Stencil Bavo 2 is a regular weight, normal width, monoline, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, signage, packaging, industrial, technical, retro, sci-fi, stencil utility, system design, display impact, industrial styling, rounded terminals, stencil bridges, segmented, geometric, modular.
A monoline display face built from rounded, segmented strokes with consistent thickness and soft, radiused ends. Many letters are constructed from separated components connected by clear stencil bridges, producing deliberate gaps in bowls and joins while maintaining strong legibility. Forms lean geometric with simplified structures (notably in curved characters), and the rhythm alternates between open counters and punctuated breaks, giving the set a modular, engineered feel. Numerals follow the same segmented logic, with rounded corners and clean, even spacing that reads well at medium to large sizes.
Best suited for display applications where the stencil segmentation can be appreciated: posters, headlines, product branding, packaging, and environmental or industrial-style signage. It can also work for short UI labels or chapter titles when a technical, constructed look is desired, but the broken strokes are most effective at larger sizes.
The overall tone feels industrial and utilitarian, like labeling on equipment, wayfinding, or manufactured signage. The rounded terminals soften the mechanical structure, balancing a technical voice with a slightly playful, retro-futuristic character.
The design appears intended to deliver a clear stencil identity with rounded, modernized terminals—combining practical cut-out cues with a modular, engineered construction. Its consistent stroke and repeated bridges suggest an emphasis on reproducible, system-like forms that maintain legibility while creating a distinctive surface texture.
In text settings the repeated internal gaps create a distinctive texture and a perforated pattern across lines, especially in letters with bowls and diagonals. The design stays consistent across capitals, lowercase, and figures, with punctuation-like breaks used as a core stylistic motif rather than decorative flourishes.