Highwind

Name: Highwind
Author: Twicolabs Fontdation

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

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Serifby Twicolabs Fontdation71% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Highwind

Best Font Pairings for Highwind

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Highwind, including combinations with Retro, Epunda Slab and Balinera.

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 Highwind 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

Highwind Specimen Gallery

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Highwind Editorial Specimen

Highwind in Editorial Context

Highwind is a serif typeface by Twicolabs Fontdation suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Highwind Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Highwind Specimen

Highwind

Highwind is a serif typeface by Twicolabs Fontdation built for display contexts.

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Tagline Pairings

Highwind— serif typeface

HighwindBy Twicolabs Fontdation

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Highwind Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Highwind

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

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

When setting Highwind 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Highwind in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Highwind';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Highwind: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: 'Highwind', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Exploring Highwind's Design

Twicolabs Fontdation

Serif

Open Source

Highwind Typeface font is a condensed italic vintage serif by Twicolabs Fontdation designed for dynamic nostalgic display applications with period character. This characterful typeface delivers narrow proportions with italic energy, suited for retro branding, vintage racing graphics, and editorial design evoking mid-century dynamism. Highwind excels in automotive heritage branding, vintage event graphics, and lifestyle publication headlines where condensed italic forms create forward movement. The vintage details add authentic period character for nostalgic applications. Designers seeking dynamic retro serifs will find Highwind delivers appropriate vintage energy. Pairs effectively with clean sans-serifs for modern applications with nostalgic headlines.

Highwind was crafted by Twicolabs Fontdation. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Highwind features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for long-form editorial and book typography.

Highwind is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Best Ways to Use Highwind

Best Font Pairings for Highwind

Test Highwind Font Pairings Live

In Context

Highwind Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Highwind

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Highwind Accessibility Profile

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Highwind: Comfort in Extended Reading

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Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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