Poppin Font: Kustomtype’s Hand-Drawn Poster Family

In Kustomtype’s publisher account, Coert De Decker explains that a combination of names on an old movie poster prompted Poppin. He drew the design by hand before digitizing it, responding to its rock-and-roll character. This is Poppin, without the final s: it is not the Google Fonts family Poppins. A separate handwriting font also uses Poppin, so preserve the designer and foundry with the name.

The publisher lists Regular, Bold, Regular Round and Bold Round. Make a two-by-two specimen of “Midnight Matinee”: Regular beside Regular Round, with the corresponding Bold choices beneath them. Keep the title size and line breaks fixed. Compare the Round treatment horizontally and weight vertically, so you can name the decision you prefer. Only then fit the chosen title to a poster. A single image with four differently scaled words would hide those relationships.

Create a fictional matinee poster with a main title, a supporting performer line and a small doors-open notice. Try Poppin on the title first; then test whether repeating it in the performer line strengthens the hierarchy or makes both lines compete. Keep the notice in a simpler face. This is an original layout exercise, not a reconstruction of the unidentified poster that inspired the designer. The on-site rounded display profiles below provide independent comparisons, not the original Poppin files.