Ballet

Name: Ballet
Author: Elias Hanzer

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

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Handwritingby Elias Hanzer65% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Ballet

Best Font Pairings for Ballet

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Ballet, including combinations with Josefin Sans, Dancing Script and Montserrat.

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

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Test Ballet Font Pairings Live

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

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Character Set

Ballet Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Ballet Body Typography

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

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

When setting Ballet 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Adding Ballet to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Exploring Ballet's Design

Elias Hanzer

Handwriting

Open Source

As a script typeface, Ballet features cursive elegance and expressive movement, making it well-suited for signature elements. Its natural rhythm and organic flow contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for signature elements and creative projects, Ballet adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes This font supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian,....

Ballet comes from the work of Elias Hanzer. The typeface's Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary handwriting design.

As a Casual handwritten in the Vox-ATypI Scripts family, Ballet casual handwriting tradition. Its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it a strong fit for personal branding and lifestyle blogs.

Ballet is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available.

Ballet

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Ballet

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

Classification

Casual handwritten classification. Ballet exhibits Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms, Irregular stroke weight, Uneven baseline. Designed by Elias Hanzer. A handwriting typeface available through TypeSmith.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 65). Ballet handles most reading scenarios adequately, with best results at sizes above 14 px on screen.

Design Heritage

Designed by Elias Hanzer. Ballet casual handwriting tradition, delivered as a single focused weight.

Overview

About Ballet

Ballet represents a Casual handwritten in the Vox-ATypI Scripts family, designed during the Contemporary handwriting design era. Built with Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight, Ballet serves as a standard typeface for personal branding and lifestyle blogs. TypeSmith catalogs Ballet in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

4 curated pairings for Ballet

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Typefaces Like Ballet

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

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Ballet Accessibility Profile

Ballet falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

How Legible is Ballet?

Ballet draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Ballet in Context: Readability

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Ballet for Long-Form Content

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

Ballet Accessibility Recommendations

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

Working with Ballet: Best Practices

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Ballet. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Ballet in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Ballet Font Files

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

Download

Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

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 supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and Russian.

Legal

License Type

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.

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

Ballet

Best Ways to Use Ballet

Best Font Pairings for Ballet

Test Ballet Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Ballet Body Typography

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

Ballet Accessibility Profile

How Legible is Ballet?

Ballet in Context: Readability

Ballet for Long-Form Content

Ballet Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Ballet: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Ballet

Best Ways to Use Ballet

Best Font Pairings for Ballet

Test Ballet Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Ballet Body Typography

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

Ballet Accessibility Profile

How Legible is Ballet?

Ballet in Context: Readability

Ballet for Long-Form Content

Ballet Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Ballet: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal