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Hind

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

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Sans Serifby Santanthu Sinha88% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Hind

01

Best Font Pairings for Hind

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Hind, including combinations with Merriweather, Quattrocento Roman and Lora.

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

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02

Test Hind Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Hind 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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Hind Editorial Specimen

Hind in Editorial Context

Hind is a sans serif typeface by Santanthu Sinha suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Santanthu Sinha

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Hind Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Hind Specimen

Hind

Hind is a sans serif typeface by Santanthu Sinha built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

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Hind— sans serif typeface
HindBy Santanthu Sinha
HindTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Hind Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Hind Used As Heading Examples

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

Hind for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Hind 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Hind to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Hind

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Hind Background & Features

Santanthu Sinha
Sans Serif
Open Source

Hind, a distinctive sans-serif typeface, exhibits structured forms and mathematical proportions, making it well-suited for corporate branding. Its no decorative strokes and clean lines contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for digital interfaces and web content, Hind adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The font supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, ....

Hind was created by Santanthu Sinha. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Hind 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.

Hind is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated.

Hind

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Hind

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Hind 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: 88). Hind performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

3

Design Heritage

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

Overview

About Hind

Hind is classified as a Lineal typeface, rooted in 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 wayfinding, signage, and information design. TypeSmith features Hind in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for Hind
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

88
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Using Hind Accessibly

Hind 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 Hind?

Hind 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.

Readability Profile: Hind

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 Hind

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

Hind Accessibility Recommendations

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

Hind Usage Guidelines

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 Hind. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Hind in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights & Styles

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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200
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300
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400
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500
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600
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700
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800
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900

Internationalization

Hind Language Coverage

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, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and Russian languages.

Legal

License Type

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.

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