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Jemima

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

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Sans Serifby Cristiano Sobral96% Accessible
Characters846
Glyphs1,015
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Jemima

01

Best Font Pairings for Jemima

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Jemima, including combinations with Box, Lt Stopwatch and Burn It Down.

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

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Test Jemima Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Jemima 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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In Context

Jemima Specimen Gallery

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Jemima Editorial Specimen

Jemima in Editorial Context

Jemima is a sans serif typeface by Cristiano Sobral suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Cristiano Sobral

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Jemima Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Jemima Specimen

Jemima

Jemima is a sans serif typeface by Cristiano Sobral built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Jemima— sans serif typeface
JemimaBy Cristiano Sobral
JemimaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Jemima Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Jemima Typography Scale

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

Jemima Body Typography

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

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

When setting Jemima 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.

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

Quick Start

Integrating Jemima

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Jemima in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Jemima: A Closer Look

Cristiano Sobral
Sans Serif
Open Source

Jemima Typeface font is a basic multilingual grotesk by Cristiano Sobral with Cyrillic and Greek script support. This family enables unified typography across European markets requiring Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek alphabets. Jemima's neutral character keeps focus on content while the comprehensive script support solves complex multilingual requirements. Particularly valuable for pan-European brands, academic publishing, and international organizations. The balanced proportions ensure comfortable reading across all supported scripts. The family structure provides weight options for various document types. Works alongside serif fonts for traditional hierarchy in multilingual contexts.

Jemima was created by Cristiano Sobral. 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, Jemima 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.

Jemima is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, 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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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Jemima

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Jemima 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: 96). Jemima 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 Cristiano Sobral. 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 Jemima

Jemima 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 catalogs Jemima in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Jemima
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Accessibility & Usability

96
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Jemima: Accessibility Considerations

Jemima 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.

Reading Jemima: Legibility Factors

Jemima 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.

Jemima in Context: Readability

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.

Jemima for Long-Form Content

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

Jemima Accessibility Recommendations

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

Jemima 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. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Jemima. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Jemima in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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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 593 glyphs covering Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Jemima 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.

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