Workhorse Script Stencil
Workhorse Type Foundry · Adrian Kimball · 2021
An English Roundhand script rendered as a stencil, drawing on industrial American stencil culture to produce six optical sizes across a variable font.
About
Designed by Adrian Kimball in 2021, this typeface takes the flowing forms of English Roundhand and reproduces them through a stencil negative, drawing a parallel to metal engraving, where the letterform is defined by what is cut away. Six optical sizes run from Micro to Extra Fine, with the smallest size featuring a higher x-height, heavier weight and simplified letterforms to maintain legibility. A variable font file ships with each purchase, covering the optical size axis.
Classification
Based on English Roundhand, a formal cursive tradition, but rendered as a stencil form. The stencil interruptions give it an industrial character that sits at the intersection of script and display.