Chilanka

Name: Chilanka
Author: Santhosh Thottingal

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

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Handwritingby Santhosh Thottingal74% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Chilanka

Best Font Pairings for Chilanka

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Chilanka, including combinations with Latinia, BodoniXT and Literata Book.

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

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Test Chilanka Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Chilanka 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

Chilanka Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Chilanka Body Typography

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

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

When setting Chilanka 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Chilanka in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Chilanka's Details

Santhosh Thottingal

Handwriting

Open Source

Chilanka establishes expressive movement and cursive elegance, making it well-suited for greeting cards. Its fluid strokes and personal character contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for signature elements and creative projects, Chilanka adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Chilanka is a font that primarily supports the Malayalam script, which is used for writing the Malay....

Chilanka was created by Santhosh Thottingal. The typeface's Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary handwriting design.

As a Casual handwritten in the Vox-ATypI Scripts family, Chilanka casual handwriting tradition. Its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it a strong fit for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Chilanka is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Chilanka

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Chilanka

Chilanka

Best Ways to Use Chilanka

Best Font Pairings for Chilanka

Test Chilanka Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Chilanka Body Typography

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

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Chilanka Accessibility Profile

Legibility Analysis: Chilanka

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Eye Strain Considerations for Chilanka

Chilanka Accessibility Recommendations

Design Tips for Chilanka

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

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