Chivo

Name: Chivo
Author: Héctor Gatti

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

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Sans Serifby Héctor Gatti90% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Font Pairings for Chivo

TypeSmith curates 8 expert font pairings for Chivo, including combinations with Lato, Gap and Sinistre.

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 Chivo 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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Chivo Editorial Specimen

Chivo in Editorial Context

Chivo is a sans serif typeface by Héctor Gatti suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Héctor Gatti

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Chivo Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Chivo Specimen

Chivo

Chivo is a sans serif typeface by Héctor Gatti built for display contexts.

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Chivo

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Chivo— sans serif typeface

ChivoBy Héctor Gatti

ChivoTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Chivo Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Chivo Body Typography

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

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

When setting Chivo 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Chivo

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Chivo

Héctor Gatti

Sans Serif

Open Source

Chivo balances structured forms and mathematical proportions, making it well-suited for digital interfaces. Its geometric forms and modern aesthetic contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for corporate branding and web content, Chivo adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Chivo font supports a wide range of languages, primarily those using the Latin alphabet, includi....

Chivo was designed by Héctor Gatti. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Chivo 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.

Chivo is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 8 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Chivo

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Chivo within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 90). Chivo maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

Design Heritage

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

Overview

About Chivo

Chivo falls within the Lineal typeface, drawn from the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications. TypeSmith catalogs Chivo in a single weight variant and 8 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

8 curated pairings for Chivo

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Typefaces Like Chivo

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Chivo 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

Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Chivo

Chivo scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Legibility Analysis: Chivo

Chivo draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Chivo?

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Visual Comfort with Chivo

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

Chivo Accessibility Recommendations

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

Chivo Usage Guidelines

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Chivo. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Chivo in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Chivo Font Files

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

Chivo 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

The Chivo font supports a wide range of languages, primarily those using the Latin alphabet, including Western European, Central European, and South Eastern European languages.

Legal

Chivo Licensing

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.

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

Chivo

Best Ways to Use Chivo

Best Font Pairings for Chivo

Test Chivo Font Pairings Live

In Context

Chivo Typography

Chivo

Character Set

Type Scale

Chivo 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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Overview for Chivo

Legibility Analysis: Chivo

How Readable is Chivo?

Visual Comfort with Chivo

Chivo Accessibility Recommendations

Chivo Usage Guidelines

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Chivo

Best Ways to Use Chivo

Best Font Pairings for Chivo

Test Chivo Font Pairings Live

In Context

Chivo Typography

Chivo

Character Set

Type Scale

Chivo 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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Overview for Chivo

Legibility Analysis: Chivo

How Readable is Chivo?

Visual Comfort with Chivo

Chivo Accessibility Recommendations

Chivo Usage Guidelines

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference