Bau Asem

Name: Bau Asem
Author: Syaf Rizal

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

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Handwritingby Syaf Rizal70% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Bau Asem

Best Font Pairings for Bau Asem

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Bau Asem, including combinations with Olicy, Cooperativa Sans and Sn Abbatia.

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 Bau Asem with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

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Character Set

Bau Asem Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Bau Asem

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

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

When setting Bau Asem 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Bau Asem'; }

Quick Start

Adding Bau Asem to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Bau Asem

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Design of Bau Asem

Syaf Rizal

Handwriting

Open Source

Bau Asem font is a handwriting typeface with casual comic letterforms expressing Indonesian sour smell humor with funny personality. Each character displays pungent shapes with humor character suggesting Indonesian comedic sensibility about odors. This casual comic style suits Indonesian humor content, regional comedy branding, and designs requiring typography with Indonesian olfactory humor. The Indonesian sour smell reference adds cultural comedy. For designers creating Indonesian humor content, Bau Asem delivers appropriate pungent character. Complements humor palettes.

Bau Asem comes from the work of Syaf Rizal. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Bau Asem features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for packaging for artisanal and handmade products.

Bau Asem is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, 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 Bau Asem

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

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Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Bau Asem

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

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Inclusive Design

Bau Asem: Accessibility Considerations

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Visual Comfort with Bau Asem

Bau Asem Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use Bau Asem Effectively

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

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