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  5. It Is Not Just A Phase

It Is Not Just A Phase

It Is Not Just A Phase captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Jomiro Eming76% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use It Is Not Just A Phase

01

Best Font Pairings for It Is Not Just A Phase

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for It Is Not Just A Phase, including combinations with Thaloria, Fanwood and Athene.

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

Explore 3 Pairings for It Is Not Just A Phase
02

Test It Is Not Just A Phase Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview It Is Not Just A Phase with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

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

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Character Set

It Is Not Just A Phase Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

It Is Not Just A Phase Typography Scale

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
It Is Not Just A Phase primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
It Is Not Just A Phase section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
It Is Not Just A Phase subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
It Is Not Just A Phase content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
It Is Not Just A Phase minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
It Is Not Just A Phase smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Reading Text in It Is Not Just A Phase

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for It Is Not Just A Phase, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

It Is Not Just A Phase demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting It Is Not Just A Phase 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.

It Is Not Just A Phase 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 TextRegular16px24px0.5pxIt Is Not Just A Phase delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxIt Is Not Just A Phase italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxIt Is Not Just A Phase bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxIt Is Not Just A Phase typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxIt Is Not Just A Phase typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'It Is Not Just A Phase'; }

Quick Start

Integrating It Is Not Just A Phase

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=It+Is+Not+Just+A+Phase:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=It+Is+Not+Just+A+Phase:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'It Is Not Just A Phase';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=It+Is+Not+Just+A+Phase:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with It Is Not Just A Phase

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

1.my-text {
2 font-family: 'It Is Not Just A Phase', sans-serif;
3 font-weight: 400;
4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

1$font-primary: 'It Is Not Just A Phase', 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 'it-is-not-just-a-phase': ['It Is Not Just A Phase', 'sans-serif'],
7 },
8 },
9 },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-it-is-not-just-a-phase">Your text here</p>

About

Exploring It Is Not Just A Phase's Design

Jomiro Eming
Handwriting
Open Source

It Is Not Just A Phase font is a handwriting typeface with casual letterforms and teenage emotional character. The hand-drawn strokes create authentic presence suited for youth expression content. This typeface excels in teen branding, emotional expression graphics, youth culture materials, and authentic adolescent content where genuine teen voice matters. The handwriting quality feels authentically teenage rather than patronizing. Designers creating teen merchandise, youth mental health content, or adolescent expression materials will find this typeface delivers appropriate authenticity. Works well alongside modern sans-serifs for balanced youth expression design systems.

It Is Not Just A Phase was crafted by Jomiro Eming. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, It Is Not Just A Phase features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs.

It Is Not Just A Phase is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

It Is Not Just A Phase

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of It Is Not Just A Phase

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand It Is Not Just A Phase's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Handwriting analysis. From a classification standpoint, It Is Not Just A Phase within the Scripts (Casual / Handwritten) tradition, characterized by Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. Handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Key technical strength: randomization features for natural variation per glyph.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 76). It Is Not Just A Phase delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles.

3

Design Heritage

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

Overview

About It Is Not Just A Phase

It Is Not Just A Phase embodies the Scripts typeface, anchored in the tradition where handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Its distinctive disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs. TypeSmith catalogs It Is Not Just A Phase in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
3 curated pairings for It Is Not Just A Phase
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Accessibility & Usability

76
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

It Is Not Just A Phase Accessibility Profile

It Is Not Just A Phase achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

It Is Not Just A Phase Legibility Characteristics

It Is Not Just A Phase draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is It Is Not Just A Phase?

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

It Is Not Just A Phase: Comfort in Extended Reading

It Is Not Just A Phase provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

It Is Not Just A Phase Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting It Is Not Just A Phase. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test It Is Not Just A Phase at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Getting the Most from It Is Not Just A Phase

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for It Is Not Just A Phase. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve It Is Not Just A Phase in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights & Styles

Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

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

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

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.

It Is Not Just A Phase 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 It Is Not Just A Phase ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.