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Antic Slab

Antic Slab brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Yanone87% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Antic Slab

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Best Font Pairings for Antic Slab

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Antic Slab, including combinations with EB Garamond, Cinzel and Libre Baskerville.

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

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Test Antic Slab Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Antic Slab with any font combination in real-time, optimized for 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

Antic Slab Specimen Gallery

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Antic Slab Editorial Specimen

Antic Slab in Editorial Context

Antic Slab is a serif typeface by Yanone suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Yanone

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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

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Antic Slab Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Antic Slab Specimen

Antic Slab

Antic Slab is a serif typeface by Yanone built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Antic Slab— serif typeface
Antic SlabBy Yanone
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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Antic Slab Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Antic Slab

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

Antic Slab Body Typography

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

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

When setting Antic Slab 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Antic Slab to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Antic Slab';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Antic+Slab');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Antic Slab CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Antic Slab

Yanone
Serif
Open Source

Antic Slab offers organic warmth and calligraphic influence, making it well-suited for formal documents. Its traditional elegance and stroke contrast contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for book typography and formal documents, Antic Slab adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Antic Slab supports a wide range of languages, primarily those using the Latin script. This includes....

Antic Slab was designed by Yanone. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Antic Slab features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for print-first layouts with sustained reading.

Antic Slab is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Antic Slab

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Antic Slab within the Classicals (Humanist, Garalde, Transitional) and Moderns (Didone) tradition, characterized by Bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and Modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. Serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Key technical strength: extensive weight and optical-size ranges in superfamilies.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 87). Antic Slab maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Yanone. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Antic Slab

Antic Slab falls within the Classicals typeface, drawn from the tradition where serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Its distinctive bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents. TypeSmith features Antic Slab in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Antic Slab
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Accessibility & Usability

87
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Antic Slab: Accessibility Considerations

Antic Slab scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

Legibility Analysis: Antic Slab

Antic Slab draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Readability Profile: Antic Slab

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Eye Strain Considerations for Antic Slab

Antic Slab provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

Antic Slab Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Antic Slab

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Antic Slab. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Antic Slab in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Antic Slab

Available on Google Fonts
4 weights available for download
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Available Weights

400
Regular
400
Regular Italic
700
Bold
700
Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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100
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200
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300
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400
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500
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600
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700
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800
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900

Internationalization

Antic Slab Language Coverage

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

Antic Slab supports a wide range of languages, primarily those using the Latin script. This includes Western European, Central European, and South Eastern European languages, making it versatile for use in multilingual projects and applications.

Legal

Antic Slab License Information

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.

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