Stencil Rate 7 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, signage, packaging, headlines, labels, industrial, utilitarian, rugged, authoritative, mechanical, stencil utility, strong legibility, industrial texture, signage voice, slab serif, stenciled, bracketed, ink-trap, high-impact.
A bold slab-serif stencil with clear, consistent breaks that create sturdy stencil bridges across both stems and curves. The letterforms are built from chunky, squared serifs and firm vertical stress, with moderate contrast and slightly softened internal corners that read like ink traps or punched counters. Proportions feel compact and robust, with generous cap height and a steady rhythm in text despite the interrupted strokes. Numerals and capitals are especially blocky and assertive, while lowercase retains the same heavy, engineered construction.
This face suits headlines, posters, and branding where a tough industrial texture is desired, as well as signage, labeling, and packaging that benefit from a stencil aesthetic. It performs best at medium-to-large sizes where the breaks read crisply and contribute to the intended texture.
The overall tone is industrial and workmanlike, evoking stamped labeling, equipment markings, and practical signage. Its heavy slabs and deliberate gaps give it a rugged, no-nonsense character that feels authoritative and functional rather than decorative.
The design appears intended to deliver an unmistakable stencil voice while maintaining the structural clarity of a slab serif for strong readability. Its engineered bridges and compact, weighty forms suggest a focus on practical, high-impact communication with a manufactured, marked-on-surface feel.
Stencil cuts are placed to preserve recognition at display sizes, and many glyphs show carefully maintained bridges in bowls and curves (notably in rounded letters and figures). The design balances legibility with a strong graphic presence, making the texture of lines in paragraphs feel dense and patterned.