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Lost Type

Lost Type brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Harry Dinh72% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Lost Type

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Best Font Pairings for Lost Type

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Lost Type, including combinations with Algol Revived, Kabond and Gulax.

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

Explore 3 Pairings for Lost Type
02

Test Lost Type Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Lost Type with any font combination in real-time, optimized for 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

Lost Type Specimen Gallery

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Lost Type Editorial Specimen

Lost Type in Editorial Context

Lost Type is a serif typeface by Harry Dinh suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Harry Dinh

Typeface Designer • Serif

Lost Type demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Lost Type supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Harry Dinh, Lost Type balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Lost Type Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Lost Type Specimen

Lost Type

Lost Type is a serif typeface by Harry Dinh built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Lost Type
Lost Type
LOST TYPE
LOST TYPETYPE
L

Tagline Pairings

Lost Type— serif typeface
Lost TypeBy Harry Dinh
Lost TypeTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Lost Type Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Lost Type Used As Heading Examples

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

Lost Type Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Lost Type 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Lost Type to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Lost Type

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Lost Type: History & Characteristics

Harry Dinh
Serif
Open Source

Lost Type serif typeface delivers bold, wide forms through strong, vintage construction suited to impactful heritage display applications. Harry Dinh's design creates commanding presence for craft branding, bold statements, and retro-themed projects. The bold wide weight projects authority while vintage proportions evoke historical aesthetics. Lost Type's strong aesthetic appeals to breweries, sports, and americana branding. Display sizes showcase confident proportions. Pair with a lighter text face for body copy.

Lost Type was crafted by Harry Dinh. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Lost Type features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for long-form editorial and book typography.

Lost Type 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.

Lost Type

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Lost Type

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Lost Type within the Classicals (Humanist, Garalde, Transitional) and Moderns (Didone) tradition, characterized by Bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and Modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. Serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Key technical strength: extensive weight and optical-size ranges in superfamilies.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 72). Lost Type delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Harry Dinh. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Lost Type

Lost Type embodies the Classicals typeface, anchored in the tradition where serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Its distinctive bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it well-suited for long-form editorial and book typography. TypeSmith catalogs Lost Type in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
3 curated pairings for Lost Type
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

72
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

Lost Type Accessibility Profile

Lost Type achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

Lost Type Legibility Characteristics

Lost Type draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Lost Type's Readability

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Lost Type for Long-Form Content

Lost Type provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

Lost Type Accessibility Recommendations

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

Working with Lost Type: Best Practices

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Lost Type. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Lost Type in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

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Available Weights

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

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Internationalization

Lost Type 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 415 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 Lost 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.

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