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Akasha

Akasha delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Ggbot80% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Akasha

01

Best Font Pairings for Akasha

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Akasha, including combinations with Old Goudy, Robusta and Asian Hiro.

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

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02

Test Akasha Font Pairings Live

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

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

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In Context

Akasha Specimen Gallery

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Akasha Editorial Specimen

Akasha in Editorial Context

Akasha is a sans serif typeface by Ggbot suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Ggbot

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Akasha demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a sans serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Akasha supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Ggbot, Akasha balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Akasha Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Akasha Specimen

Akasha

Akasha is a sans serif typeface by Ggbot built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Akasha— sans serif typeface
AkashaBy Ggbot
AkashaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Akasha Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Akasha

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Akasha primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Akasha section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Akasha subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Akasha content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Akasha minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Akasha smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Body Text with Akasha

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

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

When setting Akasha 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.

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

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxAkasha delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxAkasha italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxAkasha bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxAkasha typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxAkasha typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Akasha'; }

Quick Start

Akasha Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Akasha CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Akasha', 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        'akasha': ['Akasha', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-akasha">Your text here</p>

About

Understanding Akasha

Ggbot
Sans Serif
Open Source

Akasha font is a tech-focused sans-serif designed for technology brands and digital product communications. This contemporary typeface delivers clean precision for interfaces, documentation, and marketing materials in technical contexts. Akasha works effectively for software products, startup branding, and technology marketing. Particularly suited for SaaS and digital technology companies. Pairs with monospace companions for code examples.

Akasha was designed by Ggbot. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Akasha features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications.

Akasha 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.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Akasha

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Akasha's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Akasha within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 80). Akasha maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Ggbot. The designer's attention to letterform construction and spacing rhythm produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Akasha

Akasha falls within the Lineal typeface, drawn from the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for wayfinding, signage, and information design. TypeSmith catalogs Akasha in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for Akasha
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Accessibility & Usability

80
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Akasha Accessibility Profile

Akasha achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Akasha Legibility Characteristics

Akasha draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Readability Profile: Akasha

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Akasha's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Akasha provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Akasha Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Akasha. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Akasha at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Design Tips for Akasha

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Akasha. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Akasha in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Akasha Font Files

Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

This font encodes 272 glyphs covering Latin and Devanagari. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Font License Details

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Akasha is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Akasha ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.