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Sublime
Merch Co.

Risograph zine energy meets a well-loved paperback. Custom sublimation merch for fandoms, indie authors and brands who want their stuff to actually get worn, used and shelved.

The white space

Loud, but crafted

The local merch scene splits in two — and nobody owns the middle. That gap is the brand.

Pop-merch crowd

Fun but rough

Nowstalgia, T-Shirt Terrorist, Bitchin' Tees — bold and irreverent, weak on polish.

The big player

Clean but corporate

Brandability — slick and trusted, but sterile and personality-free.

Sublime Merch

Playful + design-led

Fandom-loud colour with studio-grade craft and a book-nerd wink.

Colour

The sublimation spectrum

Saturated pops borrowed from comics and riso printing, anchored by book-ink and warm paper. Violet is the hero; everything else is a guest star.

Hero
Sublime Violet
#5B2A9D
Primary brand colour, headers, key surfaces.
Accent
Riso Pink
#FF4D8D
Fandom energy, highlights, calls to action.
Pop
Comic Blue
#2D6BFF
Secondary pop, photo backdrops, links.
Pop
Marigold
#FFB200
Stamps, stars, sticker fills, warmth.
Text
Book Ink
#171019
Body text, outlines, the zine line-work.
Neutral
Foxed Paper
#F6EFE2
Backgrounds, cards, breathing room.

Type

Bookish display, zine labels

A characterful storybook serif for personality, a punchy contemporary grotesque for labels and UI, a clean workhorse for reading, and a mono for the nerdy details.

Display — Frauncesheadlines · hero · taglines
Merch worth shelf space

Soft, slightly wonky old-style serif — warm and literary without being stuffy. Free on Google Fonts.

Accent — Bricolage Grotesquelabels · buttons · section heads
Small runs. Big feelings.

Contemporary grotesque with just enough irregularity to feel handmade. Free on Google Fonts.

Body — Hanken Groteskparagraphs · product copy · UI

Print runs as niche as your bookshelf. From a single fan tee to a full conference kit, we sublimate full-colour designs onto mugs, shirts and totes — then ship them, Joburg to the coast.

Utility — JetBrains Monospecs · tags · SKUs · prices
// no minimums · 5-day turnaround · ZA-wide delivery

Texture & motif

The zine toolkit

Tactile, printed, a little lo-fi on purpose — the visual cues that say "made by people who love this stuff."

Halftone dots
Ben-Day pop
Book spines
Hazard stripes
Riso grain
POW!

Voice

Clever, warm, a little nerdy

Talk like the funniest person in the book club who also happens to run a print shop. Puns are welcome — when they're earned.

Your fandom, fully sublimated.
From group chat to merch drop.
Page one of your merch story.
Niche is the whole point.

Do

  • Wink at fandoms and books like an insider
  • Lead with plain, useful specifics
  • Keep it warm, playful and confident

Don't

  • Reach for corporate filler or hard-sell
  • Pile on puns until they collapse
  • Gatekeep — everyone's fandom counts

In the wild

How it comes together

A quick look at the system applied — buttons, tags, die-cut stickers and a product card.

Buttons & tags
Fan merch Indie authors Corporate No minimums Team building
Plot Twist Mug
SKU · MUG-330 · full-colour
from R95
Sticker sheet
CERTIFIED
SHELF-WORTHY
✦ sublime ✦
Printed in SAJOBURG → COAST