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  5. Days One

Days One

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

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Sans Serifby Isaac Pinheiro62% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Days One

01

Best Font Pairings for Days One

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Days One, including combinations with Montserrat, IM Fell French Canon and Lato.

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

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Test Days One Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Days One 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

Days One Specimen Gallery

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Days One Editorial Specimen

Days One in Editorial Context

Days One is a sans serif typeface by Isaac Pinheiro suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Isaac Pinheiro

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by Isaac Pinheiro, Days One balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Days One Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Days One Specimen

Days One

Days One is a sans serif typeface by Isaac Pinheiro built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Days One
Days One
DAYS ONE
DAYS ONETYPE
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Tagline Pairings

Days One— sans serif typeface
Days OneBy Isaac Pinheiro
Days OneTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Days One Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Heading Styles with Days One

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

Days One Body Typography

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

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

When setting Days One 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Days One to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Days One Background & Features

Isaac Pinheiro
Sans Serif
Open Source

Days One offers refined neutrality and modernist clarity, making it well-suited for corporate branding. Its clean lines and modern aesthetic contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for web content and digital interfaces, Days One adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The font supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, ....

Days One was designed by Isaac Pinheiro. 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, Days One 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.

Days One is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated.

Days One

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Days One

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Days One 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: 62). Days One handles most reading scenarios adequately, with best results at sizes above 14 px on screen.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Isaac Pinheiro. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Days One

Days One 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 features Days One in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for Days One
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

62
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

Days One: Accessibility Considerations

Days One falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Reading Days One: Legibility Factors

Days One 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 Days One?

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 Days One

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

Days One Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Days One

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Days One. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Days One in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

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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100
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300
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500
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700
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800
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900

Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

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 font supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic languages.

Legal

Days One 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.

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