Authentic Sans

Name: Authentic Sans
Author: Authentic

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

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Sans Serifby Authentic86% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Authentic Sans

Best Font Pairings for Authentic Sans

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Authentic Sans, including combinations with Magyar Nemzet, Asovka and Pakal.

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

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Test Authentic Sans Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Authentic Sans 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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Authentic Sans Editorial Specimen

Authentic Sans in Editorial Context

Authentic Sans is a sans serif typeface by Authentic suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Authentic Sans Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

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Authentic Sans Specimen

Authentic Sans

Authentic Sans is a sans serif typeface by Authentic built for display contexts.

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Tagline Pairings

Authentic Sans— sans serif typeface

Authentic SansBy Authentic

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Authentic Sans Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Reading Text in Authentic Sans

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

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

When setting Authentic Sans 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Authentic Sans'; }

Quick Start

Adding Authentic Sans to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Authentic Sans

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Authentic Sans: History & Characteristics

Authentic

Sans Serif

Open Source

Authentic Sans Typeface font is a condensed contemporary geometric family by Authentic designed for space-efficient modern applications. This basic condensed family brings clean geometric structure to responsive design and information-dense layouts. Authentic Sans's condensed proportions maximize text efficiency. The geometric foundation ensures systematic reliability. Particularly suited for navigation systems and mobile interfaces. Works at various sizes. Pairs with wider fonts for body text.

Authentic Sans comes from the work of Authentic. 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, Authentic Sans 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.

Authentic Sans 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 Authentic Sans

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Best Ways to Use Authentic Sans

Best Font Pairings for Authentic Sans

Test Authentic Sans Font Pairings Live

In Context

Authentic Sans Typography

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Character Set

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Reading Text in Authentic Sans

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Accessibility

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Authentic Sans Accessibility Profile

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