Cardelina

Name: Cardelina
Author: Ines Abad

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

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Sans Serifby Ines Abad80% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

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Best Font Pairings for Cardelina

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Cardelina, including combinations with Tuccitana, Daveau and Utilik.

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 Cardelina 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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In Context

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Cardelina Editorial Specimen

Cardelina in Editorial Context

Cardelina is a sans serif typeface by Ines Abad suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Cardelina Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Cardelina Specimen

Cardelina

Cardelina is a sans serif typeface by Ines Abad built for display contexts.

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Cardelina— sans serif typeface

CardelinaBy Ines Abad

CardelinaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Cardelina Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Reading Text in Cardelina

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

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

When setting Cardelina 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Cardelina Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Cardelina in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Cardelina: A Closer Look

Ines Abad

Sans Serif

Open Source

Cardelina font is a grotesk text-optimized sans-serif designed for comfortable extended reading in editorial and digital applications. This readable typeface delivers sustained clarity through careful text proportions, suitable for publications, documentation, and content platforms prioritizing reader comfort. Cardelina works effectively for articles, books, and interface copy where users spend extended time reading. The text focus ensures comfortable paragraph experiences. Particularly suited for content-heavy editorial platforms. Pairs with display companions for complete hierarchies.

Cardelina was designed by Ines Abad. 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, Cardelina 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.

Cardelina is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Best Ways to Use Cardelina

Best Font Pairings for Cardelina

Test Cardelina Font Pairings Live

In Context

Cardelina Typography

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Character Set

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Reading Text in Cardelina

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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