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Bonche

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

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Serifby Nasir Udin86% Accessible
Characters712
Glyphs854
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Bonche

01

Best Font Pairings for Bonche

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Bonche, including combinations with Kufam, Patricia Sans and Modestic Sans.

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

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02

Test Bonche Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Bonche 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

Bonche Specimen Gallery

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Bonche Editorial Specimen

Bonche in Editorial Context

Bonche is a serif typeface by Nasir Udin suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Nasir Udin

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Bonche Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Bonche Specimen

Bonche

Bonche is a serif typeface by Nasir Udin built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Bonche
BONCHE
BONCHETYPE
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Tagline Pairings

Bonche— serif typeface
BoncheBy Nasir Udin
BoncheTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Bonche Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Bonche

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

Reading Text in Bonche

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

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

When setting Bonche 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Bonche to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Bonche in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Bonche: A Closer Look

Nasir Udin
Serif
Open Source

Bonche serif typeface delivers elegant, vintage forms with Cyrillic support through refined construction suited to heritage applications. Nasir Udin's design creates sophisticated character for Eastern European hospitality branding, cultural publications, and period-inspired projects. The vintage proportions add historical resonance while Cyrillic support maintains authenticity. Bonche's elegant aesthetic appeals to heritage brands and cultural contexts. Display sizes showcase the typeface's vintage character. Pair with a modern sans-serif for contemporary body text.

Bonche was created by Nasir Udin. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Bonche features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents.

Bonche is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Bonche

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Bonche within the Classicals (Humanist, Garalde, Transitional) and Moderns (Didone) tradition, characterized by Bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and Modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. Serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Key technical strength: extensive weight and optical-size ranges in superfamilies.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 86). Bonche performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Nasir Udin. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Bonche

Bonche is classified as a Classicals typeface, rooted in the tradition where serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Its distinctive bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it well-suited for print-first layouts with sustained reading. TypeSmith features Bonche in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Bonche
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Accessibility & Usability

86
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Bonche Accessibility Profile

Bonche scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

Bonche Legibility Characteristics

Bonche draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Readability Profile: Bonche

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Eye Strain Considerations for Bonche

Bonche provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

Bonche Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Bonche

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Bonche. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Bonche in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Bonche Multilingual Support

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 636 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Bonche License Information

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.

Bonche 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 Bonche ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.