Allegheny

Name: Allegheny
Author: Pilaster Davy

Allegheny commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Pilaster Davy76% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Allegheny Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Allegheny Specimen

Allegheny

Allegheny is a display typeface by Pilaster Davy built for display contexts.

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Allegheny

ALLEGHENY

ALLEGHENYTYPE

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Allegheny— display typeface

AlleghenyBy Pilaster Davy

AlleghenyTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Allegheny Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Allegheny Body Typography

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

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

When setting Allegheny 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.

Allegheny 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	Allegheny delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Allegheny italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Allegheny bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Allegheny typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Allegheny typography specimen

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

Quick Start

Integrating Allegheny

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Allegheny

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Allegheny's Details

Pilaster Davy

Display

Open Source

Allegheny font is a display typeface expressing decorative fancy character through gothic retro vintage construction for Pennsylvania mountain heritage aesthetics. The ornate letterforms project Appalachian authority suitable for mountain branding, Pennsylvania regional identity, and design projects celebrating Allegheny typographic traditions. Decorative gothic vintage forms provide elaborate character while regional influence adds mountain heritage depth. Effective for mountain tourism, Appalachian culture, and regional products.

Allegheny was created by Pilaster Davy. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Allegheny features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

Allegheny is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Allegheny

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

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Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

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About

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Western European

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