Author's note

Stadium1956 by Florian Mihr is a free outlined Western display font with the broad stance of vintage stadium lettering. Heavy slab serifs, forked corners, and sharp waistline notches give the capitals a carved, almost architectural profile, with rounded letters keeping the set from feeling rigid.

Sports merchandise and country music posters are very different settings, but both suit its mix of athletic scale and frontier ornament. It also belongs on event signage and beverage packaging with a deliberately old-fashioned theme. The open interiors can echo jersey numbers, bordered badges, and label frames, turning the lettering into part of the surrounding illustration.

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Basic font information

Font family
Stadium 1956
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
1.001;UKWN;Stadium1956-Regular
Full font name
Stadium1956-Regular
Name table version
Version 1.001;PS 001.001;hotconv 1.0.56;makeotf.lib2.0.21325
Postscript font name
Stadium1956-Regular
Designer

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2012-01-10
Revision1
Glyph count93
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classSlab serifs
WeightSemi-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureOutlined