Arkipelago

Name: Arkipelago
Author: Nasir Udin

Arkipelago captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Nasir Udin80% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Arkipelago

Best Font Pairings for Arkipelago

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Arkipelago, including combinations with Mekorot, Andada and Genos.

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

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

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Character Set

Arkipelago Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Arkipelago for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Arkipelago 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Arkipelago Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Arkipelago in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Arkipelago Background & Features

Nasir Udin

Handwriting

Open Source

Arkipelago font is a brush cursive handwriting typeface that combines expressive strokes with Indonesian archipelago-inspired island character. The brushwork creates confident text with tropical island warmth. This brush cursive font works effectively for Indonesian tourism branding, island hospitality marketing, archipelago travel content, and tropical product packaging. The handwriting aesthetic translates to beach resort signage, island destination materials, and tropical social media content. Designers creating Indonesian island content will find Arkipelago delivers authentic archipelago character. The brush warmth adds tropical island dimension. Pairs well with clean serif fonts for body text.

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

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Arkipelago features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Arkipelago 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.

Arkipelago

Arkipelago

Best Ways to Use Arkipelago

Best Font Pairings for Arkipelago

Test Arkipelago Font Pairings Live

Character Set

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Arkipelago for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

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Internationalization

Western European

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