Gogh

Name: Gogh
Author: Spacetype

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

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Sans Serifby Spacetype86% Accessible

Characters712

Glyphs854

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TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Gogh, including combinations with Kings Gambit, Mess and Vandenbroucke.

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 Gogh 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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Gogh Editorial Specimen

Gogh in Editorial Context

Gogh is a sans serif typeface by Spacetype suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Gogh Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Gogh Specimen

Gogh

Gogh is a sans serif typeface by Spacetype built for display contexts.

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Gogh Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Gogh for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Gogh 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Gogh'; }

Quick Start

Gogh Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Gogh

Spacetype

Sans Serif

Open Source

Gogh font is a bold contemporary geometric typeface by Spacetype with Cyrillic and italic support for modern international applications. This family brings confident geometric structure to Eastern European and global markets. Gogh's bold weight and geometric proportions create impactful headlines. The italic variants add dynamic emphasis capability. Particularly suited for creative industries and bold brand expressions. Works at display sizes. Pairs with lighter fonts for text balance.

Gogh was designed by Spacetype. 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, Gogh 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.

Gogh is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 5 curated font pairings available. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Gogh

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Gogh 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.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 86). Gogh delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

Design Heritage

Designed by Spacetype. 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 Gogh

Gogh 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 indexes Gogh in a single weight variant and 5 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

5 curated pairings for Gogh

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Gogh based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Using Gogh Accessibly

Gogh scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

How Legible is Gogh?

Gogh 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.

Gogh Reading Performance

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.

Gogh: Comfort in Extended Reading

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

Gogh Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Gogh

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 Gogh. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Gogh in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

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700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

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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 631 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. 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

Usage Rights for Gogh

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.

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

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'gogh': ['Gogh', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-gogh">Your text here</p>

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Best Ways to Use Gogh

Best Font Pairings for Gogh

Test Gogh Font Pairings Live

In Context

Gogh Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Gogh for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Gogh Accessibly

How Legible is Gogh?

Gogh Reading Performance

Gogh: Comfort in Extended Reading

Gogh Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Gogh

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Gogh

Best Ways to Use Gogh

Best Font Pairings for Gogh

Test Gogh Font Pairings Live

In Context

Gogh Typography

Gogh

Character Set

Type Scale

Gogh for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Gogh Accessibly

How Legible is Gogh?

Gogh Reading Performance

Gogh: Comfort in Extended Reading

Gogh Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Gogh

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference