Author's note

Wednesday Matinee Shadow by Kevin Skinner of Brand Labs is a free distorted caps display font with a sharp theatrical profile. Its tall irregular letters shift between broad slabs and narrow wedges, with split strokes that resemble cut paper or stage-set shadows. Jagged joins and sudden angles give the lettering a tense Art Deco edge.

Film festival posters and fashion packaging can both use its dramatic geometry, though one reads as theatrical and the other as sharply stylized. It also suits album covers and nightlife signage. In those settings, the broken letterforms can become part of an illustrated marquee or angular emblem instead of serving as neutral text.

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This font was designed in 2010 by Kevin Skinner for Brand Labs in Rochester, Michigan. It is free.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2010 by Brand Labs. All rights reserved.
Font family
Wednesday Matinee
Font subfamily
Shadow
Unique subfamily identification
BrandLabs: Wednesday Matinee Shadow: 2010
Full font name
Wednesday Matinee Shadow
Name table version
Version 1.000
Postscript font name
WednesdayMatinee-Shadow
Trademark notice
Wednesday Matinee Shadow is a trademark of Brand Labs.
Manufacturer name
Brand Labs
Designer
Kevin Skinner
Description
Copyright (c) 2010 by Brand Labs. All rights reserved.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2010-06-17
Revision1
Glyph count86
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced