Ammonite

Name: Ammonite
Author: Daniel Bennett

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

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Displayby Daniel Bennett58% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Ammonite

Best Font Pairings for Ammonite

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Ammonite, including combinations with Libre Caslon Condensed, Belanosima and Altertype.

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

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Test Ammonite Font Pairings Live

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

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

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Ammonite Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Ammonite Specimen

Ammonite

Ammonite is a display typeface by Daniel Bennett built for display contexts.

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Ammonite— display typeface

AmmoniteBy Daniel Bennett

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UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Ammonite 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 Ammonite

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

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

When setting Ammonite 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Ammonite in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Inside Ammonite

Daniel Bennett

Display

Open Source

Ammonite font is a display typeface projecting bold presence through sport strong logo-ready construction for fossil-inspired athletic aesthetics. The commanding letterforms project prehistoric power suitable for paleontology branding, sports teams, and design projects celebrating spiral shell typography. Bold sport forms create competitive energy while ammonite influence adds ancient natural character. Effective for natural history, team mascots, and prehistoric themes.

Ammonite was crafted by Daniel Bennett. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Ammonite features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for hero headlines and landing page headers.

Ammonite is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Ammonite

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Ammonite

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

Ammonite

Best Ways to Use Ammonite

Best Font Pairings for Ammonite

Test Ammonite Font Pairings Live

In Context

Ammonite Typography

Ammonite

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Ammonite

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

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Accessibility Features of Ammonite

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Ammonite Accessibility Recommendations

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Western European

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