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Kohne Makina

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

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Sans Serifby Onur Cem50% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Kohne Makina

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Best Font Pairings for Kohne Makina

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Kohne Makina, including combinations with Erben Gothic, Charito and Beastly.

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

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Test Kohne Makina Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Kohne Makina 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

Kohne Makina Specimen Gallery

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Kohne Makina Editorial Specimen

Kohne Makina in Editorial Context

Kohne Makina is a sans serif typeface by Onur Cem suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Onur Cem

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by Onur Cem, Kohne Makina balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Kohne Makina Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Kohne Makina Specimen

Kohne Makina

Kohne Makina is a sans serif typeface by Onur Cem built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

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Tagline Pairings

Kohne Makina— sans serif typeface
Kohne MakinaBy Onur Cem
Kohne MakinaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Kohne Makina Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Kohne Makina Typography Scale

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

Body Text with Kohne Makina

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

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

When setting Kohne Makina 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.

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

Quick Start

Kohne Makina Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Kohne Makina in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Exploring Kohne Makina's Design

Onur Cem
Sans Serif
Open Source

Kohne Makina typeface combines condensed and rounded qualities through distinctive forms suited to creative display applications. Onur Cem's design creates unique visual rhythm for branding, packaging, and experimental editorial. The condensed-rounded combination offers unusual textural personality. Kohne Makina appeals to craft brands, creative agencies, and lifestyle products seeking typographic distinction. Display sizes showcase the typeface's unique character. Pair with a clean, proportional sans-serif for supporting text that doesn't compete with the display face's personality.

Kohne Makina was crafted by Onur Cem. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Kohne Makina features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

Kohne Makina is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Kohne Makina

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Kohne Makina 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: 50). Kohne Makina offers acceptable readability for standard design contexts, though specialized accessibility projects may benefit from higher-rated alternatives.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Onur Cem. 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 Kohne Makina

Kohne Makina embodies the Lineal typeface, grounded 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 user interface text and navigation elements. TypeSmith indexes Kohne Makina in a single weight variant and 5 curated font pairings.

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5 curated pairings for Kohne Makina
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Accessibility & Usability

50
Accessibility Score
Adequate Accessibility

Kohne Makina Accessibility Profile

Kohne Makina falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Legibility Analysis: Kohne Makina

Kohne Makina 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.

How Readable is Kohne Makina?

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.

Kohne Makina: Comfort in Extended Reading

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

Kohne Makina Accessibility Recommendations

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

How to Use Kohne Makina Effectively

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 Kohne Makina. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Kohne Makina in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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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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200
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300
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400
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500
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600
Aa
700
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800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Kohne Makina Language Coverage

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 116 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.

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