Stencil Uppy 2 is a regular weight, narrow, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, signage, art deco, theatrical, industrial, vintage, noir, stencil styling, deco revival, signage feel, display impact, retro mood, condensed, stenciled, high contrast, geometric, sharp terminals.
A condensed, monoline display face with consistent stroke weight and crisp, rectilinear construction. Many letters are interrupted by deliberate breaks that act as stencil bridges, especially in vertical stems and bowls, creating a segmented rhythm. Curves are narrow and controlled, with flattened arcs and sharp inner corners; terminals tend toward clean, straight cuts. The overall texture is tall and airy, with compact counters and a slightly mechanical, engineered feel across both upper- and lowercase and the numerals.
Best suited for display work such as posters, headlines, storefront or wayfinding-style signage, packaging accents, and distinctive logotypes. It can also work for short editorial pulls or titles where a condensed, stenciled texture is desirable, but is less ideal for long-form reading.
The broken strokes and tall proportions evoke early 20th‑century signage, stage titling, and industrial marking, lending a dramatic, slightly mysterious tone. Its disciplined geometry reads as retro-modern—stylish and deliberate rather than casual—well suited to noir, cabaret, and deco-leaning aesthetics.
The design appears intended to combine a condensed, geometric display silhouette with purposeful stencil breaks, achieving a decorative industrial look reminiscent of vintage signpainting and Art Deco titling. The consistent stroke weight and strict verticality suggest an emphasis on reproducible, high-impact letterforms for attention-grabbing settings.
Legibility holds up best at medium to large sizes where the stencil gaps remain clearly intentional; at very small sizes the breaks may visually close up or appear as incidental notches. The numerals and capitals carry especially strong vertical emphasis, producing a distinctive striped color in text lines.