Costa Rica

Name: Costa Rica
Author: Rafael Ferran I Peralta

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

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Sans Serifby Rafael Ferran I Peralta86% Accessible

Characters590

Glyphs708

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Best Font Pairings for Costa Rica

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Costa Rica, including combinations with Magnolia Script, Melectron and Heuer Schrift.

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 Costa Rica 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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Costa Rica Editorial Specimen

Costa Rica in Editorial Context

Costa Rica is a sans serif typeface by Rafael Ferran I Peralta suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Rafael Ferran I Peralta

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by Rafael Ferran I Peralta, Costa Rica balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Costa Rica Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Costa Rica Specimen

Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a sans serif typeface by Rafael Ferran I Peralta built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

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Tagline Pairings

Costa Rica— sans serif typeface

Costa RicaBy Rafael Ferran I Peralta

Costa RicaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Costa Rica 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

Body Text with Costa Rica

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

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

When setting Costa Rica 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Costa Rica'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Costa Rica

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Costa Rica

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Costa Rica Background & Features

Rafael Ferran I Peralta

Sans Serif

Open Source

Costa Rica typeface delivers bold, strong grotesk forms through confident construction suited to impactful display applications. Rafael Ferran I Peralta's design creates commanding headlines for athletic branding, bold editorial statements, and assertive corporate identity. The bold weight projects authority and visual strength. Costa Rica's strong character appeals to sports brands, action-oriented marketing, and design contexts requiring typographic impact. Display sizes showcase the typeface's confident proportions. Pair with a lighter text face for body copy beneath Costa Rica's commanding headlines.

Costa Rica was designed by Rafael Ferran I Peralta. 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, Costa Rica features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for wayfinding, signage, and information design.

Costa Rica 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.

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Best Ways to Use Costa Rica

Best Font Pairings for Costa Rica

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In Context

Costa Rica Typography

Costa Rica

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Costa Rica

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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