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Diga

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

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Serifby Michele Casanova83% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Diga

01

Best Font Pairings for Diga

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Diga, including combinations with Paysage, Quatre Quarts and Morrison.

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

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Test Diga Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Diga 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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In Context

Diga Specimen Gallery

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Diga Editorial Specimen

Diga in Editorial Context

Diga is a serif typeface by Michele Casanova suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Michele Casanova

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Diga Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Diga Specimen

Diga

Diga is a serif typeface by Michele Casanova built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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DIGA
DIGATYPE
D

Tagline Pairings

Diga— serif typeface
DigaBy Michele Casanova
DigaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Diga Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Diga

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

Diga Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Diga 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.

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

Quick Start

Diga Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Diga

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Diga Background & Features

Michele Casanova
Serif
Open Source

Diga serif typeface delivers basic, elegant forms through a text-focused family with italic support suited to refined reading applications. Michele Casanova's design provides balanced character for literary typography, formal documents, and editorial layouts. The elegant proportions add sophistication while text optimization supports comfortable reading. Diga's basic construction serves contexts requiring classical professionalism. Book publishers, cultural institutions, and formal communications find utility. Pair with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast.

Diga was created by Michele Casanova. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Diga features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for print-first layouts with sustained reading.

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

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Diga

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Diga within the Classicals (Humanist, Garalde, Transitional) and Moderns (Didone) tradition, characterized by Bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and Modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. Serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Key technical strength: extensive weight and optical-size ranges in superfamilies.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 83). Diga delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Michele Casanova. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Diga

Diga is classified as a Classicals typeface, rooted in the tradition where serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Its distinctive bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents. TypeSmith features Diga in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Diga
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

83
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Diga: Accessibility Considerations

Diga achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

Reading Diga: Legibility Factors

Diga draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Diga?

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Eye Strain Considerations for Diga

Diga provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

Diga Accessibility Recommendations

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

Design Tips for Diga

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Diga. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Diga in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Diga Font Files

Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

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100
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400
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600
Aa
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

This font encodes 495 glyphs covering Latin. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Font License Details

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.

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