Bentham

Name: Bentham
Author: Ben Weiner

Bentham brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Ben Weiner82% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Font Pairings for Bentham

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Bentham, including combinations with Montserrat, Anticyclone and Lato.

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 Bentham with any font combination in real-time, optimized for 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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Bentham Editorial Specimen

Bentham in Editorial Context

Bentham is a serif typeface by Ben Weiner suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Ben Weiner

Typeface Designer • Serif

Bentham demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Bentham supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

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

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Bentham Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Bentham Specimen

Bentham

Bentham is a serif typeface by Ben Weiner built for display contexts.

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Bentham

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Tagline Pairings

Bentham— serif typeface

BenthamBy Ben Weiner

BenthamTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Bentham 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 Bentham

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

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

When setting Bentham 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Bentham

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Bentham

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Bentham

Ben Weiner

Serif

Open Source

Within the serif typeface family, Bentham demonstrates Swiss precision and modernist clarity, making it well-suited for book typography. Its classical proportions and traditional elegance contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for book typography and editorial design, Bentham adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Bentham font supports a range of languages that use the Latin alphabet, including English, Frenc....

Bentham was created by Ben Weiner. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Bentham features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for print-first layouts with sustained reading.

Bentham 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 Bentham

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Best Ways to Use Bentham

Best Font Pairings for Bentham

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In Context

Bentham Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Bentham

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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