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Imperfect 23

Imperfect 23 commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Giorgi Lashkarashvili51% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Imperfect 23

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Best Font Pairings for Imperfect 23

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Imperfect 23, including combinations with Copilot, Faustina and Gaveliana.

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

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Test Imperfect 23 Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Imperfect 23 with any font combination in real-time, optimized for display characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

Imperfect 23 Specimen Gallery

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Imperfect 23
ProductsSolutionsResourcesPricing

Imperfect 23 Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available
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Imperfect 23 Specimen

Imperfect 23

Imperfect 23 is a display typeface by Giorgi Lashkarashvili built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Imperfect 23
Imperfect 23
IMPERFECT 23
IMPERFECT 23TYPE
I

Tagline Pairings

Imperfect 23— display typeface
Imperfect 23By Giorgi Lashkarashvili
Imperfect 23TYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Imperfect 23 Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Heading Styles with Imperfect 23

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Imperfect 23 primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Imperfect 23 section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Imperfect 23 subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Imperfect 23 content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Imperfect 23 minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Imperfect 23 smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Body Text with Imperfect 23

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Imperfect 23, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Imperfect 23 demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Imperfect 23 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.

Imperfect 23 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 TextRegular16px24px0.5pxImperfect 23 delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxImperfect 23 italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxImperfect 23 bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxImperfect 23 typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxImperfect 23 typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Imperfect 23'; }

Quick Start

Imperfect 23 Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Imperfect+23:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Imperfect+23:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Imperfect 23';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Imperfect+23:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Imperfect 23 CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

1.my-text {
2 font-family: 'Imperfect 23', sans-serif;
3 font-weight: 400;
4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

1$font-primary: 'Imperfect 23', 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 'imperfect-23': ['Imperfect 23', 'sans-serif'],
7 },
8 },
9 },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-imperfect-23">Your text here</p>

About

Inside Imperfect 23

Giorgi Lashkarashvili
Display
Open Source

Imperfect 23 font is a display typeface expressing creative futuristic character through flawed innovative construction for beautifully broken aesthetics. The distinctive letterforms project intentional imperfection suitable for experimental branding, art applications, and design projects celebrating wabi-sabi typography. Creative futuristic forms challenge perfection while imperfect influence adds authentic character. Effective for art exhibitions, experimental design, and authenticity-focused communications.

Imperfect 23 was crafted by Giorgi Lashkarashvili. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Imperfect 23 features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for editorial magazine covers and chapter openers.

Imperfect 23 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.

Imperfect 23

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Imperfect 23

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Imperfect 23's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Display analysis. From a classification standpoint, Imperfect 23 within the Graphic (Display / Titling) tradition, characterized by Tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and Exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. Display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Key technical strength: high visual impact with minimal typographic hierarchy.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 51). Imperfect 23 offers acceptable readability for standard design contexts, though specialized accessibility projects may benefit from higher-rated alternatives.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Giorgi Lashkarashvili. The designer's attention to letterform construction and spacing rhythm produces a Display with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Imperfect 23

Imperfect 23 embodies the Graphic typeface, grounded in the tradition where display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Its distinctive tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features make it well-suited for editorial magazine covers and chapter openers. TypeSmith indexes Imperfect 23 in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for Imperfect 23
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

51
Accessibility Score
Adequate Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Imperfect 23

Imperfect 23 falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

Imperfect 23 Legibility Characteristics

Imperfect 23 draws legibility from its tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Imperfect 23?

Designed exclusively for sizes above 24 pt. Display faces sacrifice small-size legibility for visual impact and personality at headline scale. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Eye Strain Considerations for Imperfect 23

Imperfect 23 provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Imperfect 23 Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Imperfect 23. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Imperfect 23 at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Working with Imperfect 23: Best Practices

Anchor with a neutral text serif or sans-serif. The display face should carry personality while the text face carries readability. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Imperfect 23. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Imperfect 23 in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Imperfect 23 Font Files

Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

Aa
100
Aa
200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Language Support

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 82 glyphs covering Latin. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Imperfect 23 License Information

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.

Imperfect 23 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 Imperfect 23 ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.