LCP Style Guide - Typography

 

Font System — Four Tiers
Tier 01 · Display Headline
Berlin Extra Bold
Fallback: Bebas Neue
Episode titles, hero text, thumbnail headlines, primary display. The dominant voice of the brand.
Draw Go
Tier 02 · Subhead / Body
Futura PT Light
Fallback: Jost Light
Episode subtitles, descriptive text, UI labels, secondary display lines. Clean, geometric counterpoint to Tier 1.
Reactive Spell Slinging
Tier 03 · Artistic Display
Bayside Condensed
Fallback: Big Shoulders Display
Special episode titles, pull quotes, moments of brand personality. Use sparingly — this is the brand's wildcard voice.
Voltron
Killer
Tier 04 · Data / Accent
Share Tech Mono
Special use: VCR OSD Mono
Episode numbers, timestamps, stat callouts, card data. The "machine voice" — technical, functional, precise. Reserve VCR OSD Mono for deliberate retro/VHS moments only.
EP·340
REC ●
Tier 01 — Display Headline
Berlin Extra Bold
Adobe Fonts · Primary
Adobe
96pxHero
LC EDH
64pxThumbnail
Before You Go
48pxEpisode Title
Anatomy of a Killer
32pxSection Head
Listener Decks — Enchantments
22pxSub-display
Reactive Spell Slinging — Commander / EDH
Bebas Neue
Google Fonts · Fallback — rendering live below
Google Fonts Free
96pxHero
LC EDH
64pxThumbnail
Before You Go
48pxEpisode Title
Anatomy of a Killer
32pxSection Head
Listener Decks — Enchantments
Tier 02 — Subhead / Body Display
Futura PT Light
Adobe Fonts · Primary
Adobe
18pxSubtitle
Nuances of "Voltron" · Listener Decks Season 3
14pxBody Display
Commander / EDH · Episode 340 · April 2026
12pxCaption
A podcast about the Commander format of Magic: the Gathering. Two friends talking through the format they love — strategy, community, and the chaos of a four-player table.
10pxLabel
Legendary Creature EDH · New Episodes Every Week
italicEmphasis
Draw-Go is reactive spell slinging at its purest.
Jost Light
Google Fonts · Fallback — rendering live below
Google Fonts Free
18pxSubtitle
Nuances of "Voltron" · Listener Decks Season 3
12pxCaption
A podcast about the Commander format of Magic: the Gathering. Two friends talking through the format they love — strategy, community, and the chaos of a four-player table.
systemAlt Fallback
Century Gothic — Windows system fallback
Available on most Windows systems without install
Tier 03 — Artistic Display
Bayside Condensed Demo
Adobe Fonts · Primary · Use selectively
Adobe
72pxHero Alt
Voltron
48pxFeature
Stax · Storm · Combo
noteUsage Rule
Bayside carries more personality and retro weight than Berlin. Use it for episodes or moments that want to feel more irreverent, emphatic, or nostalgic. Never use both Berlin and Bayside as primary titles in the same asset.
Big Shoulders Display ExtraBold
Google Fonts · Fallback — rendering live below
Google Fonts Free
72pxHero Alt
Voltron
48pxFeature
Stax · Storm · Combo
Tier 04 — Data / VHS Accent
Share Tech Mono
Google Fonts · Primary · VCR OSD Mono reserved for special-use VHS accent moments
Google Fonts Free
Episode Tag
EP·340
DRAW GO
Recording State
● REC
00:48:33
Stat Callout
CMC_AVG 3.4
CARD_CNT 99
COLORS WUBRG
Date / Meta
2026·04·11
LEGENDARY
CREATURE EDH
Hierarchy in Context — Thumbnail Simulations
Berlin + Futura
EP·336 · 2026
Listener
Decks
Enchantments Season
Bayside Variant
EP·317 · DEEP DIVE
Anatomy
of a
Killer
Nuances of "Voltron"
Full Stack
EP·298 · REC ● 01:12:04
Before
You Go
Best of Season 4
Type Scale Reference
Role Size Font Tracking Context
Hero Display 72–96px Berlin Extra Bold / Bebas Neue +2–3px Thumbnail hero text, cover art, large-format print
Episode Title 44–64px Berlin Extra Bold / Bebas Neue +2px Thumbnail primary title line, video titles
Artistic Display 44–72px Bayside Condensed / Big Shoulders Display +1px Alternate titles, special episodes, emphasis moments
Subheading 14–20px Futura PT Light / Jost Light +3–4px Episode subtitles, category labels, secondary title lines
Body / Caption 11–13px Futura PT Light / Jost Light +0.5px Descriptions, show notes headers, web/social body text
Micro Label 9–11px Futura PT Light / Jost Light +4–5px UI tags, category chips, all-caps annotation labels
Data / Accent 9–22px Share Tech Mono · VCR OSD Mono (special use) +2px Episode numbers, timestamps, stat callouts, card data. VCR OSD Mono for deliberate VHS-coded moments only.
Usage Rules

Hierarchy Discipline

A single asset should use no more than two tiers at once — typically Tier 1 for the headline and Tier 2 for the subtitle. Tier 3 (Bayside) replaces Tier 1 when used; it does not coexist with Berlin in the same primary text block. Tier 4 (VCR OSD Mono) is always a supporting element, never a headline.

Tracking & Weight

Berlin and Bebas Neue carry letter-spacing of +2 to +3px at display sizes — tighter than default and characteristic of the brand's compressed, dense feel. Futura/Jost runs +3 to +5px at subhead sizes to give it the open, airy quality that contrasts with the headline weight. VCR OSD Mono is set at +2px minimum — it needs breathing room to read cleanly.

Color Assignments

Default headline color is white (#ffffff) on dark field. Signal Purple and Signal Teal are used for headlines only when the art or background creates sufficient contrast — avoid both primaries on mid-value backgrounds. Subtitles default to Signal Teal. VCR OSD Mono data text defaults to 60–70% white opacity unless being used as a featured callout.

When Adobe Fonts Are Unavailable

Use the Google Fonts fallbacks without apology — Bebas Neue and Jost Light are strong enough to carry the brand in production contexts. Never substitute a serif or script font regardless of availability. If neither Jost nor Futura is available, Century Gothic is the only acceptable system font fallback for Tier 2. Under no circumstances use Arial, Calibri, or Helvetica Neue as headline substitutes. Share Tech Mono is always available via Google Fonts and requires no fallback.

VCR OSD Mono — Special Use

VCR OSD Mono (free via dafont.com) is not a Tier 4 workhorse — it is a special-use accent reserved for moments where the brand is deliberately leaning into its VHS/retro identity. Appropriate contexts: a "REC ●" recording indicator, anniversary or throwback episodes, a thumbnail built around an intentional nostalgia frame. Because the brand's scan-line and RGB-split visual treatment already carries the CRT/VHS language, do not pair VCR OSD Mono with heavy glitch effects — the combination reads as redundant. Use one or the other to make the period reference, not both.