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Anomaly

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

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Sans Serifby The Jigsaw Foundry76% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Anomaly

01

Best Font Pairings for Anomaly

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Anomaly, including combinations with Kwele, Picnic and Lakehurst Gothic.

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

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02

Test Anomaly Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Anomaly 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

Anomaly Specimen Gallery

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Anomaly Editorial Specimen

Anomaly in Editorial Context

Anomaly is a sans serif typeface by The Jigsaw Foundry suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

The Jigsaw Foundry

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Anomaly 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 Anomaly supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

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

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Anomaly Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available
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Anomaly Specimen

Anomaly

Anomaly is a sans serif typeface by The Jigsaw Foundry built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Anomaly
Anomaly
ANOMALY
ANOMALYTYPE
A

Tagline Pairings

Anomaly— sans serif typeface
AnomalyBy The Jigsaw Foundry
AnomalyTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Anomaly Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Anomaly Typography Scale

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

Anomaly Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Anomaly 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Anomaly to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Anomaly

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Anomaly

The Jigsaw Foundry
Sans Serif
Open Source

Anomaly font is a creative geometric modern sans-serif designed for distinctive contemporary typography applications. This unconventional typeface brings unique character through geometric construction with unexpected details, suitable for design studios, tech startups, and brands embracing differentiation. Anomaly works effectively for brand identities, portfolios, and creative campaigns. Particularly suited for innovation-focused companies. Pairs with neutral faces when distinction needs grounding.

Anomaly was created by The Jigsaw Foundry. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Anomaly 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.

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

Anomaly

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Anomaly

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Anomaly 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: 76). Anomaly performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by The Jigsaw Foundry. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Anomaly

Anomaly is classified as a Lineal typeface, rooted in 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 screen-first digital products and web applications. TypeSmith indexes Anomaly in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

76
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Anomaly

Anomaly 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.

Anomaly's Legibility

Anomaly 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.

How Readable is Anomaly?

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.

Anomaly's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

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

Anomaly Accessibility Recommendations

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

Anomaly Usage Guidelines

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 Anomaly. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Anomaly in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights & Styles

Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

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

Internationalization

International Character Support

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 121 glyphs covering Latin. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Usage Rights for Anomaly

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.

Anomaly 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 Anomaly ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.