Kosugi

Name: Kosugi
Author: Eiichi Kono

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

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Sans Serifby Eiichi Kono85% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Ways to Use Kosugi

Best Font Pairings for Kosugi

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Kosugi, including combinations with ABeeZee, AR One Sans and Scheherazade.

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

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Kosugi 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

Kosugi Specimen Gallery

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Kosugi Editorial Specimen

Kosugi in Editorial Context

Kosugi is a sans serif typeface by Eiichi Kono suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Eiichi Kono

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Kosugi Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Kosugi Specimen

Kosugi

Kosugi is a sans serif typeface by Eiichi Kono built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

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Kosugi

KOSUGI

KOSUGITYPE

Tagline Pairings

Kosugi— sans serif typeface

KosugiBy Eiichi Kono

KosugiTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Kosugi Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Kosugi for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Kosugi 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Kosugi Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Inside Kosugi

Eiichi Kono

Sans Serif

Open Source

As a sans-serif typeface, Kosugi features modernist clarity and refined neutrality, making it well-suited for corporate branding. Its geometric forms and no decorative strokes contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for mobile applications and corporate branding, Kosugi adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Kosugi font supports Japanese characters, including a wide range of Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakan....

Kosugi was crafted by Eiichi Kono. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Kosugi features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality.

Kosugi 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.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Kosugi

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Kosugi 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.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 85). Kosugi delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

Design Heritage

Designed by Eiichi Kono. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Kosugi

Kosugi represents a 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 corporate identity systems requiring neutrality. TypeSmith catalogs Kosugi in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Kosugi

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Kosugi based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Kosugi: Accessibility Considerations

Kosugi 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.

Legibility Analysis: Kosugi

Kosugi 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.

Kosugi 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.

Kosugi: Comfort in Extended Reading

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

Kosugi Accessibility Recommendations

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

Getting the Most from Kosugi

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Kosugi. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Kosugi in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Get Kosugi

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

International Character 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

The Kosugi font supports Japanese characters, including a wide range of Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana, as well as Latin alphabet characters, making it versatile for both Japanese and English language texts.

Legal

Font License Details

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.

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

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'kosugi': ['Kosugi', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-kosugi">Your text here</p>

Kosugi

Best Ways to Use Kosugi

Best Font Pairings for Kosugi

Test Kosugi Font Pairings Live

In Context

Kosugi Typography

Kosugi

Character Set

Type Scale

Kosugi for Paragraphs

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Kosugi: Accessibility Considerations

Legibility Analysis: Kosugi

Kosugi in Context: Readability

Kosugi: Comfort in Extended Reading

Kosugi Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from Kosugi

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Kosugi

Best Ways to Use Kosugi

Best Font Pairings for Kosugi

Test Kosugi Font Pairings Live

In Context

Kosugi Typography

Kosugi

Character Set

Type Scale

Kosugi for Paragraphs

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Kosugi: Accessibility Considerations

Legibility Analysis: Kosugi

Kosugi in Context: Readability

Kosugi: Comfort in Extended Reading

Kosugi Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from Kosugi

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference