Arual

Name: Arual
Author: Curtis Mack

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

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Sans Serifby Curtis Mack70% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Arual, including combinations with Kalleco, Needleteeth Suites and Lt Conlang.

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 Arual 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

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Arual Editorial Specimen

Arual in Editorial Context

Arual is a sans serif typeface by Curtis Mack suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Curtis Mack

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Arual Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Arual Specimen

Arual

Arual is a sans serif typeface by Curtis Mack built for display contexts.

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Arual

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Arual— sans serif typeface

ArualBy Curtis Mack

ArualTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Arual Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Arual

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

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

When setting Arual 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Adding Arual to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Arual

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Arual

Curtis Mack

Sans Serif

Open Source

Arual typeface delivers thin, geometric minimalist forms through modern construction suited to refined display applications. Curtis Mack's design creates delicate character for luxury branding, fashion editorial, and sophisticated minimalist design. The thin geometric construction projects lightness and contemporary elegance. Arual's minimalist aesthetic appeals to beauty brands, architecture, and design-forward contexts. Display sizes showcase the typeface's refined proportions. Pair with bolder weights for hierarchy in comprehensive layouts.

Arual was created by Curtis Mack. 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, Arual features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for wayfinding, signage, and information design.

Arual is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Arual

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Arual 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.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 70). Arual maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments.

Design Heritage

Designed by Curtis Mack. 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 Arual

Arual 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 features Arual in a single weight variant and 5 curated font pairings.

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5 curated pairings for Arual

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Alternatives to Arual

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Arual based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Arual: Accessibility Considerations

Arual 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.

Legibility Analysis: Arual

Arual 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 Arual?

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.

Arual's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

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

Arual Accessibility Recommendations

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

Design Tips for Arual

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Arual. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Arual in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Download Weights & Variants

Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

Local

700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

Local

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

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

Legal

Usage Rights for Arual

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.

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

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'arual': ['Arual', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-arual">Your text here</p>

Arual

Best Ways to Use Arual

Best Font Pairings for Arual

Test Arual Font Pairings Live

In Context

Arual Typography

Arual

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Arual

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Arual: Accessibility Considerations

Legibility Analysis: Arual

How Readable is Arual?

Arual's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Arual Accessibility Recommendations

Design Tips for Arual

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Arual

Best Ways to Use Arual

Best Font Pairings for Arual

Test Arual Font Pairings Live

In Context

Arual Typography

Arual

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Arual

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Arual: Accessibility Considerations

Legibility Analysis: Arual

How Readable is Arual?

Arual's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Arual Accessibility Recommendations

Design Tips for Arual

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference