Potelé takes its name from the French word for plump, and the letterforms earn it: chubby all-caps on heavy strokes, full round bowls, and soft huggable terminals, all finished with a naive hand-drawn wobble. It grows out of French sign-painting and the fat rounded lettering of 1970s film posters and café storefronts — yes, a café cliché. Annoyingly useful.
The font goes loud at display sizes, where the round caps take up room and do the talking. Tight tracking suits it best: squeeze the letters together and one word sets into a ready-made logo, the way an old shop sign reads as a single mark.
Practical uses:
Branding and logos — bakeries, patisseries, cafés, ice-cream parlors, natural-wine bars.
Signage and menu boards — storefront signs, enamel-style plaques, chalkboard menus, market stalls.
Poster and flyer design — festivals, film nights, food fairs, block parties, gig posters.
Packaging design — kids’ snacks, candy wrappers, jam jars, soda labels, gift boxes.
Editorial — magazine headlines, chapter openers.
Features:
uppercase characters;
numerals, punctuation, currency, and reference symbols;
extended Latin: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, and the Nordic set (Ø, Æ, Å, Œ, Ñ, Ç);
OTF, TTF formats.
Additional information
| File name | potele-regular.ttf |
|---|---|
| File extension | ttf |
| File format | TrueType |
| File MIME type | application/x-font-ttf |
| File size | 58 KB |
| Copyright | © 2026 Pixelbuddha |
| Font family | Potelé |
| Font subfamily | Regular |
| Identifier | 1.000;PXLB;Potele-Regular |
| Full name | Potelé Regular |
| Version | Version 1.000;Glyphs 3.4.1 (3436) |
| PostScriptName | Potele-Regular |
| Designer | Pixelbuddha |
| Typographic Family name | Potelé |
| Typographic Subfamily name | Regular |
| File name | potele-regular.otf |
|---|---|
| File extension | otf |
| File format | OpenType CFF |
| File MIME type | application/x-font-opentype |
| File size | 50 KB |
| Copyright | © 2026 Pixelbuddha |
| Font family | Potelé |
| Font subfamily | Regular |
| Identifier | 1.000;PXLB;Potele-Regular |
| Full name | Potelé Regular |
| Version | Version 1.000;Glyphs 3.4.1 (3436) |
| PostScriptName | Potele-Regular |
| Designer | Pixelbuddha |
| Typographic Family name | Potelé |
| Typographic Subfamily name | Regular |
Preview Text Font
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