Belarus

Name: Belarus
Author: Catherine Shulyak

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

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Sans Serifby Catherine Shulyak76% Accessible

Characters512

Glyphs614

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Best Font Pairings for Belarus

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Belarus, including combinations with Papercut, Kong and Memoir.

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 Belarus 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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Belarus Editorial Specimen

Belarus in Editorial Context

Belarus is a sans serif typeface by Catherine Shulyak suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Catherine Shulyak

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Belarus Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Belarus Specimen

Belarus

Belarus is a sans serif typeface by Catherine Shulyak built for display contexts.

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Belarus— sans serif typeface

BelarusBy Catherine Shulyak

BelarusTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Belarus 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 Belarus

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

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

When setting Belarus 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Belarus in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Belarus

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Belarus: History & Characteristics

Catherine Shulyak

Sans Serif

Open Source

Belarus font is a beautiful elegant sans-serif featuring Latin and Cyrillic support for sophisticated multilingual typography. This graceful typeface delivers premium aesthetics across European and Russian-speaking markets, suitable for luxury brands, cultural institutions, and refined publications. Belarus works beautifully for high-end editorial, packaging, and brand identities. Particularly suited for international luxury communications. Pairs with classic serifs for traditional elegance.

Belarus was crafted by Catherine Shulyak. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Belarus features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality.

Belarus is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Belarus

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Best Ways to Use Belarus

Best Font Pairings for Belarus

Test Belarus Font Pairings Live

In Context

Belarus Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Belarus

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Typography Judgment

Classification

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Internationalization

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