Berkshire Swash

Name: Berkshire Swash
Author: Astigmatic

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

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Handwritingby Astigmatic67% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Berkshire Swash, including combinations with Montserrat, Avara and Lato.

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Character Set

Berkshire Swash Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Berkshire Swash Body Typography

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

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

When setting Berkshire Swash 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Berkshire Swash'; }

Quick Start

Adding Berkshire Swash to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Berkshire Swash in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Berkshire Swash Background & Features

Astigmatic

Handwriting

Open Source

Berkshire Swash delivers expressive movement and calligraphic beauty, making it well-suited for greeting cards. Its organic flow and personal character contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for invitations and signature elements, Berkshire Swash adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Berkshire Swash is a font that primarily supports the Latin script, which means it can be used for l....

Berkshire Swash was designed by Astigmatic. Known for serif typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Berkshire Swash's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Berkshire Swash features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Berkshire Swash is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Berkshire Swash

Berkshire Swash

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Berkshire Swash Body Typography

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HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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