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Big Shoulders Stencil Text SC

XO Type Co · A condensed stencil display font from the Big Shoulders family, installed as a single variable TrueType font file.

CaskFontsApple silicon · Intel
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From homebrew/cask
30-day installs3
1-year installs24Last 365 days
Latest versionlatestMay 30, 2024 · May 30, 2024
Download size205KBarm64 / x86_64 · ttf
Release cadenceIrregular0 releases in 30 days

Big Shoulders Stencil Text SC is a font you can install on a Mac.

About

Big Shoulders Stencil Text SC is a condensed, sans-serif stencil font in the Big Shoulders superfamily, a design created for the Chicago Design System and Chicago residents. This Homebrew cask installs the Text SC variant—not the broader Big Shoulders family or its other Stencil and Inline variants.

  • The supplied font file is a variable TrueType font with a weight axis, as indicated by its filename.
  • The family is described by its creators as having tall, condensed forms inspired by Chicago’s history.
  • The project documentation describes small-cap forms in the family; the installed file is specifically the Text SC variant.

Install with brew install --cask font-big-shoulders-stencil-text-sc. The cask installs BigShouldersStencilTextSC[wght].ttf in the user’s macOS Fonts folder. After installation, select the installed font in a compatible application to use it; this cask installs a font, not a separate application. Font-file evidence does not establish complete Unicode coverage or ligature support.

Sources: Project · Project README

New What’s new in latest May 30, 2024 · OpenNavo editorial

  • FontVariable font file added to source distribution.
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Install and uninstall

Homebrew installs the font in ~/Library/Fonts, where Font Book can use it.

Install without Homebrew

Download the same file Homebrew uses: github.com/google/fonts/raw/main/ofl/bigshouldersstenciltextsc/BigShouldersStencilTextSC%5Bwght%5D.ttf

Uninstall command
$ brew uninstall --cask \font-big-shoulders-stencil-text-sc

A regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.

Questions

Is Big Shoulders Stencil Text SC safe?

Big Shoulders Stencil Text SC is in Homebrew’s official catalog and has not been disabled. Since September 2026, Homebrew disables apps that fail macOS Gatekeeper checks. The download comes from github.com; Homebrew does not verify a checksum for it. It was installed 3 times through Homebrew in the last 30 days.

How do I completely uninstall Big Shoulders Stencil Text SC on a Mac?

Run brew uninstall --cask font-big-shoulders-stencil-text-sc.