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Arsenal

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

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Sans Serifby Andriy Shevchenko85% Accessible
Characters646
Glyphs775
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Arsenal

01

Best Font Pairings for Arsenal

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Arsenal, including combinations with Frank Ruhl Libre, IM FELL French Canon PRO and Libre Baskerville.

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

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Test Arsenal Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Arsenal 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

Arsenal Specimen Gallery

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Arsenal Editorial Specimen

Arsenal in Editorial Context

Arsenal is a sans serif typeface by Andriy Shevchenko suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Andriy Shevchenko

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Arsenal Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Arsenal Specimen

Arsenal

Arsenal is a sans serif typeface by Andriy Shevchenko built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Arsenal
Arsenal
ARSENAL
ARSENALTYPE
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Tagline Pairings

Arsenal— sans serif typeface
ArsenalBy Andriy Shevchenko
ArsenalTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Arsenal Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Arsenal

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

Body Text with Arsenal

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

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

When setting Arsenal 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.

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

Quick Start

Arsenal Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Design of Arsenal

Andriy Shevchenko
Sans Serif
Open Source

Arsenal achieves natural flow and calligraphic influence, making it well-suited for web content. Its no decorative strokes and modern aesthetic contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for web content and mobile applications, Arsenal adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Arsenal font supports a wide range of languages, including those that use Latin, Cyrillic, and G....

Arsenal was crafted by Andriy Shevchenko. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Arsenal features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

Arsenal is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Arsenal

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Arsenal

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Arsenal 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: 85). Arsenal maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

3

Design Heritage

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

Overview

About Arsenal

Arsenal represents a Lineal typeface, anchored 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 user interface text and navigation elements. TypeSmith indexes Arsenal in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

85
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Arsenal Accessibility Profile

Arsenal scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Legibility Analysis: Arsenal

Arsenal 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.

Arsenal Reading Performance

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.

Visual Comfort with Arsenal

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

Arsenal Accessibility Recommendations

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

Getting the Most from Arsenal

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 Arsenal. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Arsenal in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

Get the Font

Arsenal Font Files

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

Arsenal Multilingual 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

The Arsenal font supports a wide range of languages, including those that use Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts, making it versatile for global use.

Legal

Arsenal Licensing

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.

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