Kalam

Name: Kalam
Author: Satya Rajpurohit

Kalam captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Satya Rajpurohit72% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Kalam

Best Font Pairings for Kalam

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Kalam, including combinations with Lato, Montserrat and Devroye.

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

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Test Kalam Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Kalam 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

Kalam Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Kalam Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Kalam 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Kalam in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Kalam

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Kalam

Satya Rajpurohit

Handwriting

Open Source

Kalam delivers cursive elegance and flowing connections, making it well-suited for creative projects. Its natural rhythm and personal character contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for invitations and creative projects, Kalam adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Kalam font supports Latin and Devanagari scripts, accommodating a wide range of languages includ....

Kalam comes from the work of Satya Rajpurohit. 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, Kalam 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.

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

Kalam

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Kalam

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

Kalam

Best Ways to Use Kalam

Best Font Pairings for Kalam

Test Kalam Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Kalam Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

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Accessibility Features of Kalam

How Legible is Kalam?

Kalam in Context: Readability

Visual Comfort with Kalam

Kalam Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use Kalam Effectively

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

Restrictions