Aboensis

Name: Aboensis
Author: Tommi Syrjanen

Aboensis captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Tommi Syrjanen86% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Aboensis

Best Font Pairings for Aboensis

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Aboensis, including combinations with Topography, Arteks and Ampero.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Aboensis with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Character Set

Aboensis Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Reading Text in Aboensis

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Aboensis, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Aboensis demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Aboensis for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Aboensis small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Aboensis delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Aboensis italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Aboensis bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Aboensis typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Aboensis typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Aboensis'; }

Quick Start

Using Aboensis in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Aboensis:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Aboensis:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Aboensis';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Aboensis:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Aboensis CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Aboensis', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Aboensis', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'aboensis': ['Aboensis', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-aboensis">Your text here</p>

About

The Design of Aboensis

Tommi Syrjanen

Handwriting

Open Source

Aboensis font is a medieval cursive handwriting typeface by Tommi Syrjanen designed for historical period display applications. This distinctive typeface delivers authentic medieval script presence suited for historical documentation, medieval entertainment graphics, and editorial content requiring period cursive authenticity. Aboensis excels in historical publication design, medieval fair graphics, and cultural content where medieval cursive creates authentic historical character. The period-appropriate forms add historical credibility while cursive flow provides organic movement. Designers seeking medieval cursive scripts will find Aboensis delivers appropriate historical authenticity. Pairs effectively with antiqua serifs for cohesive historical design systems.

Aboensis was crafted by Tommi Syrjanen. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Aboensis features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs.

Aboensis is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Aboensis

Aboensis

Best Ways to Use Aboensis

Best Font Pairings for Aboensis

Test Aboensis Font Pairings Live

Character Set

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Reading Text in Aboensis

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

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Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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