I released Kenyan Coffee Stencil on June 4, 2019 as a companion to the original Kenyan Coffee family. The idea was simple: take the condensed framework of Kenyan Coffee and add stencil breaks to give it a more industrial edge. It launched with five weights, all upright with no italics. Of those, only the Semi-Bold weight was made available as a free download; the rest were paid. I kept it as a separate family from the main Kenyan Coffee rather than bundling it.
The design played with contrast in the stencil struts. In the lighter weights the breaks are wide and obvious, while in the heavier styles they’re thinner and subtler, almost disappearing into the weight of the strokes. In November 2024, version 1.1 adjusted the naming system so that Book became Light and Light became Extra-Light. No other changes were made at that time.
Kenyan Coffee Stencil never found notable usage in media or branding, but it served as an alternate option for designers who wanted a stencil look with the same condensed proportions as Kenyan Coffee.