Carattere

Name: Carattere
Author: Aleksandra Samulenkova

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

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Handwritingby Aleksandra Samulenkova76% Accessible

Characters646

Glyphs775

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Carattere

Best Font Pairings for Carattere

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Carattere, including combinations with BodoniXT, ChanticleerRoman 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 Carattere with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

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

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Character Set

Carattere 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

Carattere for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Carattere 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Carattere

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Carattere in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Carattere's Details

Aleksandra Samulenkova

Handwriting

Open Source

Carattere delivers calligraphic beauty and cursive elegance, making it well-suited for signature elements. Its organic flow and natural rhythm contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for creative projects and greeting cards, Carattere adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes This font supports a wide range of languages, including but not limited to, Latin-based languages (s....

Carattere was created by Aleksandra Samulenkova. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Carattere 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.

Carattere is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Carattere

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Carattere

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

Classification

Handwriting analysis. Typographic analysis places Carattere within the Scripts (Casual / Handwritten) tradition, characterized by Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. Handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Key technical strength: randomization features for natural variation per glyph.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 76). Carattere delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles.

Design Heritage

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

Overview

About Carattere

Carattere is classified as a Scripts typeface, rooted in the tradition where handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Its distinctive disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it well-suited for pull quotes and editorial accent text. TypeSmith features Carattere in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Carattere

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Related Fonts: Carattere

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Carattere based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Carattere

Carattere achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

Reading Carattere: Legibility Factors

Carattere draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Readability Profile: Carattere

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Carattere: Comfort in Extended Reading

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

Carattere Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Carattere

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Carattere. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Carattere in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Download Weights & Variants

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

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 supports a wide range of languages, including but not limited to, Latin-based languages (such as English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian), Cyrillic-based languages (such as Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbian), and Greek. Additionally, it may offer limited support for certain Asian and Middle Eastern languages, depending on the specific characters included.

Legal

License Type

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.

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

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'carattere': ['Carattere', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-carattere">Your text here</p>

Carattere

Best Ways to Use Carattere

Best Font Pairings for Carattere

Test Carattere Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Carattere for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Overview for Carattere

Reading Carattere: Legibility Factors

Readability Profile: Carattere

Carattere: Comfort in Extended Reading

Carattere Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Carattere

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Carattere

Best Ways to Use Carattere

Best Font Pairings for Carattere

Test Carattere Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Carattere for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Overview for Carattere

Reading Carattere: Legibility Factors

Readability Profile: Carattere

Carattere: Comfort in Extended Reading

Carattere Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Carattere

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal