TypeSmith
Best Font PairingsAlternativesFonts

Browse

  • All Fonts
  • Search Fonts
  • Best Font Pairings
  • Font Alternatives
  • Test Font Pairings
  • Font Scanner
  • Font Pairing Guide

Categories

  • Serif
  • Sans Serif
  • Slab Serif
  • Monospace
  • Display
  • Script
  • Handwriting
  • Calligraphic
  • Blackletter
  • Retro
  • Comic
  • Stencil
  • Novelty
  • Typewriter
  • Grunge

Best Fonts For

  • Best Fonts for Figma
  • Best Fonts for Canva
  • Best Fonts for VS Code
  • Best Fonts for PowerPoint
  • Best Fonts for Web Design
  • Best Fonts for Branding
  • Best Fonts for Ecommerce
  • All Tools & Use Cases

Recommendations

  • Top Sans Serif Fonts
  • Top Serif Fonts
  • Top Monospace Fonts
  • Top Display Fonts
  • Trending Fonts 2026
  • Best Accessible Fonts
  • Best Variable Fonts
  • All Recommendations

Free Alternatives

  • Helvetica Alternatives
  • Futura Alternatives
  • Gotham Alternatives
  • Proxima Nova Alternatives
  • Garamond Alternatives
  • All Free Alternatives

About

  • About TypeSmith
TypeSmith

Discover beautiful fonts and perfect pairings for your next project. Browse 8,500+ fonts with accessibility ratings.

© 2026 TypeSmith · Robert David Orr

  1. Fonts
  2. /
  3. Display
  4. /
  5. Long Johnson

Long Johnson

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

Scroll to explore
Displayby Joao Scarpim56% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Long Johnson

01

Best Font Pairings for Long Johnson

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Long Johnson, including combinations with Suse Mono, Urlaub Grotesk and Benzinova.

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

Explore 4 Pairings for Long Johnson
02

Test Long Johnson Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Long Johnson 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.

Test Long Johnson Pairings Live

In Context

Long Johnson Specimen Gallery

UI ComponentsPosterWordmark
Long Johnson
ProductsSolutionsResourcesPricing

Long Johnson Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available
DefaultInfoSuccessWarningError
Long Johnson Specimen

Long Johnson

Long Johnson is a display typeface by Joao Scarpim built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Long Johnson
Long Johnson
LONG JOHNSON
LONG JOHNSONTYPE
L

Tagline Pairings

Long Johnson— display typeface
Long JohnsonBy Joao Scarpim
Long JohnsonTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Long Johnson Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Long Johnson Heading Hierarchy

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

Long Johnson Body Typography

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

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

When setting Long Johnson 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.

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

Quick Start

Long Johnson Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Long Johnson

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Long Johnson: A Closer Look

Joao Scarpim
Display
Open Source

Long Johnson font is a display typeface featuring condensed geometric construction with sharp square proportions for extended elongated aesthetics. The distinctive letterforms project elongated authority suitable for narrow-space branding, vertical applications, and design projects celebrating long johnson typography. Condensed geometric sharp forms create efficient presence while square influence adds structured character. Effective for tall formats, narrow spaces, and elongated communications.

Long Johnson was created by Joao Scarpim. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Long Johnson features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

Long Johnson is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available.

Long Johnson

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Long Johnson

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

1

Classification

Display analysis. From a classification standpoint, Long Johnson within the Graphic (Display / Titling) tradition, characterized by Tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and Exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. Display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Key technical strength: high visual impact with minimal typographic hierarchy.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 56). Long Johnson handles most reading scenarios adequately, with best results at sizes above 14 px on screen.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Joao Scarpim. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Display with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Long Johnson

Long Johnson is classified as a Graphic typeface, rooted in the tradition where display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Its distinctive tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features make it well-suited for event posters and promotional materials. TypeSmith catalogs Long Johnson in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
4 curated pairings for Long Johnson
View Pairings

Categories

Browse by Classification

DisplayHandwritingMonospaceSans SerifSerif

Explore More

Alternatives to Long Johnson

View all fonts

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

Aa
Elsie
Display
Aa
Fugaz One
Display
Aa
Aboreto
Display
Aa
Emblema One
Display
Aa
Agbalumo
Display

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

56
Accessibility Score
Adequate Accessibility

Using Long Johnson Accessibly

Long Johnson falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

Long Johnson Legibility Characteristics

Long Johnson draws legibility from its tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Long Johnson?

Designed exclusively for sizes above 24 pt. Display faces sacrifice small-size legibility for visual impact and personality at headline scale. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Long Johnson for Long-Form Content

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

Long Johnson Accessibility Recommendations

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

Long Johnson Usage Guidelines

Anchor with a neutral text serif or sans-serif. The display face should carry personality while the text face carries readability. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Long Johnson. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Long Johnson in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

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

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

This font encodes 27 glyphs. Its character set does not fully cover a standard writing system, which is typical of display, symbol and ornament faces intended for short headline settings.

Legal

Usage Rights for Long Johnson

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
View License

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.

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