Dai Banna SIL

Name: Dai Banna SIL
Author: Victor Gaultney

Dai Banna SIL brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Victor Gaultney91% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Dai Banna SIL, including combinations with Lora, Marti and Merriweather.

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 Dai Banna SIL with any font combination in real-time, optimized for serif characteristics.

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

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Dai Banna SIL Editorial Specimen

Dai Banna SIL in Editorial Context

Dai Banna SIL is a serif typeface by Victor Gaultney suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Victor Gaultney

Typeface Designer • Serif

Dai Banna SIL demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Dai Banna SIL supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Victor Gaultney, Dai Banna SIL balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Dai Banna SIL Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Dai Banna SIL Specimen

Dai Banna SIL

Dai Banna SIL is a serif typeface by Victor Gaultney built for display contexts.

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Dai Banna SIL— serif typeface

Dai Banna SILBy Victor Gaultney

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Dai Banna SIL 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 Dai Banna SIL

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

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

When setting Dai Banna SIL 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Dai Banna SIL'; }

Quick Start

Adding Dai Banna SIL to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Dai Banna SIL

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Dai Banna SIL: History & Characteristics

Victor Gaultney

Serif

Open Source

As a serif typeface, Dai Banna SIL features systematic design and Swiss precision, making it well-suited for print publications. Its stroke contrast and decorative terminals contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for book typography and formal documents, Dai Banna SIL adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Dai Banna SIL font supports languages written in the New Tai Lue script, primarily used for the ....

Dai Banna SIL was crafted by Victor Gaultney. Known for serif typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Dai Banna SIL's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Dai Banna SIL features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand identities conveying authority and heritage.

Dai Banna SIL is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated.

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Best Ways to Use Dai Banna SIL

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In Context

Dai Banna SIL Typography

Dai Banna SIL

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Dai Banna SIL

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Internationalization

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