that create a layered, dimensional hint without relying on traditional shading. Letterforms prioritize distinctive silhouettes over immediate readability, especially where counters are reduced to slits or gaps. Spacing appears tuned for display use, with glyphs that interlock visually through consistent segment lengths and recurring vertical stems.