Serrucho

In a landscape defined by softened edges and calibrated restraint, Serrucho cuts through with intention. Not smooth, not polite, but sharpened.

This new variable typeface from In-House International foundry spans eight weights that move from solid, blocky authority to spiky, kinetic chaos. Named for the handsaw it references, Serrucho quite literally shows its teeth—starting controlled and ending feral.

The journey from Serrucho -100 to Serrucho -800 is one of escalating intensity. At its flattest, the type is brutal but precise: angular forms, confident geometry, the kind of weight that commands without shouting. But as the variable axis progresses, something transforms. Edges multiply. Forms fragment and spike. By the extreme end, letters look electrified—vibrating, buzzing, like machinery pushed past its limits.
"There's a rawness to it that felt important," explains Alexander Wright, who designed the typeface. "It references this whole lineage of underground graphics—punk flyers, hardcore logos, protest posters—where the urgency of the message mattered more than polish. But we wanted it to be just as effective when you need control as when you want chaos."

The typeface carries the DNA of DIY rebellion: hand-cut aesthetics, industrial textures, the visual language of counterculture. Its repeating vertical forms create rhythm and motion, while circular counters read as drill holes or punch marks. It's typography that feels made rather than drawn—assembled, abraded, sharpened.

Serrucho works where polite design doesn't: brands with something to prove, events that demand attention, packaging that refuses to blend in, any project where the appropriate response is volume and edges. It's perfect for music graphics, bold identities, street-culture branding, and anywhere rebellion is the brief.

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Serrucho

Foundry: In-House International
Designer: Alexander Wright
Engineer: Rodrigo Fuenzalida at FragType
File Formats: available as a variable font for maximum versatility and as individual OTF weights
Styles / widths / weights: The type includes uppercase and lowercase alphabets, numbers, punctuation, and extended Latin diacritics

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