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Daray

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

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Sans Serifby Maxim Raikov80% Accessible
Characters512
Glyphs614
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Daray

01

Best Font Pairings for Daray

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Daray, including combinations with Madrona, Westhorn and Stecker Five.

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

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Test Daray Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Daray 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

Daray Specimen Gallery

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Daray Editorial Specimen

Daray in Editorial Context

Daray is a sans serif typeface by Maxim Raikov suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Maxim Raikov

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Daray Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Daray Specimen

Daray

Daray is a sans serif typeface by Maxim Raikov built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Daray— sans serif typeface
DarayBy Maxim Raikov
DarayTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Daray Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Daray

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Daray primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Daray section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Daray subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Daray content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Daray minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Daray smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Daray Body Typography

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

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

When setting Daray 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.

Daray small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxDaray delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxDaray italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxDaray bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxDaray typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxDaray typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Daray'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Daray

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Daray

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Daray's Details

Maxim Raikov
Sans Serif
Open Source

Daray font is a condensed industrial grotesk by Maxim Raikov with Cyrillic support for Russian and Eastern European markets. This geometric typeface brings systematic precision to tech products, manufacturing brands, and industrial applications. Daray's condensed proportions maximize text efficiency while the industrial character conveys technical capability. Particularly valuable for Russian engineering firms, tech startups, and machinery brands. The geometric construction ensures consistent weight across scripts. Works for signage, interfaces, and technical documentation. Pairs with wider text fonts for body content or monospace for code.

Daray was designed by Maxim Raikov. 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, Daray 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.

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

Daray

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Daray

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Daray 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.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 80). Daray performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Maxim Raikov. 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 Daray

Daray 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 wayfinding, signage, and information design. TypeSmith catalogs Daray in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
4 curated pairings for Daray
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Accessibility & Usability

80
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Daray

Daray achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Daray's Legibility

Daray 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.

Readability Profile: Daray

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.

Daray for Long-Form Content

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

Daray Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Daray

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 Daray. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Daray in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Daray Font Files

Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

Aa
100
Aa
200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Daray 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

This font encodes 308 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

License Type

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.

Daray 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 Daray ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.