Makkabi

Name: Makkabi
Author: Ania Wielunska

Makkabi offers versatile typography with carefully balanced proportions for diverse design applications.

Scroll to explore

Slab Serifby Ania Wielunska76% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Makkabi

Best Font Pairings for Makkabi

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Makkabi, including combinations with Minne Petat, Praho and Equilibrist.

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

Explore 4 Pairings for Makkabi

Test Makkabi Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Makkabi with any font combination in real-time, optimized for slab serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

Test Makkabi Pairings Live

In Context

Makkabi Specimen Gallery

EditorialUI ComponentsPosterWordmark

Makkabi Editorial Specimen

Makkabi in Editorial Context

Makkabi is a slab serif typeface by Ania Wielunska suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Ania Wielunska

Typeface Designer • Slab Serif

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

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

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

Email Address

Password

Makkabi Typography

A slab serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

DefaultInfoSuccessWarningError

Makkabi Specimen

Makkabi

Makkabi is a slab serif typeface by Ania Wielunska built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSlab Serif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Makkabi

MAKKABI

MAKKABITYPE

Tagline Pairings

Makkabi— slab serif typeface

MakkabiBy Ania Wielunska

MakkabiTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Makkabi Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Makkabi Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Makkabi 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Makkabi in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Makkabi

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Makkabi

Ania Wielunska

Slab Serif

Open Source

Makkabi font is a rounded vintage slab-serif by Ania Wielunska designed for warm nostalgic display applications with friendly period character. This characterful typeface delivers approachable presence suited for artisanal branding, vintage-inspired packaging, and editorial design requiring soft nostalgic warmth. Makkabi excels in bakery signage, craft product labels, and lifestyle content where rounded vintage forms create comfortable familiarity. The rounded terminals add friendliness while vintage details provide period authenticity. Designers seeking warm vintage slab-serifs will appreciate Makkabi's approachable character. Pairs effectively with clean sans-serifs for modern applications with nostalgic headlines.

Makkabi was crafted by Ania Wielunska. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Slab Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Mechanistic classification, Makkabi features unbracketed or minimally bracketed rectangular serifs and low stroke contrast approaching monolinear weight. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for branding for technology and industrial sectors.

Makkabi is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Makkabi

Makkabi

Best Ways to Use Makkabi

Best Font Pairings for Makkabi

Test Makkabi Font Pairings Live

In Context

Makkabi Typography

Makkabi

Character Set

Type Scale

Makkabi Used As Body Text

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

Accessibility Features of Makkabi

Legibility Analysis: Makkabi

Makkabi's Readability

Visual Comfort with Makkabi

Makkabi Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Makkabi: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions