TAN Headline Font: Display Serif and Band-Poster Proofs

TanType’s TAN Headline listing describes a retro-inspired display serif and lists desktop and webfont formats. It does not establish a specific historical lettering model, so retro should not become an invented release-era story. In Letícia Santos’s institutional project report, the designer records TAN Headline as an existing type choice supplied by the band The Lourdes for its identity work. That documents one real design use, not a universal band-font rule.

For an original music poster, set a compact band name and a longer event title before adding decoration. Compare the longest title on one line and on two lines, keeping the remaining information in the same positions. Inspect whether the new break creates an awkward isolated word or a large empty corner. Use the same phrase in DM Serif Display as an independent display-serif comparison, not a TAN Headline preview. Select the type because the complete wording works, rather than because one enlarged initial looks appealing.

Build a second version at a smaller card or social-image size. Preserve the reading order while reconsidering the title’s line breaks and the distance to the date and venue. A smaller output may need a simpler title arrangement and more generous support text. Source Sans 3 is an independent companion for that factual line. Choose the actual permitted webfont resource if the design becomes live website text; a desktop-file extension alone does not establish a web workflow. For Unicode caption decoration instead, use the homepage copyable letter-style tool.