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La Co

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

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Sans Serifby Nguyen Thanh80% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use La Co

01

Best Font Pairings for La Co

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for La Co, including combinations with Vibrissa, Art Disco and No Means No.

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

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Test La Co Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview La Co 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

La Co Specimen Gallery

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La Co Editorial Specimen

La Co in Editorial Context

La Co is a sans serif typeface by Nguyen Thanh suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Nguyen Thanh

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by Nguyen Thanh, La Co balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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La Co Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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La Co Specimen

La Co

La Co is a sans serif typeface by Nguyen Thanh built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

La Co
La Co
LA CO
LA COTYPE
L

Tagline Pairings

La Co— sans serif typeface
La CoBy Nguyen Thanh
La CoTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

La Co Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

La Co Used As Heading Examples

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

La Co Body Typography

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

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

When setting La Co 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding La Co to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

La Co CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

La Co: A Closer Look

Nguyen Thanh
Sans Serif
Open Source

La Co font is a bold decorative geometric grotesk by Nguyen Thanh designed for powerful visual statements and attention-grabbing headlines. This strong sans-serif typeface combines geometric precision with striking weight, commanding presence in poster design, brand identities, and editorial treatments requiring maximum impact. La Co's confident character suits streetwear brands, music promotions, and sports marketing where boldness drives engagement. The geometric foundation ensures clean reproduction at large scales while decorative details add distinctive personality. Particularly effective for environmental graphics, merchandise, and social media content targeting youth demographics. Use for display contexts where visual dominance matters more than extended readability. Pairs with lighter humanist sans-serifs for supporting body text.

La Co was created by Nguyen Thanh. 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, La Co features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications.

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

La Co

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of La Co

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, La Co 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: 80). La Co delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Nguyen Thanh. The designer's attention to glyph proportions and optical balance produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About La Co

La Co 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 indexes La Co in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

80
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Using La Co Accessibly

La Co achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

How Legible is La Co?

La Co 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.

Readability Profile: La Co

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.

La Co for Long-Form Content

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

La Co Accessibility Recommendations

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

Design Tips for La Co

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 La Co. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve La Co 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

Aa
100
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200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

La Co Multilingual 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 341 glyphs covering Latin. 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

Usage Rights for La Co

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.

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