Big Shoulders

Name: Big Shoulders
Author: XO Type Co

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

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Sans Serifby XO Type Co86% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

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Best Ways to Use Big Shoulders

Best Font Pairings for Big Shoulders

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Big Shoulders, including combinations with Nova Script, Oi and Literata Book.

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

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Test Big Shoulders Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Big Shoulders 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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Big Shoulders Editorial Specimen

Big Shoulders in Editorial Context

Big Shoulders is a sans serif typeface by XO Type Co suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by XO Type Co, Big Shoulders balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Big Shoulders Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Big Shoulders Specimen

Big Shoulders

Big Shoulders is a sans serif typeface by XO Type Co built for display contexts.

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Tagline Pairings

Big Shoulders— sans serif typeface

Big ShouldersBy XO Type Co

Big ShouldersTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Big Shoulders 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

Big Shoulders for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Big Shoulders 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Big Shoulders'; }

Quick Start

Adding Big Shoulders to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Big Shoulders CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Big Shoulders Background & Features

XO Type Co

Sans Serif

Open Source

Big Shoulders is a free font from XO Type Co.

Big Shoulders was created by XO Type Co. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Big Shoulders features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications.

Big Shoulders is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Big Shoulders

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

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Best Ways to Use Big Shoulders

Best Font Pairings for Big Shoulders

Test Big Shoulders Font Pairings Live

In Context

Big Shoulders Typography

Big Shoulders

Character Set

Type Scale

Big Shoulders for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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