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Black Jack

Black Jack captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Scriptby Typadelic54% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Black Jack

01

Best Font Pairings for Black Jack

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Black Jack, including combinations with Sawarabi Gothic, Noto Sans SC and Commissioner.

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

Explore 5 Pairings for Black Jack
02

Test Black Jack Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Black Jack with any font combination in real-time, optimized for script characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

Black Jack Specimen Gallery

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Black Jack Editorial Specimen

Black Jack in Editorial Context

Black Jack is a script typeface by Typadelic suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Typadelic

Typeface Designer • Script

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

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

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

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Black Jack Typography

A script typeface for UI components.

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Black Jack Specimen

Black Jack

Black Jack is a script typeface by Typadelic built for display contexts.

2 WeightsScript Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Black Jack
Black Jack
BLACK JACK
BLACK JACKTYPE
B

Tagline Pairings

Black Jack— script typeface
Black JackBy Typadelic
Black JackTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Black Jack Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Black Jack Typography Scale

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Black Jack primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Black Jack section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Black Jack subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Black Jack content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Black Jack minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Black Jack smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Reading Text in Black Jack

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

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

When setting Black Jack 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.

Black Jack small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxBlack Jack delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxBlack Jack italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxBlack Jack bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxBlack Jack typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxBlack Jack typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Black Jack'; }

Quick Start

Using Black Jack in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Black Jack CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Design of Black Jack

Typadelic
Script
Open Source

Black Jack is a free font from Typadelic.

Black Jack was crafted by Typadelic. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Script typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Black Jack features connected letterforms with flowing joins between glyphs and strong stroke contrast from pointed-pen angle of attack. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for certificate and diploma headings.

Black Jack is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Black Jack

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Black Jack

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

1

Classification

Script analysis. TypeSmith classifies Black Jack within the Scripts (Formal Joined Script) tradition, characterized by Connected letterforms with flowing joins between glyphs and Strong stroke contrast from pointed-pen angle of attack. Script typefaces emulate formal penmanship traditions dating to 17th-century writing masters like George Bickham. Key technical strength: contextual alternates ensure smooth glyph connections.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 54). Black Jack offers acceptable readability for standard design contexts, though specialized accessibility projects may benefit from higher-rated alternatives.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Typadelic. The designer's attention to letterform construction and spacing rhythm produces a Script with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Black Jack

Black Jack embodies the Scripts typeface, grounded in the tradition where script typefaces emulate formal penmanship traditions dating to 17th-century writing masters like George Bickham. Its distinctive connected letterforms with flowing joins between glyphs and strong stroke contrast from pointed-pen angle of attack make it well-suited for certificate and diploma headings. TypeSmith indexes Black Jack in a single weight variant and 5 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
5 curated pairings for Black Jack
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Accessibility & Usability

54
Accessibility Score
Adequate Accessibility

Black Jack Accessibility Profile

Black Jack falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Ornate connections between letters impair word-shape recognition. Reserve for decorative headlines and provide a legible alternative for critical information.

Black Jack's Legibility

Black Jack draws legibility from its connected letterforms with flowing joins between glyphs and strong stroke contrast from pointed-pen angle of attack. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Black Jack?

Legible in short bursts at medium-to-large sizes. The connected joins and flourishes make extended reading at body sizes impractical. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Black Jack's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Black Jack provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Black Jack Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Black Jack. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Black Jack at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Working with Black Jack: Best Practices

Pair with a Transitional serif or refined sans-serif. Avoid combining with handwriting or calligraphic faces to prevent stylistic confusion. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Black Jack. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Black Jack in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

Black Jack Language Coverage

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

This font encodes 178 glyphs covering Latin. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Font License Details

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Black Jack is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Black Jack ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.