Workhorse Script Stencil Family

Variable Font
6 Optical Sizes

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Extra Fine
Fine
Display
Text
Caption
Micro
Fine
Display
Text
Caption
Micro
Extra Light
Text
Caption
Caption
Micro
Micro
Alternate Characters
  • bb
  • hh
  • kk
  • ll
Opentype Features
  • Ligatures Official
  • Optical Variants (Automatic) BBBBBB
Optical Sizes
  • For any boat to enter a narrow lock, it must be under 7 feet
  • A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom.
  • British canal network, because the nominal maximum length of locks is 75 feet (22.86 m). Some locks are shorter than 72 feet (21.95 m), so to access the entire canal network the maximum length is 57 feet (17.37 m)
  • The first narrow boats played a key role in the economic changes of the British Industrial Revolution. They were wooden boats drawn by a horse walking on the canal towpath led by a crew member.
  • Horses were gradually replaced by steam and then diesel engines. By the end of the 19th century it was common practice to paint roses and castles on narrowboats and their fixtures and fittings. This tradition has continued into the 21st century, but not all narrowboats have such decorations.
  • Modern narrowboats are used for holidays, weekend breaks, touring, or as permanent or part-time residences. Usually, they have steel hulls and a steel superstructure. The hull's flat base is usually 10mm thick, the hull sides 6mm or 8mm, the cabin sides 6mm, and the roof 4mm or 6mm. The numbers of boats have been rising, with the number of licensed boats (not all of them narrowboats) on canals and rivers managed by the Canal & River Trust (CRT) estimated at about 27,000 in 2006 by 2019 this had risen to 34,367.
Variable Font

Weight Axis

Variable fonts allow you to find that perfect weight for every context. On the web, depending on how many styles you utilize, they also drastically reduce font loading times since you only require one font file.

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Typeface Information

Workhorse Script Stencil is a modern take on the classic English Roundhand script, influenced by industrial American stencils. The stencils allow the flowing script forms to flow around each other making for an unusual combination of sophistication and grit.

While stenciling a script might seem blasphemous and crass, handwritten script forms have been reproduced by engraving slabs of metal for centuries. Where engraving creates a positive form, stenciling creates a mostly-intact negative form through which the bulk of the letterform can shine through.

6 Styles:

Extra Fine, Fine, Display, Text, Caption, Micro

Designed in 2021 by Adrian Kimball