Wellfleet by Riccardo De Franceschi of Sorkin Type Co. is a free decorative display font with sturdy slab-like serifs and a deliberately uneven cut. Its broad letters vary in width and angle, with softly rounded corners.
It can give a poster or book cover the look of hand-cut show-card lettering. The same sturdy shapes suit food packaging, festival graphics, and casual venue signage, especially when a warm, handmade note is useful. Beside bold illustrations, the irregular silhouettes can echo carved labels, painted signs, or playful character art rather than acting as neutral typography.
Wellfleet is a versatile low contrast slab serif text typeface with a a bouncy upbeat feeling. Wellfleet was inspired by German poster lettering. Despite having display letters as a source of inspiration Wellfleet is functional in a wide range of sizes.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2012-01-04
Revision1
Glyph count426
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals