Grana Padano

Name: Grana Padano
Author: Daniel Johnson

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

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Sans Serifby Daniel Johnson86% Accessible

Characters712

Glyphs854

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Best Font Pairings for Grana Padano

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Grana Padano, including combinations with Asix Founder, Twist Twist and Groutpix Flow Serif.

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Grana Padano 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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Grana Padano Editorial Specimen

Grana Padano in Editorial Context

Grana Padano is a sans serif typeface by Daniel Johnson suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Grana Padano Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Grana Padano Specimen

Grana Padano

Grana Padano is a sans serif typeface by Daniel Johnson built for display contexts.

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Grana Padano— sans serif typeface

Grana PadanoBy Daniel Johnson

Grana PadanoTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Grana Padano Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Grana Padano Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Grana Padano 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Grana Padano'; }

Quick Start

Adding Grana Padano to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Grana Padano

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Grana Padano

Daniel Johnson

Sans Serif

Open Source

Grana Padano typeface channels vintage warmth through smooth, Cyrillic-supporting forms suited to heritage-inspired design contexts. Daniel Johnson's construction creates approachable character for specialty food brands, artisanal packaging, and retro-themed projects. The smooth details soften vintage influences into contemporary accessibility. Grana Padano's personality suits craft producers, European market positioning, and nostalgic lifestyle branding. Display sizes showcase the typeface's period character. Pair with a clean, modern sans-serif for body text that grounds vintage headlines in current accessibility.

Grana Padano comes from the work of Daniel Johnson. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Grana Padano features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

Grana Padano is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 4 curated font pairings available. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

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In Context

Grana Padano Typography

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Character Set

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Grana Padano Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Classification

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