Kaldus

Name: Kaldus
Author: Frongile

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

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Displayby Frongile50% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Kaldus

Best Font Pairings for Kaldus

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Kaldus, including combinations with Delagothic, Outreque and Lt Soul.

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

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Test Kaldus Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Kaldus 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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Kaldus Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Kaldus Specimen

Kaldus

Kaldus is a display typeface by Frongile built for display contexts.

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KALDUS

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Tagline Pairings

Kaldus— display typeface

KaldusBy Frongile

KaldusTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Kaldus Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Kaldus Body Typography

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

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

When setting Kaldus 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Kaldus in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Kaldus in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Inside Kaldus

Frongile

Display

Open Source

Kaldus font is a bold blackletter display typeface featuring modern sharp strong letterforms. Dark and contemporary, this design delivers modern blackletter aesthetics for metal brands, dark products, and contemporary Gothic marketing. The sharp modern blackletter construction creates powerful dark presence. Designers working on metal products, Gothic branding, and dark communications will appreciate the kaldus character. Pair with serif body text.

Kaldus was crafted by Frongile. 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, Kaldus 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.

Kaldus 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.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Kaldus

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

Kaldus

Best Ways to Use Kaldus

Best Font Pairings for Kaldus

Test Kaldus Font Pairings Live

In Context

Kaldus Typography

Kaldus

Character Set

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Kaldus Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

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Implementation

Standard CSS

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About

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